Blink Payment experienced a minor incident on October 5, 2026 affecting API, lasting 1h 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
API
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 08:06 PM UTC
We’re investigating an issue with the API that is impacting some users. We’re working to fix the problem as quickly as we can. We’ll share another update shortly.
- resolved Oct 05, 2026, 09:27 PM UTC
Resolved — Between 21:05 and 22:09 BST some API requests returned errors due to a capacity issue on one application server. The affected server was removed from service, remediated, and returned to the pool. All services are operating normally. Merchants who received an error response during this window should verify the status of any affected transaction before retrying.