ShutterstockShutterstockIf you've been seeing spam emails in your regular Gmail inbox today, you're not alone.
Multiple Gmail users have reported receiving suspicious looking emails on Monday, as it appears Google is experiencing issues with its spam filters.
At 11:05 AM Pacific Time, Google moved Gmail's status from "green" to "orange," meaning there has been a "service disruption." At 11:24 AM, the company said the service had "already been restored for some users" and that a resolution for all users could be expected soon.
Google did not provide more detail on what the actual issue had been. A Google spokesperson did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for more information.
Another tweet on Monday suggested that the issue could be more than just Gmail spam filters and actually be affecting emails from being received. This is consistent with at the experience of at least one employee of Business Insider, who reported similar problems.
As of October 2018, Google said Gmail had 1.5 billion users. It is unclear how many and to what extent Monday's service disruption has impacted users.This story is developing.
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my gmail spam filter has gone berserk and everything's is making it into the inbox!!!!!!
- flemy (@remyismypemy) June 17, 2019Yo @gmail could you guys fix the spam filter, someone must have accidentally turned it off because I'm getting everything in my mailbox and that won't do at all!
- I am Jean-Loup ������������������������ (@jean_loup) June 17, 2019Now it looks like a full-fledged @gmail outage for some users (including me). No incoming emails at all, outgoing mail works fine.
- Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) June 17, 2019