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Klarna Outage History

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

There were 967 Klarna outages since December 2020. The 71 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: Sign-in degradation

Detected Apr 17, 2026 11:32 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 18, 2026 1:44 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Klarna experienced a degradation of SMS OTP authentication in their mobile app for US users due to a third-party provider disruption. This affected users' ability to sign in to the Klarna app using SMS-based one-time passwords. The incident was resolved after 2.2 hours once the third-party provider fixed the underlying issue.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: Direct Payments in the App degradation

Detected Apr 17, 2026 7:50 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 8:41 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Klarna experienced a degradation affecting direct payments functionality in their mobile app for EU region users. The service disruption prevented users from completing direct payment transactions through the app. The incident was resolved after 51 minutes of service impact.

Minor April 9, 2026

April 2026: Merchant Settlements / Payouts degradation

Detected Apr 9, 2026 4:37 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 10, 2026 5:45 AM EDT · Duration 1 day

Klarna experienced a 25.1-hour degradation affecting a subset of merchant settlements and payouts, preventing some merchants from receiving their scheduled payments. The issue was identified and fixed, with all pending merchant payouts successfully triggered and set to process according to standard banking timelines.

Major March 30, 2026

March 2026: Support Chat AI assistant experiencing issues

Detected Mar 30, 2026 4:59 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 30, 2026 5:51 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Klarna's Support Chat AI assistant experienced a major outage affecting all regions for 52 minutes. The service disruption prevented users from accessing AI-powered chat support across the platform. The issue was identified and resolved with a fix implementation, restoring full functionality to the chat assistant.

Major March 25, 2026

March 2026: Customer Service Chat & Phone Support is experiencing issues

Detected Mar 25, 2026 7:10 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 25, 2026 7:56 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Klarna experienced a major outage affecting their customer service chat and phone support systems, making it difficult for customers to reach support representatives. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented within 46 minutes. The incident was fully resolved after monitoring confirmed the fix was successful.

Minor March 22, 2026

March 2026: Klarna Payments degradation

Detected Mar 22, 2026 7:03 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 22, 2026 8:23 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Klarna experienced degraded payment processing with abnormal conversion rates for token charges in the United States. The issue affected payment transaction success rates on the Klarna Network for approximately 1.3 hours. The problem was investigated and resolved by Klarna's technical teams.

Minor March 21, 2026

March 2026: Klarna Payments degradation

Detected Mar 21, 2026 11:26 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 22, 2026 1:18 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Klarna experienced degraded payment performance with abnormal conversion rates for token charges across Europe for 1.9 hours. The issue affected payment processing on the Klarna Network, impacting transaction success rates for European users. The incident was resolved after investigation and remediation efforts by Klarna's technical teams.

Minor March 19, 2026

March 2026: Klarna Payments degradation

Detected Mar 19, 2026 7:49 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 19, 2026 9:51 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Klarna experienced a degradation affecting Network Payments in Europe specifically for token charge flows, lasting approximately 2 hours. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented to restore the service. The incident was classified as minor severity.

Minor March 17, 2026

March 2026: Purchase Flow for Norway is degraded

Detected Mar 17, 2026 8:24 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 17, 2026 1:27 PM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

Klarna experienced a degradation to their Purchase Flow service specifically affecting users in Norway for 5.1 hours. The incident impacted customers' ability to complete purchases through Klarna's payment system in that region. The service was fully restored and the incident was resolved.

Minor March 11, 2026

March 2026: Klarna Payments degradation

Detected Mar 11, 2026 12:18 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 11, 2026 2:20 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Klarna experienced a service degradation affecting their in-store payment service for 2 hours. The incident impacted payment functionality during this period while Klarna investigated and implemented mitigation measures. The issue was successfully resolved after 2 hours of service disruption.