Why Google Meet Went Down In India On 26 November 2025
2 min readGoogle Meet experienced a widespread service disruption across India on November 26, 2025, significantly impacting users’ ability to access the web platform and join video conferences during peak business hours. Here’s the latest understanding of what caused the Google Meet outage in India on November 26, 2025:
Service Disruption Overview
- Users across India first noticed problems around 11 a.m. IST when attempting to join meetings, particularly through the browser-based version of Google Meet.
- Downdetector recorded a significant surge in outage reports, reaching approximately 1,700 complaints by midday.
- The most frequently encountered error message was “502. That’s an error” – a standard HTTP “Bad Gateway” notification.
- Issue distribution showed 60-70% of users faced website loading failures, 30-35% reported server connectivity issues, and a small minority (2-3%) experienced video quality degradation.
- Major urban centers affected included Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Madurai.
- Google has not released any detailed technical explanation regarding the root cause as of this reporting.
Potential Causes
- While Google hasn’t confirmed the exact technical failure, analysis suggests the 502 Bad Gateway error typically indicates intermediary servers receiving invalid responses from primary servers.
- The concentration of web interface issues (versus fewer app-related problems) points to potential server infrastructure or gateway connectivity failures rather than client-side or mobile application defects.
- Historical context reveals previous Google Meet disruptions, including a September 2025 outage caused by problematic cache configuration changes that were later reverted.
- Industry observers note this disruption aligns with a pattern of recent outages across major cloud infrastructure providers, potentially indicating systemic stress on global network resources.
