Affirm experienced a minor incident on January 29, 2026 affecting Affirm Status service, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- resolved Jan 29, 2026, 09:00 AM UTC
Jan 29, 01:00 PST Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jan 28, 23:00 PST In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jan 15, 11:19 PST Update - We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time. Jan 28, 23:00 PST Update - We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time. Jan 28, 23:00 PST Scheduled - We will be performing scheduled database maintenance beginning 11 PM PT on January 28, 2026. This work involves several production database clusters that support Checkout in the US region to ensure adequate capacity and performance. The total maintenance window is expected to last 120 minutes, with an expected downtime of up to 7 minutes. Actual user impact is expected to be minimal, as failovers typically complete in under one minute and application retries will mitigate transient errors.