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Incident affecting Directions API, Maps Embed API, Maps JavaScript API, Maps SDK for Android, Maps SDK for iOS, Maps Static API, Navigation SDK, Roads Management Insights, Route Optimization API, Routes API

We've received a report of an issue with Google Maps Platform - Traffic Layer and Live traffic data.

Incident began at 2026-07-26 22:38 and ended at 2026-07-27 08:01 (all times are US/Pacific).

Date Time Description
27 Jul 2026 10:28 PDT

Issue is fully mitigated as of 2026-07-27 08:01 PDT
27 Jul 2026 03:55 PDT

The mitigation is underway. We have no ETA to communicate at this stage and will provide a status update as soon as possible.
27 Jul 2026 02:36 PDT

We are experiencing an issue with APIs that can display live traffic data (Traffic Layer) or use live traffic data (such as Directions, Distance Matrix, Routes, Routes Preferred, Roads Management Insights) beginning at Sunday, 2026-07-26 22:38 PDT.

Please follow updates from https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/539397397.

Symptoms: Traffic Layer unavailable or largely degraded, live traffic information unavailable for direction calculations. No error rate increase or latency increase.

Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue and has a mitigation underway.

We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption.