[chmars]

Creating the archive takes some time and is it working during a Gmail outage anyway?

For OS X users, CloudPull (payware) is a good solution for a continuous Gmail backup. It's developed by Golden Hill Software:

http://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/

[bwillard]

No Takeout was affected by the outage as well unfortunately.

[chmars]

Thanks, good to know!