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		brown9-2 on Dec 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail having issues You don’t really have to speculate, they disclosed yesterday that yesterday’s issue had to do with the automated quota system deciding the auth system had zero quota: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/zall/20013#20013003

max_streese on Dec 16, 2020 [–]

Thanks for providing this. It's funny to read the speculations when you have read the actual root cause :D

Well I guess the thing is left unanswered for now is why the quota management reduced the capacity for Google's IMS in the first place.

Maybe we will know someday :)

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