Google calls the episode the “Google Cloud Infrastructure Components Incident 20013”. The company points out a fall in capacity for its central identity-management system was the root of the problem. Because the system collapsed, any service that requires user log in could not work properly. Deeper down, Google says the identity-management system failed because of a problem in the company’s automated storage quota management system. Google Cloud was hit by the problem, which means fundamental systems could not operate. With the Cloud Console, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Google Kubernetes Engine all down, services like Gmail and YouTube also failed. Most of Google’s core services rely on cloud interaction. With Google Cloud down, products that did not work include the Google Workspace platform. This is the company’s rebranded G Suite. It contains Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Calendar, Drive, and more.
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