Stripe Outage History

Stripe experienced elevated error rates and response times with MobilePay payment processing between 14:18-17:20 UTC on May 16th. The incident affected acquirers and payment methods for approximately 2.9 hours. The issue has been resolved.

Stripe experienced elevated error rates and response times with Apple Pay requests between 02:59–04:58 UTC on May 16th, affecting acquirers and payment methods. The incident lasted approximately 1.7 hours and has been resolved.

Stripe experienced elevated API errors affecting the Swish payment method and other acquirers/payment methods for 9 minutes. The service disruption was resolved as of 09:48 UTC, with Stripe continuing to monitor and validate the fix.

Stripe experienced a partial service disruption of the Swish payment method from 09:09-09:48 UTC, causing elevated error rates for transactions processed through this payment method. The issue was external to Stripe and affected the acquirers and payment methods components. The disruption was resolved after approximately 40 minutes.

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.

Stripe experienced elevated authentication errors that affected some Dashboard features from 10:04 to 13:38 UTC on May 7, 2026. The incident impacted Stripe's core components and lasted 46 minutes total. The authentication issues have been resolved.

Stripe experienced elevated error rates for Swish payment method transactions from 14:37-15:10 UTC due to an external issue. The disruption affected the acquirers and payment methods components, causing increased transaction failures for customers using Swish payments. The issue was resolved after 38 minutes of service impact.

Stripe experienced SMS delivery issues in the US for 2.9 hours, preventing users from receiving 2-factor authentication codes for dashboard access and OTP codes for Link and Express services. Alternative authentication methods like security keys and authenticator apps remained functional during the outage. The SMS delivery problems were fully resolved after affecting multiple Stripe services including Dashboard, Link, Issuing, and Express.

A processing issue with Stripe's banking partner caused delays for some Canadian payouts processed on April 14, 2026, affecting Stripe's core components. The incident lasted 22.4 hours while Stripe worked with their banking partner to resolve the issue. All affected payouts were successfully processed and posted on the same day once the banking partner issue was resolved.

Stripe experienced a 39-minute disruption of the Swish payment method from 10:11 to 10:50 UTC, causing elevated error rates for Swish transactions. The issue was external to Stripe and affected the acquirers and payment methods component. The disruption has been resolved.