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[Google Search API] /goto links returned in the output

Major Impact Investigating Ongoing per provider November 12, 2026
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Current answer

SerpApi experienced a major incident: [Google Search API] /goto links returned in the output. The provider currently marks this incident Investigating.

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Incident Lifecycle

Investigating Investigating
Affected Components
Search API

Incident Timeline

Investigating
We're aware that /goto links are appearing more frequently across multiple fields in the Google Search API. Our engineers are working to resolve the issue, and we'll notify you as soon as a fix is deployed.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime.
Nov 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM UTC
Investigating
We're seeing /goto URLs appear intermittently again on the Google Search API - /goto links are returned for organic results instead of direct links. We'll provide an update as soon as we have implemented a fix.

https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4315
Nov 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC
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