Circle incident
Circle Mint deposits and outbound CCTP attestations on Linea delayed
Circle experienced a major incident on September 2, 2026 affecting Circle Mint - Payments & Transfers and LINEA - Cross-Chain Minting and Burning and 1 more component, lasting 2d 23h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Sep 02, 2026, 06:21 PM UTC
The issue has been identified. Circle Mint deposits on Linea can be initiated but will not finalize or complete, and outbound Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) attestations are paused while the Linea network team works to restore finalization. Restoration may take several days. Circle Mint transfers and inbound CCTP mints to Linea are unaffected.
- identified Sep 02, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC
The issue has been identified. Circle Mint deposits on Linea can be initiated but will not finalize or complete, and outbound Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) attestations are paused while the Linea network team works to restore finalization. Restoration may take several days. Circle Mint transfers and inbound CCTP mints to Linea are unaffected.
- identified Sep 05, 2026, 02:27 AM UTC
Monitoring: The Linea network has restored finalization. Outbound Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) attestations on Linea have been re-enabled and queued transfers are now processing as the backlog clears. Circle Mint deposits on Linea can now finalize as the network catches up. We are monitoring recovery and will post a final update once fully resolved.
- resolved Sep 05, 2026, 06:14 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.