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PayPal Incident History

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checked Oct 23, 2026 9:09 PM UTC · PayPal's official status page

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PayPal incident history

3 reports published by PayPal in the last 30 days · 3 still open

When PayPal breaks, it is typically resolved in 1h 1m — median across 1 resolved incidents over 30 days.

October 13, 2026

Rescheduled: PayPal Live Site Maintenance (PP-LIVE-109965)

Ongoing · last update

  1. MaintenanceOct 13 · 04:35 UTC

    Rescheduled: This maintenance scheduled for October 8th has been rescheduled for October 13th.Impact Window: Thursday October 13th at 8:00 am to 8:30 am GMT.Oct 8, 01:34 UTCInitial Notification: On Thursday October 8th PayPal's Venmo brand will be performing routine maintenance activity. There is a possibility some users could experience service interruption for up to 60 seconds during the maintenance period.Impact Window: Thursday October 8th at 8:00 am to 8:30 am GMT.Sep 24, 21:55 UTC

Reported by PayPal on their status page.

October 12, 2026

Initial Notification: Impact to BNPL (Pay Later) authorizations (PP-LIVE-110179)

Ongoing · last update

  1. IncidentOct 12 · 03:02 UTC

    Initial Notification: We are currently experiencing an issue affecting Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) authorizations, and customers may see declines and checkout errors. Our team is working on resolving the issue and mitigating the impact. Affected Regions: Global

Reported by PayPal on their status page.

October 1, 2026

Initial Notification: PayPal Live Site Maintenance (PP-LIVE-110012)

Ongoing · last update

  1. MaintenanceOct 1 · 04:35 UTC

    Initial Notification: On Thursday October 15th PayPal will performing routine maintenance activity. There is a possibility some users could experience errors for approximately 120 seconds during the maintenance period.Sep 28, 21:25 UTC

Reported by PayPal on their status page.