Google Mail bounce reporting and handling
Incident Report for Braze, Inc.
Resolved
We have finished processing all impacted email addresses to their original subscription states. All email addresses that were reported by Google as a hard-bounce during the Google Mail outages earlier this week have been properly updated. This issue is now resolved.
Posted Dec 18, 2020 - 10:51 EST
Update
Our process of returning impacted email addresses to their original subscription states has made significant progress overnight, with a majority of impacted emails updated. We will provide another status update once the processing is complete.
Posted Dec 17, 2020 - 09:38 EST
Update
We are continuing to monitor Google Mail and no additional outages have been reported today. In parallel, we have initiated the process of returning impacted email addresses to their original subscription states. Currently, we do not have an estimated completion time. We will provide another status update once the processing is complete.
Posted Dec 16, 2020 - 21:17 EST
Update
Currently, Google Mail outages have stabilized and Braze has identified email addresses impacted by this Google-caused issue. We are now beginning the process of returning impacted email addresses to their original subscription states. Due to the large number of email addresses impacted, completion of this process may take some time. We will provide another status update once the processing is complete.
Posted Dec 16, 2020 - 12:15 EST
Identified
We have identified an issue with bounce reporting and handling as a result of the ongoing Google Mail outages ( https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en-GB&v=status ) that are resulting in an unusually high number of email bounces to Google endpoints. We are currently working with relevant teams and providers to assess the impact and will update this incident as we make progress on this.
Posted Dec 15, 2020 - 18:52 EST
This incident affected: US 01 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging), US 02 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging), US 03 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging), US 04 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging), EU 01 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging), US 06 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging), and US 08 Cluster (Dashboard, Outbound Messaging).