Is Google Docs not working? Error leaves thousands unable to use Docs or Google Drive

Google Docs down reports are on the rise, with users reporting issues with a range of Google services today.

Independent outage monitor Down Detector has registered a spike in Google Drive, Google and Google Classroom down reports today.

At the time of writing, downdetector.com has registered a peak of more than 2,600 reports of Google Drive down – with the vast majority of reported issues to do with app problems.

While Twitter has been inundated with with tweets from userss affected by today’s reported Google Drive service issues.

One tweeted: “Come on, Google Docs. I got work to do, bro.”

While another posted: “Google Drive not letting me open new docs I’m scared”.

One added: “@GoogleForEdu Are there issues with the Google Classroom today? I cannot post any assignments with attached Google docs or slides (and I am the owner of these documents). Please advise.”

And another wrote: “This is a disaster @googledocs”.

The main issue that seems to be affecting Google Docs user is creating a new document, which brings up an error screen that says: “Google Docs encountered an error. Please try reloading this page, or come back in a few minutes.”

More to follow…