The problems swept across major services and websites for an uncomfortable stretch on Thursday before recovery began kicking in.

Any major problems with providers like this will result in lots of your favorite online sites and apps going down. Down Detector on Thursday saw user-reported issues at Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo Switch Online, Spotify, and dozens more platforms. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.)

Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.