If Gmail felt “off” on Saturday, you weren’t imagining it. A widespread glitch caused email to be sorted incorrectly and triggered unexpected spam warnings for many users. Google says the problem has now been resolved.
According to Google Workspace’s status updates, the issue appears to have started around 5 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday. The main symptoms were misclassification of emails in inboxes and additional spam warnings that didn’t seem to match the senders or content.
For many people, that looked like important messages flooding into the Primary tab even though they typically belong in Promotions, Social, or Updates. Others noticed spam alerts showing up on emails from trusted contacts and businesses. On social media, frustrated users described the situation as spam slipping straight into their inboxes and Gmail’s filtering system suddenly not working as expected.
Google posted multiple updates throughout the day indicating it was actively working on a fix. By Saturday evening, the company reported the incident had been fully resolved for all users.
In its final update, Google noted that some users experienced email sorting problems and delays in receiving messages. The company also warned that spam labels created during the incident might still appear on emails that arrived before the fix, meaning older messages could continue to show incorrect warnings even though new mail should behave normally again.
Google added that it plans to publish an analysis of what happened after completing its internal investigation.
This story was originally published on January 24, 2026, and updated after Google confirmed the Gmail issue was resolved.
