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GoCardless Outage History

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

There were 223 GoCardless outages since January 2015. The 39 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: Intermittent issues with Instant Bank Payments.

Detected Apr 16, 2026 8:52 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 11:26 AM EDT · Duration about 3 hours

GoCardless experienced intermittent issues with processing Instant Bank Payments and Variable Recurring Payments for 2.6 hours. Engineers identified and resolved the underlying issue, restoring normal functionality to both payment services.

Minor April 14, 2026

April 2026: SEPA Instant Payouts – Slight Processing Delays

Detected Apr 14, 2026 7:25 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 14, 2026 9:22 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

GoCardless experienced processing delays with SEPA Instant Payouts due to a banking partner issue that lasted 2 hours. Payouts scheduled for the afternoon were delayed by 60-90 minutes beyond their usual arrival times. The underlying issue was resolved and normal service was being restored.

Minor March 30, 2026

March 2026: Payment Export Function Issues

Detected Mar 30, 2026 3:53 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 30, 2026 6:15 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

GoCardless experienced a 2.4-hour outage affecting the payment export functionality on their Payments page. The team investigated and resolved the issue that prevented users from exporting payment data. The incident was classified as minor and has been fully resolved.

Minor March 27, 2026

March 2026: API for Payout items not returning the expected response

Detected Mar 27, 2026 9:08 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 27, 2026 10:04 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

The GoCardless API for Payout items experienced an issue where it was not returning expected responses, while other API functionality remained unaffected. Engineers identified that a recent change caused the problem and worked to revert it. The incident was resolved after 56 minutes.

Minor March 13, 2026

March 2026: Intermittent issues with GoCardless Dashboard.

Detected Mar 13, 2026 6:31 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 13, 2026 11:06 AM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

GoCardless experienced intermittent issues with dashboard access that affected a small number of merchants for 4.6 hours. The root cause was identified and a fix was implemented to resolve the access problems.

Minor March 4, 2026

March 2026: Discrepancies in the amounts displayed on GoCardless homepage.

Detected Mar 4, 2026 6:44 AM EST · Resolved Mar 4, 2026 10:04 AM EST · Duration about 3 hours

GoCardless experienced discrepancies in the amounts displayed on their dashboard homepage, affecting users' ability to view accurate financial reporting data. The engineering team identified the root cause and implemented a fix after 3.3 hours. All displayed amounts are now accurate and the dashboard is functioning normally.

Minor February 25, 2026

February 2026: Direct Debit collection failures for BECS NZ

Detected Feb 25, 2026 5:19 AM EST · Resolved Mar 2, 2026 5:54 AM EST · Duration 5 days

GoCardless experienced increased Direct Debit collection failures for New Zealand customers using the BECS NZ system, initially affecting payments scheduled for February 24th and later extending to February 25th payments. The incident caused processing delays and collection failures for affected merchants. GoCardless worked with their banking partner to resolve the issue, which lasted approximately 5 days, and reached out to all impacted merchants.

Minor February 24, 2026

February 2026: GoCardless Dashboard returning blank screen

Detected Feb 24, 2026 8:50 AM EST · Resolved Feb 24, 2026 11:32 AM EST · Duration about 3 hours

The GoCardless Dashboard displayed blank screens for users and API services were disrupted, preventing customers from accessing their accounts. The incident lasted 2.7 hours before the root cause was identified and a fix was implemented. Both dashboard access and API functionality were restored with continued monitoring to ensure system stability.

Minor February 23, 2026

February 2026: Mandates cancelled for Société Générale and Boursorama/BoursoBank

Detected Feb 23, 2026 10:09 AM EST · Resolved Feb 26, 2026 10:20 AM EST · Duration 3 days

GoCardless experienced an issue where direct debit mandates for customers with Société Générale and Boursorama/BoursoBank accounts were incorrectly cancelled, causing payment collections to fail. The incident lasted 72.2 hours, during which GoCardless worked with their partner bank to identify the root cause and assess the full impact. All affected mandates were successfully reinstated and reactivated, with GoCardless reaching out to impacted merchants and payers to clarify the situation.