Google Ads incident
Incident affecting AdSense and Google Ad Manager
Resolved after 2 days 3 hours, affecting AdSense and Google Ad Manager and 1 more, on January 13, 2026.
The problem with AdSense and Google Ad Manager has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. The issue impacting match rates and delivery of Google demand sources (Google Ads and DV360) on Ad Exchange (AdX) and AdSense for Content (AFC) inventory has been resolved.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jan 15, 2026, 01:44 AM UTC
We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Ad Manager. We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are able to access Google Ad Manager, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. Google Ad Manager is experiencing systemic decline in Ad Exchange (AdX) match rates and delivery.
- investigating Jan 15, 2026, 04:51 AM UTC
Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by Jan 15, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience. The affected users are able to access Google Ad Manager, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. Google Ad Manager is experiencing systemic decline in Ad Exchange (AdX) match rates and delivery specifically impacting Google demand sources (Google Ads and DV360). The impact appears to be concentrated on Web and mWeb display inventory.
- investigating Jan 15, 2026, 02:42 PM UTC
Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by Jan 15, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience. The affected users are able to access AdSense and Google Ad Manager, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. Google Ad Manager and Adsense for Content (AFC) is experiencing systemic decline in Ad Exchange (AdX) match rates and delivery specifically impacting Google demand sources (Google Ads and DV360). The impact appears to be concentrated on Web and mWeb display inventory.
- investigating Jan 15, 2026, 07:10 PM UTC
Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by Jan 15, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience. The affected users are able to access AdSense and Google Ad Manager, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. Google Ad Manager and Adsense for Content (AFC) is experiencing systemic decline in Ad Exchange (AdX) match rates and delivery specifically impacting Google demand sources (Google Ads and DV360). The impact appears to be concentrated on Web and mWeb display inventory.
- resolved Jan 15, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC
The problem with AdSense and Google Ad Manager has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. The issue impacting match rates and delivery of Google demand sources (Google Ads and DV360) on Ad Exchange (AdX) and AdSense for Content (AFC) inventory has been resolved.
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