Twitter erupted in frustration on Friday afternoon after Google Drive went down for just about everyone.
UPDATE as of 4:35 p.m. ET: Google Drive is back up!
The website went down at around 3:30 p.m. ET on Friday.
Google issued a statement via Twitter, saying it’s aware of the problem.
We know something’s up with Drive for the moment. Rest assured, we’re on it and we’ll update soon.
— Google Drive (@googledrive) October 9, 2015
The error message reads:
“Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist.
Please check the address and try again.
Get stuff done with Google Drive
Apps in Google Drive make it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more.
Learn more at drive.google.com/start/apps.”
Websites Isitdownrightnow.com and Downdetector.com indicated Drive was down. “The website is currently suffering service disruption,” one said.
But Twitter users were more emphatic.
Since Google Drive is down I think I have a pretty good excuse as to why I didn’t do my homework😂
— Yogini Patel (@StlTeen) October 9, 2015
Google Drive is broken. I’m going home.
— Courtney-Rose Dantus (@CRoseDantus) October 9, 2015
@googledrive please fix Google Drive i feel so unproductive
— Krim Delko (@kdelko) October 9, 2015
Apocalypse is coming @googledrive is down!
— Vito Maiorano (@vitomaiorano) October 9, 2015
Hey @GoogleDrive, this “file does not exist” message is a fantastic way to terrify your users during an outage. pic.twitter.com/WNg0tMuYRt
— Emily Peters (@EmilyFPeters) October 9, 2015
Maybe if @googledrive is down, it shouldn’t include something about productivity in the error message. pic.twitter.com/AyQFZbvVlI
— Mike Tufano (@RealMikeT) October 9, 2015
It’s not just you: Google Drive is down http://t.co/1NM8kWa6Qp
— FD (@FNDeane) October 9, 2015
google drive is so dumb
— Mensah Demary (@mensah4000) October 9, 2015
“Google drive is down ” are officially the worst words I’ve heard all week
— Cryin Bruise (@Cruice_Ship) October 9, 2015
