Is Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) down?
dns.google · Cloud & infrastructure
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) has recorded 100.0% uptime over the last 5 days, with no outage. It answers our checks in 163 ms on average.
No problems detected
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) answered our last automated check normally, 11 minutes ago. If it is not working for you, the problem is most likely local - Your connection, your DNS resolver, a cached page, or an extension.
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) problem reports in the last 24 hours
Counted in 15-minute buckets from reports submitted on this site. This is a user signal - A tall bar means people are complaining, not that our check failed.
No reports in the last 24 hours.
If Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) is not working for you, tell us and the chart starts here.
Response time from our automated checks
The last 24 checks of https://dns.google/ from our network. Bar height is the response time; the tallest bar is the slowest.
- Answered normally
- Slow to answer
- No usable answer
Having a problem with Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8)?
Tell us what is not working. Reports go straight onto the 24-hour chart above and help other people see a problem before any company admits to one. 0 reports in the last 24 hours.
About Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) outages
Google Public DNS is the default recommendation whenever someone's internet "stops working" but the connection is fine, and it is consequently configured on an enormous number of devices worldwide. That makes it critical infrastructure that most of its users have never heard of.
It is engineered with anycast across Google's global network and has an exceptional availability record, so genuine outages are extremely rare. What is far more common is a local path problem to 8.8.8.8 - An ISP mis-routing anycast traffic, a captive portal intercepting port 53, or a firewall blocking the resolver - All of which look identical to an outage from one household. Testing with a different resolver and with DNS over HTTPS separates the cases. Google does not list the public resolver on a status dashboard, so reports are the only external signal.
What to do if Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) is not working for you
Is it them or you?
Our last check reached dns.google normally, from a different network, resolver and route than yours. If it is broken for you, the fault is most likely local or too narrow for a single probe to see. Run the check again now to confirm.
The first thing worth trying
Notice the pattern before you troubleshoot. Three unrelated sites failing together is not three coincidences. Stop checking your own equipment.
How cloud & infrastructure services typically fail
Many unrelated services fail at once, in the same minutes, for the same people. Errors are inconsistent - some sites time out, others return a gateway error, others load partially - because each one fails at whatever layer it depended on. The rest of the steps, and why this category breaks the way it does, are on our cloud & infrastructure status page, with more background in how a single provider takes out half the web.
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Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) measured against its peers
How it compares with other cloud & infrastructure services
Over the last 30 days Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) ranks 7 of 9 cloud & infrastructure services we monitor, measured on recorded uptime. The category averages 100.0%, and Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) sits at 100.0%. The steadiest in this group is Amazon Web Services.
On speed, Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) answers our checks in about 163 ms against a category average of 243 ms - Faster than its peers. Response time is not availability, but a service drifting well above its own normal is often the first sign of trouble.
What the last 24 checks looked like
Across the most recent 24 checks, the quickest response was 75 ms and the slowest 276 ms, against a 30-day average of 163 ms. The chart above plots each one, so a widening spread is visible before it becomes an outage.
All figures are our own measurements, taken every 20 minutes from one network. What that can and cannot see is set out in the methodology, and every cloud & infrastructure service is listed on the category page.
The server that answered Mostly hidden
- IP address
- 8.8.4.4 and 3 others
- Server
- Hidden until you sign in
- Powered by
- Hidden until you sign in
- Content type
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- Declared size
- Hidden until you sign in
- Transport and HSTS
- Hidden until you sign in
Five more fields about the server behind dns.google.
Free, one click with Google, and nothing is posted or shared. We ask because the lookups behind this cost us real requests to other people’s servers.
Read from our last sweep of dns.google, not requested when you opened this page.
Certificate Mostly hidden
- Status
- Valid
- Issued to
- Hidden until you sign in
- Issued by
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- Valid from
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- Expires
- Hidden until you sign in
- Protocol and cipher
- Hidden until you sign in
Who issued it, what it covers and exactly when it expires.
Free, one click with Google, and nothing is posted or shared. We ask because the lookups behind this cost us real requests to other people’s servers.
An expired certificate stops browsers loading a site entirely while the server itself stays perfectly healthy, which is why we track it beside the uptime figure. Check it yourself.
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) status: Common questions
Is Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) down right now?
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) is up and responding normally. This page is refreshed by an automated check that runs every 20 minutes from an independent network, and by reports from visitors.
Why can I not reach Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) when you say it is up?
Because an outage can be partial. Our check runs from one network and asks for one page. Your problem may be regional, may affect only the mobile app, or may be local to your connection, DNS resolver or browser cache.
How reliable is Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8)?
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) has been reachable for 100.0% of the last 5 days we have measured, with 0 seconds of recorded downtime.
Does Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) have an official status page?
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) does not publish a public status page, which is why independent monitoring and user reports are the only external signal available during an incident.
Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8) discussion
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