May be you are aware of another down fail of Google mail after August 11, 2008 (there are many other unofficial later this year). Here are some evidence that confirms the technical failure of #Gmail on September 1, 2009 12:53:00 PM PDT.
1.Gmail shows Sever Error for my self with an “502” error code
2.Confirmation update on Gmail Support says
September 1, 2009 12:53:00 PM PDT
We’re aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a majority of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail. We will provide an update by September 1, 2009 1:53:00 PM PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.
3.#Gmail become the trending Topic in twitter streams,
3. An official update by @google on Twitter says
We’re aware that people are having trouble accessing Gmail. We’re working on fixing it. Apologies for the inconvenience http://bit.ly/31kL4B
5. Final confirmation by the Google Apps status shows Service outage for Google Mail .
Finally Google move into fixing the issues with a consolation and confirmation
Update1: Google confirms in Gmail’s blog that
We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now — we are too, and we definitely feel your pain. We don’t usually post about minor issues here (the Apps status dashboard and the Gmail Help Center are usually where this kind of information goes). Because this is impacting so many of you, we wanted to let you know we’re currently looking into the issue and hope to have more info to share here shortly. If you have IMAP or POP set up already, you should be able to access your mail that way in the meantime. We’re terribly sorry for the inconvenience and will get Gmail back up and running as soon as possible.
Update2: Gmail is Back !
Update3: Google’s clarifications
Ben Treynor (Google,VP Engineering and Site Reliability Czar) says in an official post that
Gmail’s web interface had a widespread outage earlier today, lasting about 100 minutes. We know how many people rely on Gmail for personal and professional communications, and we take it very seriously when there’s a problem with the service. Thus, right up front, I’d like to apologize to all of you — today’s outage was a Big Deal, and we’re treating it as such. We’ve already thoroughly investigated what happened, and we’re currently compiling a list of things we intend to fix or improve as a result of the investigation.
