Kickstarter incident
Some creators having trouble launching projects.
Kickstarter experienced a major incident on March 10, 2025 affecting Kickstarter.com, lasting 6h 5m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Mar 10, 2025, 03:23 PM UTC
We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!
- identified Mar 10, 2025, 04:30 PM UTC
We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!
- investigating Mar 10, 2025, 05:39 PM UTC
We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience! The issue should be resolved for most creators but for some creators who attempted to verify their project information with Stripe between March 5 through March 10 may still be experiencing challenges. We are currently working on addressing these affected accounts.
- identified Mar 10, 2025, 05:41 PM UTC
We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience! The issue should be resolved for most creators but for some creators who attempted to verify their project information with Stripe between March 5 through March 10 may still be experiencing challenges. We are currently working on addressing these affected accounts
- resolved Mar 10, 2025, 09:28 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.