Outage in Square
Service Disruption
Resolved Minor
August 15, 2026 - Started 3 days ago
- Lasted about 1 hour
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
Square experienced intermittent disruptions affecting Mastercard payment processing at point of sale for approximately 55 minutes. During the incident, merchants were advised to direct customers to use alternative, non-Mastercard payment methods. The engineering team investigated and resolved the issue.
We are currently experiencing intermittent disruptions with Mastercard payment processing at point of sale. As a workaround, we recommend customers use a non-Mastercard form of payment if available.
Your ability to accept payments is our top priority and our Engineering team is investigating this issue. We appreciate your patience during this disruption.
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INVESTIGATING
3 days ago - at 08/15/2026 04:56AM
We are currently experiencing intermittent disruptions with Mastercard payment processing at point of sale. As a workaround, we recommend customers use a non-Mastercard form of payment if available.
Your ability to accept payments is our top priority and our Engineering team is investigating this issue. We appreciate your patience during this disruption.
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