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Expensify Outage History

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

There were 257 Expensify outages since January 2019. The 38 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Major May 20, 2026

May 2026: Site Issue

Detected May 20, 2026 12:03 PM EDT · Resolved May 20, 2026 1:14 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Expensify experienced a major site issue that affected both their website and mobile app for 1.2 hours. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented. The incident was fully resolved on May 20, 2026.

Major May 19, 2026

May 2026: Site Issue

Detected May 19, 2026 12:33 PM EDT · Resolved May 19, 2026 1:47 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Expensify experienced a major site issue that affected both their website and mobile app for 1.3 hours. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented to resolve the incident. Both the website and mobile app services have been fully restored.

Minor May 19, 2026

May 2026: Expensify AI auto-categorization temporarily disabled

Detected May 19, 2026 10:49 AM EDT · Resolved May 19, 2026 5:03 PM EDT · Duration about 6 hours

Expensify temporarily disabled AI auto-categorization functionality within SmartScan for 6.2 hours while working on system enhancements. Other automation features including personal expense rules, workspace merchant rules, and merchant category code automation continued to operate normally. The issue was resolved and AI auto-categorization was restored to full functionality.

Minor May 19, 2026

May 2026: Degraded Performance

Detected May 19, 2026 9:02 AM EDT · Resolved May 19, 2026 9:16 AM EDT · Duration 14 minutes

Expensify experienced site instability issues that affected their website, mobile app, SmartScan, report PDFs, integration APIs, and support message delivery. The degraded performance impacted multiple core services across the platform. The incident was resolved after 14 minutes of investigation and remediation work.

Minor May 12, 2026

May 2026: Degraded Performance

Detected May 12, 2026 2:53 PM EDT · Resolved May 12, 2026 3:36 PM EDT · Duration 43 minutes

Expensify experienced site instability issues that affected their website, mobile app, SmartScan, report PDFs, integration APIs, support messaging, and connections to major banks including Bank of America, American Express, Chase, Wells Fargo, CapitalOne, and Citi. The degraded performance lasted for 43 minutes before being resolved. The incident impacted core expense management functionality and banking integrations across the platform.

Major May 7, 2026

May 2026: Site Issue

Detected May 7, 2026 11:48 AM EDT · Resolved May 7, 2026 11:56 AM EDT · Duration 8 minutes

Expensify experienced a major site issue that affected both their website and mobile app for 8 minutes. The issue was quickly identified and a fix was implemented. The incident was fully resolved within the brief 8-minute timeframe.

Minor April 6, 2026

April 2026: Degraded Performance

Detected Apr 6, 2026 12:54 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 6, 2026 5:25 PM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

Expensify experienced site instability issues that affected their website, mobile app, report PDFs, support messaging, SmartScan, integration APIs, outgoing emails, and community site for 4.5 hours. The incident was classified as minor degraded performance rather than a complete outage. The service has been fully restored and the incident was resolved.

Minor March 20, 2026

March 2026: Expensify Magic Codes not working

Detected Mar 20, 2026 6:13 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 24, 2026 9:02 AM EDT · Duration 4 days

Expensify experienced an issue with Magic Codes not working properly, affecting both the website and mobile app for 86.8 hours. The problem was identified and a fix was implemented. The incident has been resolved.

Major March 4, 2026

March 2026: Site Issue

Detected Mar 4, 2026 4:32 PM EST · Resolved Mar 4, 2026 5:12 PM EST · Duration 40 minutes

Expensify experienced a major site issue that affected both their website and mobile app for 40 minutes. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented to resolve the service disruption. The incident was fully resolved after affecting users' access to the platform.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Expensify Billing – Duplicate or Missing Charges/Cashback

Detected Mar 3, 2026 2:56 PM EST · Resolved Mar 9, 2026 2:25 PM EDT · Duration 6 days

Expensify experienced a billing issue where users encountered duplicate charges or missing cashback transactions. The incident affected the billing system's accuracy in processing charges and cashback rewards. The issue was resolved after 142.5 hours of investigation and remediation efforts.