Youtube, Gmail, and other Google services are having problems

503 errors and such...

Update: Google since confirmed the issues and offered the following update:

We’re aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a majority of users. The affected users are unable to access Gmail. We will provide an update by 14/12/2020 12:12 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.

Gmail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the…