Is Kickstarter down?
Last checked 5m ago2 components affected: Kickstarter.com, Payments
Kickstarter is reporting degraded performance right now (last checked 5m ago). Services are up but slower or partially failing.
Real-time Kickstarter status, recent outages, and incident history — pulled directly from Kickstarter's official status page at https://status.kickstarter.com every 5 minutes. Pingoru tracks 3 Kickstarter services and has captured 6 incidents in the last 90 days (94.26% uptime). Get email, Slack, Discord, or webhook alerts the moment Kickstarter reports a new incident — free for 5 monitors, no credit card.
Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days- Kickstarter.comPayments
Timeline · 2 updates
- identified · Jun 04, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC
We're seeing an elevated failure rate for a variety of request types, due to server timeouts. Users who experience a failed request may find a second try will cause it to succeed. We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!
- resolved · Jun 04, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Latest: All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
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Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · May 06, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- monitoring · May 06, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved · May 06, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Latest: All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
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- Kickstarter.comPayments
Timeline · 4 updates
- investigating · Apr 21, 2026, 07:15 PM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- investigating · Apr 21, 2026, 07:39 PM UTC
We've identified the cause of this issue and are working to release a fix as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!
- monitoring · Apr 21, 2026, 08:16 PM UTC
This issue has been resolved, and we're keeping an eye on site performance to make sure everything is working smoothly. Please stay tuned for the all-clear.
- resolved · Apr 21, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Latest: All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
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- Kickstarter.com
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Apr 17, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- identified · Apr 17, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- resolved · Apr 17, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Latest: All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
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- Kickstarter.comMobile
Timeline · 2 updates
- investigating · Mar 24, 2026, 03:09 PM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- resolved · Mar 24, 2026, 03:53 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Latest: All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
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See the full Kickstarter outage history
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- Elevated Error Rate ResolvedStarted Jun 04, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC · Resolved Jun 04, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC · 24m
- Issues loading Kickstarter ResolvedStarted May 06, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC · Resolved May 06, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC · 50m
- Users seeing errors on checkout ResolvedStarted Apr 21, 2026, 07:15 PM UTC · Resolved Apr 21, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC · 1h 14m
- Started Apr 17, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC · Resolved Apr 17, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC · 3h 31m
- Degraded site performance ResolvedStarted Mar 24, 2026, 03:09 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 24, 2026, 03:53 PM UTC · 43m
- Site slow and loading intermittently ResolvedStarted Mar 17, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 17, 2026, 04:38 PM UTC · 17m