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AfterPay Outage History

Every past AfterPay outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 42 AfterPay outages since December 2020. The 4 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor May 6, 2026

May 2026: Degraded issue with Virtual Card and Button Integrations

Detected May 6, 2026 2:37 PM EDT · Resolved May 6, 2026 2:57 PM EDT · Duration 20 minutes

AfterPay experienced elevated decline rates affecting virtual card and button integrations for both AfterPay and Cash App Pay services. The issue impacted both Online API and In-Store API components, causing payment processing difficulties for merchants and customers. The incident lasted 20 minutes and was under active investigation by Cash App Merchant Services.

Minor March 19, 2026

March 2026: Degraded Pay Monthly & Account Services

Detected Mar 19, 2026 10:53 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 19, 2026 11:30 PM EDT · Duration 37 minutes

AfterPay US experienced a 37-minute service degradation affecting their Pay Monthly (Buy Now, Pay Later) feature and account services. Customers were unable to access Pay Monthly options at checkout and view their account details due to issues with the Online API and Consumer Portal. The engineering team investigated and resolved the issue.