Affirm experienced a minor incident on August 12, 2026 affecting US, lasting 47m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
US
Update timeline
- identified Aug 12, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
We are currently experiencing degraded performance within the Affirm checkout flow. Our engineering team has identified the root cause and is actively working to implement a fix. We will provide another update as soon as the issue is resolved or more information becomes available.
- identified Aug 12, 2026, 09:24 PM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- monitoring Aug 12, 2026, 09:39 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are currently seeing recovery and will continue to monitor system performance closely to ensure full stability.
- resolved Aug 12, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.