- GIF/HD filter options disappearing or non-functional - Queries capping out early (Page 15 limit) - Indexing incomplete for even basic search terms - Images mismatched or replaced with unrelated thumbnails

This began late 2023 with media indexing issues and has escalated to widespread breakage by 2025.

Proof and screenshots: https://medium.com/@harshiksenthil1/google-searchs-broken-image-video-results-an-ongoing-bug-ignored-for-over-a-year-a0d8f5aa1714 Bug Tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/441408560

If you’ve noticed similar indexing failures, please share examples or star the bug to escalate. This seems like a systemic issue in Google Search’s image indexing pipeline.