{
  "id": 150425,
  "title": "Has Google Chrome been randomly signing you out of your accounts? [Poll]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/has-google-chrome-been-randomly-signing-you-out-of-your-accounts-poll",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T22:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Google",
    "slug": "9to5google",
    "url": "https://9to5google.com/2026/08/04/google-chrome-randomly-signed-out-poll/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A perplexing problem has been affecting Google Chrome users over the past few months - their accounts are randomly signed out. This issue is particularly irritating as Google accounts serve as gateways to a multitude of online services. Sign-in to a Google account in Chrome also automatically synchronizes your browsing history, bookmarks, and more. Thus, a bug causing users to be unexpectedly signed out of their Google accounts is understandably causing a stir among Chrome users.\n\nTwo journalists from 9to5Google have personally experienced this issue on their own machines, and they are far from alone. Over the past month, there have been numerous scattered reports of this behavior appearing across the internet. There seems to be no discernible pattern to this occurrence. Some users report that their accounts are signed out \"every few hours,\" while others say it happens \"weekly.\" In one case, the issue seemed to occur whenever more than three Google accounts were signed into the same Chrome profile. This problem is exclusive to the desktop browser version, with mobile apps remaining unaffected.\n\nDespite these numerous reports, Google has not officially acknowledged the issue. However, readers are invited to participate in a poll to share their own experiences with this problem. It is hoped that Google will soon investigate the cause of this puzzling issue and provide a solution.",
  "summary": "A weird issue floating around Google Chrome users for the past couple of months randomly signs users out of their accounts – have you run into this problem?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}