Google Search Console experienced significant performance report delays beginning October 19-20, 2025, with data freezing across all profiles and websites preventing SEO professionals from accessing critical ranking and traffic metrics. The platform’s main performance reports stopped updating while 24-hour views continued displaying recent data, creating confusion among website owners tracking daily SEO metrics and client reporting deadlines. According to Search Engine Land coverage, Daniel Waisberg from Google’s Search Central team confirmed the issue on October 24th stating “We’re catching up,” indicating the data remained stored and would eventually appear in reporting dashboards.
The reporting disruption affected critical SEO workflows including rank tracking, traffic analysis, and client reporting with date breakdowns showing no information beyond October 19th despite actual search performance continuing normally. Industry professionals reported widespread frustration across social media platforms as they attempted to generate reports for stakeholders without access to current performance data typically used for optimization decisions and strategic planning. Research from comprehensive GSC glitch analysis emphasizes that while the issue caused dashboard visibility problems, actual crawling and indexing continued functioning normally with the disruption representing purely reporting infrastructure challenges rather than search performance impacts.
Google Search Console reporting issues include:
- Performance report freezing on October 19-20 preventing access to ranking, click, and impression data across all properties
- 24-hour view displaying recent data while 7-day and longer filters showed incomplete information creating confusion
- Date breakdowns ending at October 19th across all Search Console profiles regardless of website or geographic location
- Widespread SEO community reports on X and Threads highlighting workflow disruptions and client reporting challenges
- Google confirmation on October 24th with data beginning to catch up showing information through October 21st by afternoon
The disruption highlights Search Console’s critical role in SEO operations while demonstrating occasional reporting infrastructure challenges requiring professionals to maintain backup analytics systems including Google Analytics, rank trackers, and third-party SEO platforms for consistent performance visibility during platform disruptions.