SEO Recap covering August 2, 2026: Google Search recent filter bug fixed

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Google's "Tools" then "Recent" time filter (including past hour) stopped working across desktop and mobile for both Search and the News tab for several hours.
Sorting by "Relevance" then "Sort by date" still worked and served as a temporary workaround.
Google's Rajan Patel confirmed the team was debugging and later said a fix shipped, with the weekend slowing the response.

Published on August 3, 2026