Google Ads incident
Incident affecting AdMob
Resolved after 10 days 20 hours, affecting AdMob and AdMob (global), on August 20, 2026.
The problem with AdMob has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. The affected users are able to access AdMob, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. AdMob rewarded ads fail to play video and instead show a large play icon on Android apps. The issue is now resolved.
Affected components
Update timeline
- monitoring Aug 20, 2026, 09:24 PM UTC
We're investigating reports of an issue with AdMob. We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are able to access AdMob, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. AdMob rewarded ads fail to play video and instead show a large play icon on Android apps. There is currently no workaround.
- monitoring Aug 22, 2026, 01:10 AM UTC
AdMob service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change. The affected users are able to access AdMob, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. AdMob rewarded ads fail to play video and instead show a large play icon on Android apps. Engineering has deployed a mitigation. There is currently no workaround.
- monitoring Aug 28, 2026, 05:16 PM UTC
AdMob service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change. The affected users are able to access AdMob, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. AdMob rewarded ads fail to play video and instead show a large play icon on Android apps. Engineering has identified the root cause and deployed a mitigation covering most users, while work continues to address the remaining impact. There is currently no workaround.
- resolved Sep 01, 2026, 05:56 AM UTC
The problem with AdMob has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. The affected users are able to access AdMob, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior. AdMob rewarded ads fail to play video and instead show a large play icon on Android apps. The issue is now resolved.
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