Ask HN: Gmail down? [Temporary Error (500)]

9 points by paraschopra ↗ HN
Is Gmail down again?

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Fine for me.. but a friend tweeted it was down.
Same here - Temporary Error (500)
It is back online now.. I wonder how much productivity gets affected even with 5 secs of downtime
You mean productivity gained? :-)
Down for me briefly, a few minutes ago.
I didn't know that such a google-page actually exists, thanks. btw: gmail works for me at the moment (although its status is marked with "Service outage").
Besides of the above URL, http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ works not only for google but any other service too. However, I got suggested that tool via twitter, but I have no clue how it works or how reliably it is.
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up for me on IMAP the whole past hour
Well, it is a free service. (Working for me now, fwiw.)
I pay by looking at ads from time to time.
You have to expect these things from a beta service :p
Not to sound negative or anything, but are we going to have a story anytime a popular service like gmail, MSN, twitter or whatever goes down?

Also, aren't you guys supposed to work at this hour? ;)