Circle incident

USDC on Stellar Testnet — Delayed mints, burns, and faucet requests

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Circle experienced a major incident on August 28, 2026 affecting Circle Mint - Sandbox and Public Faucet – XLM Testnet, lasting 4d 2h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 28, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 02, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
4d 2h
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 28, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

Affected components

Circle Mint - SandboxPublic Faucet – XLM Testnet

Update timeline

  1. identified Aug 28, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  2. resolved Sep 02, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.