Cybersource experienced a service disruption affecting Elavon Americas transaction processing for 24.8 hours from March 26-28, 2026. Merchants encountered "Invalid message format" errors when processing refunds through the Elavon Americas gateway, with some users also experiencing general payment processing error messages. The issue was identified and mostly mitigated by March 27th, then fully resolved by March 28th with normal service restored.
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The issue affecting Elavon Americas has now been fully resolved. Cybersource is conducting an internal review of the events to mitigate future occurrences.
Reported Start Time: 13:02 GMT on 26 March 2026
Reported End Time: 00:00 GMT on 28 March 2026
Impact: Customers are now able to use Elavon Americas services as normal.
Next Update: No further updates, issue resolved.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Cybersource support team if you have any questions or concerns.
Cybersource Support Center
Incident #: INC24792371
We have identified the issue affecting Elavon Americas transaction processing and we have mitigated almost all errors, with only a few remaining. Teams are actively working toward complete resolution of the issue.
We appreciate your patience as we work urgently to complete the mitigation.
Impact: Users may experience payment processing error messages.
Reported Start Time: 13:02 GMT on 26 March 2026
Next Update: As current status changes.
We regret any inconvenience this may cause for our customers. We will provide regular updates until the issue is mitigated.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Cybersource support team if you have any questions or concerns.
Cybersource Support Center
Incident #: INC24792371
Cybersource is aware of an issue that is currently affecting Elavon Americas transaction processing.
We are investigating the cause and working urgently to resolve the issue.
Impact: Merchants may experience error "Invalid message format" when refunding customers on the Elavon Americas gateway.
Reported Start Time: 13:02 GMT on 26 March 2026
Next Update: As current status changes
We regret any inconvenience this may cause for our customers. We will provide regular updates until the issue is mitigated.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Cybersource support team if you have any questions or concerns.
Cybersource Support Center
Incident #: TBD
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