Outage in Upwork

Escrow Funds Delay: Automatic Release Issue

Resolved Minor
December 22, 2025 - Started 14 days ago - Lasted about 1 hour

Incident Report

We’re investigating reports of funds being stuck in escrow, which should have been automatically released after 14 days. Resolving this matter is our top priority. There are no further actions you need to take. We will provide updates on status.upwork.com until this is resolved. Thank you for your patience.
Components affected
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14 days ago - at 12/22/2025 03:15AM

We’re investigating reports of funds being stuck in escrow, which should have been automatically released after 14 days. Resolving this matter is our top priority. There are no further actions you need to take. We will provide updates on status.upwork.com until this is resolved. Thank you for your patience.

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