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Outage in Stripe

Elevated Authentication Requests

Resolved Minor
May 08, 2026 - Started about 1 hour ago - Lasted 41 minutes
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Stripe experienced elevated authentication requests from issuing banks in the UK and France, impacting card transactions requiring Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). The issue affected acquirers and payment methods for 41 minutes between 11:40 UTC and 14:35 UTC on May 8th, 2026. The authentication request issues have been resolved.

We are currently observing elevated Authentication Requests related to issuing banks in the UK and France which is impacting some card transactions.

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RESOLVED 22 minutes ago - at 05/08/2026 02:47PM

Between 11:40 UTC and 14:35 UTC we observed elevated Authentication Requests for card transactions in SCA scope. This issue has now been resolved.

INVESTIGATING about 1 hour ago - at 05/08/2026 02:07PM

We are currently observing elevated Authentication Requests related to issuing banks in the UK and France which is impacting some card transactions.

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