Google Cloud Outage on June 12, 2025 — What Happened & Why It Matters

On Thursday, June 12, 2025, beginning at around 10:51 PDT (1:51 PM EDT), Google Cloud experienced a major service disruption that lasted approximately 7.5 hours globally, with full recovery confirmed by 18:18 PDT (9:18 PM EDT). 1. Root Cause: Bad Code + Missing Protection 2. Timeline…









