| Chat not working in Gmail | LindseyHowe | 12/04/26 6:47 | My chat will not work in gmail. I can see my green dot but no contacts. My contacts see my chats to them but i cannot see their responses and these responses show up as an email as if I was offline. I am signed into chat. Helllppppp! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | DonnyA | 12/04/26 7:07 | Mine is doing the exact same thing! I've closed firefox, deleted cookies, relogged in, and it still wasn't working. I've tried shutting down chat and relogging in, and that didn't work either. Please help! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | bsimoes | 12/04/26 7:12 | The same thing is happening to me. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | JoKab | 12/04/26 7:44 | Same thing is happening to me...I've tried deleting my cache and cookies several times, I've refreshed and reloaded and signed in and out...nothing seems to be working... |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 7:55 | I'm having the same issue. Apparently, other people can see me, but I cannot see them. I receive chats as e-mails. Very odd. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KC2012 | 12/04/26 8:03 | Same thing with mine. I recently installed Google Drive on my PC and thought maybe that had something to do with it, but I've uninstalled that and the problem with Chat still persists. My friends don't have the issue, just me. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | tb1346 | 12/04/26 8:06 | I'm having the same problem. Clearing cookies, signing in & out, and refreshing have not fixed the issue. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 8:22 | Just FYI, I've now logged into gmail in Chrome, Safari and Firefox. The chat problem persists in all three browsers. I work at an educational institution that uses gmail. I appear to be the only person (so far!) reporting the problem at our instituti |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 8:41 | Chat functionality has now been restored for me. I walked away from my desk for 2 minutes and when I returned it was back up. I did NOTHING to cause the change. ????? Hope it resolves for everyone else soon. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KiraDT | 12/04/26 8:51 | I am having the same problem, i did just update to Firefox 10 yesterday, but my chat still worked after i uploaded it |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 9:00 | And it's gone for me again... This is seriously wonky. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KatherineG | 12/04/26 9:07 | Hi all, Thanks for letting me know what you're seeing. I'm taking a closer look with my team and will report back as soon as I know more or if there is more info I'd need from you. Thanks again!Katherine |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 9:08 | @kkasd, same thing happened with me. I woke up this morning, it wasn't working, my contacts randomly showed up for about 15 minutes and chat worked like normal, then they all just appeared as offline again. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KatherineG | 12/04/26 9:11 | Also, can you all confirm where it's happening: - is it only in Gmail? - if you log in to Google+, iGoogle, or another Google property do you see the same thing? Thanks much!Katherine |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 9:14 | @KatherineG, thanks for getting back to us. I just logged in to Google+ and chat seems to be working there for me. It is only my Gmail account that is having the problem. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | GingerKitty | 12/04/26 9:16 | <このメッセージは削除されました。> |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 9:19 | gmail only here as well. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | SargeATL | 12/04/26 9:19 | @Katherine Ditto on GingerKitty's comment |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | AdminDon | 12/04/26 9:21 | Same thing is happening to one of my users. I even had her try a different machine... |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | scottythered | 12/04/26 9:23 | Ditto here. Two different machines, no chat, no outbound voice |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | LindseyHowe | 12/04/26 9:24 | @katherineG... chat works fine in google+ just not in gmail |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | mmalloy10 | 12/04/26 9:27 | yeah only gmail is not working... G+ etc all seem fine |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | takuya31 | 12/04/26 9:30 | <このメッセージは削除されました。> |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KatherineG | 12/04/26 9:59 | Thanks all for getting back to me so quickly- super helpful! Our team is investigating the issue and I'll report back as soon as I have an update for you. Please also let us know if you see any changes to the issue. Thanks for your patience :)Kather |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 9:59 | @KatherineG Thanks |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | scottythered | 12/04/26 10:00 | I'd like to add that when I try to call using Google Voice from the web Gmail, it rings and rings and rings, and when I cancel the call, a message appears saying there's been a network error and the call wouldn't complete. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | DonnyA | 12/04/26 10:15 | Hi Katherine. Still no changes to the issue here. I ran a MalwareBytes scan as well as an Anti-virus scan, and both turned up nothing. I checked my alternate gmail account, and that's working fine. Only my primary account is experiencing this iss |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Fred B | 12/04/26 10:32 | Do you still have this problem if you reload Gmail in your browser? Thanks for your patience while we investigate the issue. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | snofrandy | 12/04/26 10:35 | As others, doesn't work in GChat in Gmail. Tried clearing cache, restarting computer, even doesn't work in IE. However, it works on my Galaxy Nexus and Google+ |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | AdminDon | 12/04/26 10:35 | Yes |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 10:35 | Yes. Re-loading does not help (just tried again). Nor does clearing my cache or shutting down my computer and re-starting. As I stated before, it also persists in Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Other have reported that moving to a different computer doe |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KiraDT | 12/04/26 10:36 | yes still broken after refreshing (but does work in G+) |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | CaitlinTeal | 12/04/26 10:37 | I've got the same issue. It's been happening all day. I'm based in Berlin, Germany, and can't see any of my contacts at all. Further, I'md not receiving any chats even as emails. Glad you're looking into this KatherineG. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 10:39 | I am still having the same problem. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | LydiaKA | 12/04/26 10:50 | Hi Katherine, I'm having the exact same problem as well. The issue started for me this morning and nothing I've tried has fixed anything. Just let me know what the next step is. Thank you! -Lydia |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | jdcutler | 12/04/26 10:55 | I'm have the same issue, chats are going to my e-mail saying i'm "off-line", when i select someboy who i know is available, i'm told they are "offline". chat works when i log in separately though Google Talk |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | grrrgchat | 12/04/26 10:57 | Hi - I am also having the same issue! Chat is not working through gmail on either Google Chrome or Internet Explorer, but does work through Google Talk. I can see myself as having a green-dot, but everyone else appears offline. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Fred B | 12/04/26 11:26 | Thank you all for your help in tracking this down. Can you confirm that you do see your chat roster as normal, but that every user is marked as offline? |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | grrrgchat | 12/04/26 11:27 | Yes! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KiraDT | 12/04/26 11:28 | Yes, able to see entire chat roster but everybody is shown as offline |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 11:32 | I am also able to see my roster, but everyone (except me!) appears to be offline. I have been told that I appear online to other users, but when they chat me, the text comes as email. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | scottythered | 12/04/26 11:34 | Yes indeedy. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | LydiaKA | 12/04/26 11:34 | Yes. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | jdcutler | 12/04/26 11:36 | One person (who changed their address, not sure the account is even active) is available, everyone else is greyed out. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Fred B | 12/04/26 11:37 | Okay, that's helpful thank you. Our teams are working now to resolve this issue. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | scottythered | 12/04/26 11:44 | Again: whatever the problem is, it's affecting Google Voice via Gmail as well. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kaushal.sumit.1 | 12/04/26 12:05 | Ditto. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Nirmal Daniel | 12/04/26 12:20 | Ah .. I analyzed this problem in detail - This is Noway related with browser / cookies / operating system etc. - This should be a Sev 1 Bug ! I can reproduce this clearly. Additional Info: - I tried logging in to other google accounts and they work |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | bneven | 12/04/26 12:31 | So I went from having no contacts appearing online all day to now just 1.... random but better. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 12:41 | A little late on this, but yes, I can also see my chat roster as normal but everybody is marked as offline. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | bneven | 12/04/26 12:47 | <このメッセージは削除されました。> |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 12:49 | Mine are also starting to appear randomly and slowly... |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | DonnyA | 12/04/26 12:51 | I'm back up and running! Thanks Gmail! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 12:53 | No progress here yet. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | bneven | 12/04/26 12:54 | I refreshed and now my one contact is gone. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | helgicz | 12/04/26 12:54 | neither here:( |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | helgicz | 12/04/26 12:55 | and suddenly back! thanks a lot guys! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Nirmal Daniel | 12/04/26 12:55 | No progress here too !! Still I thank Google support team for its prompt response :-) Thanks ! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | alexman2000 | 12/04/26 12:57 | I think I am all back up to normal as well. Thanks, Google team. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | LydiaKA | 12/04/26 12:58 | Mine is up and running too. Thanks! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | EJL | 12/04/26 12:59 | no progress here either! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | takuya31 | 12/04/26 13:00 | Still nothing for me. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Nirmal Daniel | 12/04/26 13:00 | Yes IT IS BACK .. Give some continuous refreshes .. it works !! Thanks to Google Support team !! P.S : These issues are very dangerous for Google. A Phisher man can read all the bugs posted here and cast his phishing nets accordingly to make a big |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 13:01 | Mine is still 100% down as well. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | EJL | 12/04/26 13:05 | any suggestions on anything we can do to help resolve this issue. i have continued to refresh but still no luck. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | LydiaKA | 12/04/26 13:06 | Mine is up and running too. Thanks! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Nirmal Daniel | 12/04/26 13:08 | as an alternative for the time being - use Gtalk in Google + .. it works .. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KiraDT | 12/04/26 13:10 | nothing for me yet either, even with refreshes |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | bneven | 12/04/26 13:46 | I can see everyone online now it looks like!!! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/04/26 13:48 | Mine now appears to be back up. Hope it lasts! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | takuya31 | 12/04/26 13:49 | I think mine is working again, too. Thanks! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KiraDT | 12/04/26 13:49 | mine is up now! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | TC's Technology Consulting | 12/04/26 13:55 | I have been having the same problems today as well, tried on 3 different pcs, disabled chat in gmail settings, tried IE Safari and FF, even tried it on an iPad since I was at the verizon store earlier. G+ works, talk on my droid worked, and iChat wor |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | DrMNA | 12/04/26 15:27 | gmail chat is stuck on "loading"same problem if I log in on another computer? |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | wár17 § | 12/04/26 16:22 | Chat is fixed for some users. Check if your is fixed by refreshing page. If refreshing page does not work, clear browser data, chrome://chrome/settings/clearBrowserData using the time frame since the beginning of time. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | cupcakegirl | 12/05/01 13:18 | I have one for sure but maybe two contacts that I'm aware of that were showing offline from March 3- April 3. April 3rd they started to pop online once a day for 1 hr..like it was timed and if they came on idled or green that is how they stayed for t |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | DexterURT | 12/05/08 20:11 | Kind of the same issue:Was working and then I clicked on the phone icon and exited before finishing the wizard.When I logged back in chat would just say "loading..." and if I click the phone it says "please wait while we prepare your account, this ma |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | befuddled again | 12/05/17 12:40 | Hello, I seem to be having the same problem, I can see chat that I have sent but they get to the recipient as e-mails.When my friend sends me chat it says in the chat window that ? is typing and then that ? has entered text, but it refuses to let me |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KeithR | 12/05/17 17:44 | @befuddled again, for future reference, it is far easier to assist you if you use the Post a question button to create your own question. I can't imagine which "same problem" you might be having on this very long thread and your description certainl |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | perrygogas | 12/07/26 4:27 | So what happened to KatherineG that was supposedly solving the problem????????????????????? |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | malfunctioning | 12/07/26 5:22 | my chat is not working i can see my entire chat list and i am available but none of my contacts appear as available... although they are online. they can see me online and my status but i cannot chat with them and they cannot chat with me. when they |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | malfunctioning | 12/07/26 5:22 | can anyone help? |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | malfunctioning | 12/07/26 5:25 | ok after multiple refreshing i can see my contacts as available/busy/offline/away but i cannot chat with them it will sayxxx did not receive your chat. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Viperboy | 12/07/26 5:28 | I'm also not seeing any of my contacts online. Everyone is offline although i was talking with a bunch of people before. Any idea what happened? |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/07/26 5:32 | Once again, chat is not working for me. This morning, I can see my name with the grey not-signed-in icon beside it. Under my name it says "Loading..." I see no names below mine.I can open the drop-down menu and I see an option for "Sign into chat" wi |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | malfunctioning | 12/07/26 5:33 | a bunch of my friends are having this problem too. is there a problem with Gmail Chat today? people are appearing online although they logged out minutes ago... they can receive the chat msgs in the wrong order and after a long time... although just |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | malfunctioning | 12/07/26 5:38 | chat is not working for any of my contacts Problems:- chat msgs don't appear- chat msgs cannot be received- chat msgs received after a long time- chat msgs received but there is still xxx did not receive your chat- the order in which chat msgs are s |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | EstherR | 12/07/26 5:39 | Same here..and it was just working a while ago |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/07/26 5:43 | I have now also cleared my cache along with all download and browser data from the beginning of time, quit Chrome, restarted and then logged in again. I still see the grey icon, see no one else in chat, and cannot sign in. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/07/26 5:45 | I will add that other users on my campus are NOT experiencing these issues. They can see my name, but I appear to be signed out. Chatter texts go straight to email. When I reported a problem with Chat in April I was also one of only a few accounts on |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | arnauddaw | 12/07/26 5:46 | Same problem here with same caracteristics... :( |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Anton707 | 12/07/26 5:48 | Same here, same issue |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/07/26 5:52 | Workmates now say they can see the green available icon beside my name and they can enter chat text. However, chat text arrives to via email. And I still cannot see their names and my name on my screen appears logged out. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | mcannon | 12/07/26 6:59 | I'm also having the same problem. I am at work and constantly use this as a way to communicate with colleagues not in my building. I need this fixed quickly. |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Fred B | 12/07/26 7:01 | We're aware of a problem with Google Talk affecting a majority of users. The affected users are able to access Google Talk, but are seeing error messages and/or other unexpected behavior. You can follow updates on the dashboard here: http://www.goog |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kira.vip | 12/07/26 7:09 | Same here! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | kkasd | 12/07/26 7:17 | I don't know if this a related problem or not, but gmail in general is acting strangely today. When I receive new emails the number beside INBOX on the left of the screen changes. (So, if I have one unread message I see: INBOX (1)). However, in order |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | KateKelli | 12/07/26 7:36 | I am having the same problem. My chat shows no one online in gchat and only some in google+ . People who appear offline in google+ are able to send me messages on google+ however. When people Gchat me they are told I didn't receive the message... Sam |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | Dori, Google Community Manager | 12/07/26 14:00 | Hey everyone, This issue should now be resolved. Please see my post here. If you are still experiencing some difficulties, please try clearing your cache and cookies and then signing back in. Thanks!Dori |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | malfunctioning | 12/07/27 2:11 | Thanks Google Team for the quick response! |
| Re: Chat not working in Gmail | arnauddaw | 12/07/27 2:13 | Yeah ! Thanks ! :) |