Irrelevant/poisoned search results returned intermittently
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SerpApi experienced a minor incident: Irrelevant/poisoned search results returned intermittently. The provider currently marks this incident Investigating.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
Search API
Incident Timeline
Investigating
Our engineer is currently looking into this issue.
Here is the GitHub issue for reference: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4565
Here is the GitHub issue for reference: https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4565
Nov 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
Investigating
Even though we recently deployed a fix for basic queries, it's still possible to get irrelevant results. We're sorry for the difficulties. Our team is continuing to work on this issue.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime.
Nov 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC
Identified
We have deployed a fix for basic Bing Search API queries.
Advanced queries using `site:`, `filetype:`, or `OR` remain affected and may still return irrelevant results. We are continuing to work on these queries and will share further updates as they become available.
Advanced queries using `site:`, `filetype:`, or `OR` remain affected and may still return irrelevant results. We are continuing to work on these queries and will share further updates as they become available.
Nov 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC
Investigating
We have been observing Bing return irrelevant/poisoned search results intermittently over the last few weeks. Our team is working on fixing this on priority.
Apologies for the inconvenience caused due to this. We will be sharing further updates as more information becomes available.
Apologies for the inconvenience caused due to this. We will be sharing further updates as more information becomes available.
Nov 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM UTC
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