Outage in Upwork
Payment and Checkout Issues Under Investigation
Resolved Minor
March 19, 2026 - Started 13 days ago
- Lasted about 2 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
Upwork experienced payment and checkout difficulties affecting some customers, including issues with funding and activating milestones. The incident impacted other site features and lasted approximately 1.7 hours. The team actively investigated and worked to resolve the issue.
We are currently investigating an issue where some customers may experience difficulties with payments and checkout, including during funding or activating milestones.
Our team is actively working to resolve this as quickly as possible. There are no further actions you need to take on your end. We will provide an update on status.upwork.com as soon as this is resolved. Thank you for your patience.
Our team is actively working to resolve this as quickly as possible. There are no further actions you need to take on your end. We will provide an update on status.upwork.com as soon as this is resolved. Thank you for your patience.
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13 days ago - at 03/19/2026 03:38PM
We are currently investigating an issue where some customers may experience difficulties with payments and checkout, including during funding or activating milestones.
Our team is actively working to resolve this as quickly as possible. There are no further actions you need to take on your end. We will provide an update on status.upwork.com as soon as this is resolved. Thank you for your patience.
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