Yesterday we reported that Google Search Console had yet another bug, this time with your manual actions disappearing without any good reason. Google fixed the issue within 24 hours and if you had any manual actions that were gone yesterday, they are probably now back and visible within Google Search Console.
The issue started around 3pm on April 30th:
Something odd is going on for sites with manual actions. We have three clients now that appear to have manual actions expire/clear up on their own. These can certainly expire, but it's odd to have 3 do it on one day.
— Marie Haynes (@Marie_Haynes) April 30, 2019
Anyone else seeing issues like this? @rustybrick
The issue was resolved around 3pm on May 1st:
Looks like the manual actions bug has resolved. If you had a manual action that disappeared yesterday, unless you got an email saying your manual action was revoked, it is likely back now. pic.twitter.com/pvo2reV7tg
— Marie Haynes (@Marie_Haynes) May 1, 2019
Google's John Mueller also confirmed on Twitter at around 5pm on May 1st that this was resolved.
In the meantime I've heard back from the team -- they found the issue and fixed it. So ... if you still see manual actions now, it's still worth fixing them & filing a reconsideration request. Sorry for the brief confusion & thanks for your patience!
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) May 1, 2019
So - even though you think your penalty vanished, it may now be back - go check Search Console to check your manual actions nows.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
