Paddle Outage History

Paddle experienced a card payment processing issue affecting both Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic checkout systems between 09:07 and 09:21 GMT, lasting 22 minutes. Wallet payments and subscription services remained unaffected during the incident. The issue has been resolved and the team is monitoring to ensure continued normal service.

Paddle experienced an issue where new sellers were unable to access Retain settings and the ProfitWell Metrics dashboard. The incident affected multiple components including the Seller Dashboard, Retain, and Production Billing systems for 46.5 hours. The issue was resolved by deploying a fix for new signups and gradually restoring access for previously affected sellers.

Paddle's discount service experienced degradation starting at 13:15 UTC, causing customers to encounter timeouts when attempting to add discounts at checkout, which prevented discount application but allowed transactions to complete normally. The issue affected all Paddle environments including production and sandbox systems for both Classic and Billing platforms, as well as the Checkout component. The incident was resolved after 11 minutes of service disruption.

Paddle experienced a service disruption affecting webhooks, alerts, and outbound email delivery that began around 11:40 and lasted approximately 3.4 hours. The incident impacted both production and sandbox billing environments, preventing normal delivery of webhooks and emails. A fix was deployed and service was restored by 12:07 BST, with all delayed webhooks and emails successfully reprocessed by 12:12 BST.

Paddle experienced intermittent checkout loading issues affecting both Paddle Classic and Paddle Billing platforms, preventing some sellers' checkouts from loading properly. The incident impacted the Production Billing, Checkout, and Classic components for 4.3 hours. The issue was resolved and normal service was fully restored, with the team continuing to monitor for stability over the following 24 hours.

Paddle's checkout service experienced errors for approximately 11 minutes starting at 18:20 GMT on March 20, 2026. The incident affected checkout functionality and both production and sandbox billing environments across Classic and newer systems. Service was restored by 18:31 GMT with normal operations resumed.

Paddle experienced a total outage affecting ProfitWell and Retain services, along with Production Billing and Classic components. The incident lasted 13 minutes while engineers investigated and resolved the underlying issue.