Circle incident
NEAR Testnet — Sandbox outbound transfers unavailable
Circle experienced a major incident on September 23, 2026 affecting Circle Mint - Sandbox and Public Faucet – NEAR Testnet, lasting 4d 20h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Circle Mint - SandboxPublic Faucet – NEAR Testnet
Update timeline
- identified Sep 23, 2026, 08:27 PM UTC
We’ve identified the cause of the downtime and are applying a fix. We’ll update again once service is confirmed stable.
- resolved Sep 28, 2026, 04:51 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.