Kickstarter experienced a major incident on June 4, 2026 affecting Kickstarter.com and Payments, lasting 24m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Kickstarter.comPayments
Update timeline
- 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.