EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 16 MIN
The Great Gmail Outage of 2024: When the Cloud Forgot How to Rain
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In August 2024, Gmail went down for millions of users worldwide, but the real story isn't about servers failing—it's about how a single misconfigured traffic routing rule cascaded into chaos. We dive into what really happened when one of the internet's most reliable services suddenly wasn't, and why your grandmother's AOL email account might actually be more resilient than Google's engineering marvel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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In August 2024, Gmail went down for millions of users worldwide, but the real story isn't about servers failing—it's about how a single misconfigured traffic routing rule cascaded into chaos. We dive into what really happened when one of the internet's most reliable services suddenly wasn't, and why your grandmother's AOL email account might actually be more resilient than Google's engineering marvel.
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The Great Gmail Outage of 2024: When the Cloud Forgot How to Rain
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