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Outage in Klarna

Klarna US Service Disruption

Resolved Minor
May 07, 2026 - Started about 15 hours ago - Lasted about 11 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Klarna experienced a 10.7-hour service disruption in the United States caused by a cloud infrastructure provider issue, affecting customer and merchant access to shopping, payments, customer service, communications, and the Merchant Portal. During recovery, the main remaining impact was that recent Klarna Card transactions were not visible in the app and related notifications were delayed. The incident was fully resolved after implementing fixes and monitoring the gradual restoration of all affected services.

We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting Klarna services in the United States. Some customers and merchants may be unable to access certain features, including shopping, payments, customer service, communications, and the Merchant Portal. We have identified the root cause as an infrastructure issue with our cloud provider and are actively working to resolve it. All other regions are unaffected. Thank you for your patience.
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 5 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 12:05PM

This incident has been resolved.

MONITORING about 6 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 10:23AM

Recovery is continuing across impacted US services. The main remaining user impact is that some recent Klarna Card transactions may not yet appear in-app, and related purchase notifications/sendouts can be delayed.
We have implemented mitigation and are actively monitoring stability and full catch-up. Root cause remains tied to a cloud infrastructure provider issue.

MONITORING about 10 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 06:52AM

We are seeing continued recovery across all services. At this time, the only remaining impact is related to recent card transactions not being visible in the app for US users. Send outs and notifications for those purchases may also be delayed.

MONITORING about 12 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 05:02AM

We are seeing recovery on additional services, we are still monitoring the issue closely.

MONITORING about 13 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 04:06AM

We have implemented a fix that should help with the resolution of this issue, we are currently monitoring the outcome of this fix.

IDENTIFIED about 14 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 02:48AM

We are still working on a resolution, while monitoring updates from our cloud infrastructure provider.

IDENTIFIED about 15 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 01:44AM

We are seeing some recovery of service for multiple services - we are monitoring this closely while also actively working on resolving this issue.

INVESTIGATING about 15 hours ago - at 05/08/2026 01:28AM

We are currently experiencing a service disruption affecting Klarna services in the United States. Some customers and merchants may be unable to access certain features, including shopping, payments, customer service, communications, and the Merchant Portal.

We have identified the root cause as an infrastructure issue with our cloud provider and are actively working to resolve it. All other regions are unaffected.

Thank you for your patience.

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