Afterpay incident
[United States] Afterpay NA - Checkout degradation
Afterpay experienced a minor incident on September 23, 2026 affecting Online API and Mobile Application, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- monitoring Sep 23, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring Some Afterpay consumers in the US have experienced intermittent issues when attempting to check out at merchant websites. Affected users may have been unable to obtain a spending limit or complete a purchase. The issue was caused by an internal database disruption temporarily impacting order services. We have identified and mitigated the root cause and are continuing to monitor. Affected components Online API (Degraded performance) Mobile Application (Degraded performance)
- resolved Sep 23, 2026, 01:05 AM UTC
Status: Resolved We have confirmed checkout services are fully operational. Thank you for your patience. Affected components Online API (Operational) Mobile Application (Operational)