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Kickstarter Outage History

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

There were 121 Kickstarter outages since September 2017. The 23 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Major May 6, 2026

May 2026: Issues loading Kickstarter

Detected May 6, 2026 6:55 PM EDT · Resolved May 6, 2026 7:50 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Kickstarter experienced elevated error rates and slow site performance for 55 minutes, affecting users' ability to load the website properly. The engineering team implemented a fix and monitored the system to ensure stability. The incident was fully resolved with normal site performance restored.

Major April 21, 2026

April 2026: Users seeing errors on checkout

Detected Apr 21, 2026 3:15 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 21, 2026 4:31 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Kickstarter experienced elevated error rates and slow site performance affecting their main website and payment system for 1.3 hours. Users encountered errors during checkout and experienced degraded site performance. The team identified the root cause and deployed a fix, with full service restoration confirmed after monitoring.

Major April 17, 2026

April 2026: Some emails and notifications may be delayed

Detected Apr 17, 2026 6:20 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 9:53 AM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

Kickstarter experienced elevated error rates and slow site performance that caused delays in emails and notifications for 3.6 hours. The incident affected the main Kickstarter.com website and was classified as a major service disruption. The team resolved the performance issues and confirmed all systems were functioning normally.

Major March 24, 2026

March 2026: Degraded site performance

Detected Mar 24, 2026 11:09 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 24, 2026 11:56 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Kickstarter experienced elevated error rates and slow site performance affecting both their website and mobile platform for 46 minutes. The incident impacted users' ability to access and use Kickstarter services normally. The team resolved the performance issues and confirmed all systems were functioning properly after monitoring.

Major March 17, 2026

March 2026: Site slow and loading intermittently

Detected Mar 17, 2026 12:20 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 17, 2026 12:39 PM EDT · Duration 19 minutes

Kickstarter experienced a major service disruption where the website and mobile app were loading slowly and intermittently for 19 minutes. Both the main Kickstarter.com website and mobile components were affected during this incident. The team identified the root cause and implemented a fix, with full service restoration confirmed after monitoring.

Major March 5, 2026

March 2026: Some campaigns and pledges may not be loading

Detected Mar 5, 2026 10:48 AM EST · Resolved Mar 5, 2026 2:25 PM EST · Duration about 4 hours

A downstream vendor outage caused disruption to Kickstarter campaign pages and the pledging process, affecting the main website, payments, and mobile platforms. The incident lasted 3.6 hours before being fully resolved. Kickstarter monitored the vendor's status throughout the outage and confirmed all systems were functioning normally after resolution.