You can follow Barry on Twitter at @rustybrick or on LinkedIn and read his full bio over hereGoogle has confirmed another bug with the Search Console Discover performance report on May 21st.
Google said there was another data logging issue that may cause a decrease in clicks and impressions for May 21, 2026.
Google wrote, "A logging error caused a decrease in clicks and impressions on the Discover performance report for data on May 21, 2026."
This means, that your site was not impacted in Google Discover, but Google was just not able to record the clicks and impressions properly.
Plus, currently the Search Console link report is broken and previously, Google admitted to losing 50 weeks of data.
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Google has confirmed another bug with the Search Console Discover performance report on May 21st. Google said there was another data logging issue that may cause a decrease in clicks and impressions for May 21, 2026.
Google wrote, "A logging error caused a decrease in clicks and impressions on the Discover performance report for data on May 21, 2026."
Google clarified that "this issue affects data logging only." This means, that your site was not impacted in Google Discover, but Google was just not able to record the clicks and impressions properly.
This happened on May 7th and 8th as well, and that data is lost forever as well. Plus, currently the Search Console link report is broken and previously, Google admitted to losing 50 weeks of data.
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