Outage in Plaid

Transfer API degradation

Resolved Major
October 20, 2025 - Started 13 days ago - Lasted 1 day
Official incident page

Incident Report

The Transfer API is currently experiencing a degradation, and requests may fail with a 500 HTTP status error code. We are actively investigating and will update this incident as we have more updates. For more information on how to handle 500s, please see the documentation here: https://plaid.com/docs/transfer/troubleshooting/#handling-500-errors-in-transfer-creation
Components affected
Plaid API - Production

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 11 days ago - at 10/21/2025 05:22PM

This incident has been resolved.

MONITORING 12 days ago - at 10/21/2025 05:09AM

We're seeing recovery and will continue to monitor.

INVESTIGATING 12 days ago - at 10/21/2025 02:57AM

We are actively investigating an elevated error rates on the /transfer/authorization/create endpoint. This will result in increased responses with "decision=approved" and "decision_rationale.code=ERROR".

MONITORING 12 days ago - at 10/21/2025 01:42AM

We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

MONITORING 12 days ago - at 10/21/2025 01:42AM

Transfer processing across all rails — ACH, RTP, RfP, and Wires — is now fully restored. We are gradually processing all creation requests submitted during the incident period. New originations should function normally, though some may experience additional delays as we work through the backlog.

INVESTIGATING 12 days ago - at 10/20/2025 11:05PM

Automated deposits and withdrawals are delayed until tomorrow

INVESTIGATING 12 days ago - at 10/20/2025 09:05PM

Instant Payment Transfer rails are temporarily unavailable. This applies to Instant Payouts (RTP and FedNow) and RfP (Request for Payments).

ACH Transfer creation requests will be accepted as usual via /transfer/create, but processing these payments might be delayed.

We are actively monitoring and will update this incident as it is resolved. We will provide an update if any ACH settlement windows are missed.

Once the incident is resolved, you may retry failed requests using identical idempotency keys.

MONITORING 12 days ago - at 10/20/2025 07:15PM

We're seeing recovery across endpoints and will continue to monitor.

INVESTIGATING 13 days ago - at 10/20/2025 03:56PM

The Transfer API is currently experiencing a degradation, and requests may fail with a 500 HTTP status error code. We are actively investigating and will update this incident as we have more updates.

For more information on how to handle 500s, please see the documentation here: https://plaid.com/docs/transfer/troubleshooting/#handling-500-errors-in-transfer-creation

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