Is anybody else having problems with Google Talk/Chat this morning?

[jducoeur]

When I logged in, a few minutes ago, I had the damnedest time getting GChat to connect. (Via Pidgin, which is how I always read IM.) And now that I'm finally logged-in, it claims that only four of my friends are there, which is unheard-of -- I usually see several dozen people on GChat at any given time. So I'm wondering if there's a widespread problem, or if it's just my laptop...

[ETA: dsr pointed me to the relevant status page, which confirms that things are a bit hosed. But I notice that a lot of people seem to be gradually getting in now...)