Forage incident
Payment Processing Outage in AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IN, MD, MS, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA
Forage experienced a major incident on February 18, 2026 affecting State Processors, lasting 2h 43m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
State Processors
Update timeline
- investigating Feb 18, 2026, 04:42 AM UTC
We are currently investigating a processing outage affecting cardholders in AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IN, MD, MS, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA.
- monitoring Feb 18, 2026, 04:47 AM UTC
EBT processor is performing maintenance. The processor predicts downtime will continue until 05:00 UTC, however, have given a window for maintenance that extends to 12:00 UTC.
- resolved Feb 18, 2026, 07:25 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.