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⚪ Google Chat pulled a classic bait-and-switch: notifications pinged users but messages played hide-and-seek. Refreshing the app was the only way to break the spell. Three-hour hostage situation ended at 20:45 UTC. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
// The official story
RESOLVED: **Summary:** Google Chat users are experiencing an issue where they receive notifications for new messages, but the actual messages fail to appear in their chat application unless the user r
// Status page says
Incident began at 2026-08-28 17:25 and ended at 2026-08-28 20:45 (times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ). Summary: Google Chat users are experiencing an issue where they receive notifications for new messages, but the actual messages fail to appear in their chat application unless the user refreshes their view. Description:
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