Google Gemini not working for many: here’s what we know so far about the possible outage

Reports are increasing

We first noticed the Gemini issues on the TechRadar team, with many of us experiencing error messages or simply returning to the prompt screen. And according to Downdetector, we’re not alone: ​​reported problems are now increasing there.

We’ve experienced a variety of error messages, from ‘error 1099’ to ‘error 1076’ (one of my favorites), which is apparently a “handshake or initial connection timeout error” (according to Gemini).