Google Cloud Platform Outage Explained: Null Pointer Exception Causes 7 Hours of Downtime
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Summary
On June 12, 2025, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experienced a major outage due to a null pointer exception in the control plane, causing disruptions to popular services like Spotify, Discord, and Google Workspace apps. The incident lasted over seven hours, affecting cloud APIs globally.
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· 3 pulledPopular services like Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and Google Workspace apps reported widespread failures.
A single configuration error in Google's control plane caused a global disruption of cloud APIs.
The incident began at 10:51 PDT and lasted over seven hours, ending around 6:18 p.m. PDT.
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