Yes, it wasn’t just you. Google Search Console was down for many users across the globe.
Since I’m managing more than one search console, I can personally confirm this was the case. Once I saw the error, I headed to X (formerly Twitter) to check whether someone else was facing the same issue or if it was just me.
It turns out that others were facing the same problem.
However, after a brief outage, I refreshed the page, and the search console was back.
This isn’t the first time it has happened. Earlier this week, some other users posted about the search console showing a 500 error.
What could be the reason? Let’s wait for official confirmation from @googlesearchc