Affirm experienced a minor incident on April 18, 2026 affecting Affirm Status service, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- resolved Apr 18, 2026, 04:31 PM UTC
Apr 18, 09:31 PDT Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Apr 17, 22:37 PDT Monitoring - We were able to cutover traffic to a recovered SMS service and have observed recovery. We will continue to monitor before resolving the incident. Apr 17, 21:15 PDT Update - PIN retry rates for users in US remain unchanged. There is a central point of failure effecting multiple 3rd party SMS providers. Users who retry are successfully completing checkouts. We will continue to monitor the situation and update as it progresses. Apr 17, 20:03 PDT Update - We are still observing elevated PIN retry rates for users in US. There is a central point of failure effecting multiple 3rd party SMS providers. Users who retry are successfully completing checkouts. We will continue to monitor the situation and update as it progresses. Apr 17, 19:43 PDT Identified - We have identified the cause of the SMS retry rate and are investigating potential mitigations. Apr 17, 19:15 PDT Investigating - We are currently investigating an increase in our SMS PIN retry rate affecting Affirm Checkout in the US