Kickstarter Outage History
Kickstarter is up right nowPingoru has recorded 52 incidents for Kickstarter: 16 in the last 12 months and 2 in the last 90 days.
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| Month | Incidents | Hours with an open incident |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 2 | 5 of 720 (1%) |
| May 2026 | 1 | 1 of 744 (0%) |
| June 2026 | 2 | 0 of 720 (0%) |
| July 2026 | 0 | 0 of 744 (0%) |
| August 2026 | 1 | 1 of 744 (0%) |
| September 2026 | 0 | 0 of 720 (0%) |
| October 2026 | 1 | 0 of 522 (0%) |
Incidents, newest first
Critical October 5, 2026 Login and Signup Prevented due to 3rd Party Outage 11m kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started Oct 05, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC· resolved Oct 05, 2026, 04:09 PM UTC
- identified Oct 05, 2026, 03:58 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!
- identified Oct 05, 2026, 03:59 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!
- resolved Oct 05, 2026, 04:09 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major August 22, 2026 Elevated Error Rate 56m
Started Aug 22, 2026, 08:35 PM UTC· resolved Aug 22, 2026, 09:31 PM UTC
- investigating Aug 22, 2026, 08:35 PM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates with checkout and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this.
- monitoring Aug 22, 2026, 08:46 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Aug 22, 2026, 09:31 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Minor June 29, 2026 All clear – kickstarter.com, Payments
Started Jun 29, 2026, 05:09 PM UTC· resolved Jun 29, 2026, 05:09 PM UTC
- resolved Jun 29, 2026, 05:09 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Critical May 6, 2026 Issues loading Kickstarter 50m
Started May 06, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC· resolved May 06, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC
- 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.
Critical April 21, 2026 Users seeing errors on checkout 1h 14m kickstarter.com, Payments
Started Apr 21, 2026, 07:15 PM UTC· resolved Apr 21, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC
- 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.
Major April 17, 2026 Some emails and notifications may be delayed 3h 31m kickstarter.com
Started Apr 17, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC· resolved Apr 17, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC
- 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.
Critical March 24, 2026 Degraded site performance 43m kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started Mar 24, 2026, 03:09 PM UTC· resolved Mar 24, 2026, 03:53 PM UTC
- 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.
Critical March 17, 2026 Site slow and loading intermittently 17m kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started Mar 17, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC· resolved Mar 17, 2026, 04:38 PM UTC
- identified Mar 17, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC
We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!
- resolved Mar 17, 2026, 04:38 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major March 5, 2026 Some campaigns and pledges may not be loading 3h 37m kickstarter.com, Payments, Mobile
Started Mar 05, 2026, 03:48 PM UTC· resolved Mar 05, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC
- identified Mar 05, 2026, 03:48 PM UTC
An outage with a downstream vendor is causing disruption to some campaign pages and pledging for these projects. We are monitoring the vendor's incident status.
- monitoring Mar 05, 2026, 05:49 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 Mar 05, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major February 20, 2026 New images from creators for story and updates aren't loading 56m kickstarter.com
Started Feb 20, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC· resolved Feb 20, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC
- investigating Feb 20, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC
We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!
- monitoring Feb 20, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Feb 20, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major February 20, 2026 Creators are unable to submit their project 1h 49m kickstarter.com
Started Feb 20, 2026, 06:31 PM UTC· resolved Feb 20, 2026, 08:21 PM UTC
- investigating Feb 20, 2026, 06:31 PM UTC
We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!
- identified Feb 20, 2026, 06:52 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 Feb 20, 2026, 07:51 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Feb 20, 2026, 08:21 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major February 4, 2026 Some campaign images not displaying 22m kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started Feb 04, 2026, 03:20 PM UTC· resolved Feb 04, 2026, 03:43 PM UTC
- investigating Feb 04, 2026, 03:20 PM UTC
We're investigating instances where some campaign images are not displaying properly. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- monitoring Feb 04, 2026, 03:31 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Feb 04, 2026, 03:43 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Critical January 28, 2026 Kickstarter is down/slow to load 38m
Started Jan 28, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC· resolved Jan 28, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC
- investigating Jan 28, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC
We're currently experiencing issues loading Kickstarter.com! We are currently investigating.
- monitoring Jan 28, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Jan 28, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Critical December 5, 2025 Kickstarter Outage 7m kickstarter.com, Payments, Mobile
Started Dec 05, 2025, 09:10 AM UTC· resolved Dec 05, 2025, 09:17 AM UTC
- investigating Dec 05, 2025, 09:10 AM UTC
We are currently investigation the issue. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
- resolved Dec 05, 2025, 09:17 AM UTC
The issue has been resolved and we will continue to monitor to make sure things look clear.
Major November 24, 2025 Payouts Delayed 9h 8m kickstarter.com, Payments
Started Nov 24, 2025, 04:29 PM UTC· resolved Nov 25, 2025, 01:38 AM UTC
- monitoring Nov 24, 2025, 04:29 PM UTC
We're currently experiencing an issue with project payouts. Some creators may notice their project payout was delayed. We have fixed the bug cause the delay and are working to ensure that payouts that ought to have been sent over the past 48 hours definitely get sent.
- monitoring Nov 24, 2025, 08:27 PM UTC
We released a fix for issue causing a delay in background processing of important tasks such as payouts. Our systems are catching up now, and we are monitoring to make sure that everything gets processed in the right way.
- resolved Nov 25, 2025, 01:38 AM UTC
The issue with delayed background processing jobs has been resolved.
Minor October 20, 2025 Advanced Creator Dashboard Not Loading 5h 34m kickstarter.com
Started Oct 20, 2025, 05:38 PM UTC· resolved Oct 20, 2025, 11:12 PM UTC
- identified Oct 20, 2025, 05:38 PM UTC
We're currently experiencing an issue with our Advanced Creator Dashboard pages, which are not loading. We're on it!
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 10:11 PM UTC
Our Advanced Creator Dashboard pages should now be loading correctly. We will continue to monitor this over the next hour. Thanks for your patience!
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 11:12 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Notice September 16, 2025 Creator Backer Report Modal Errors 1h 14m
Started Sep 16, 2025, 04:39 PM UTC· resolved Sep 16, 2025, 05:54 PM UTC
- investigating Sep 16, 2025, 04:39 PM UTC
We have identified an issue with creator backer reports. We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!
- monitoring Sep 16, 2025, 05:15 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Sep 16, 2025, 05:54 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major August 20, 2025 Notifications and updates may be delayed 2h 58m kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started Aug 20, 2025, 02:34 PM UTC· resolved Aug 20, 2025, 05:32 PM UTC
- investigating Aug 20, 2025, 02:34 PM UTC
Notifications and updates may be delayed
- monitoring Aug 20, 2025, 03:00 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 Aug 20, 2025, 05:32 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major August 5, 2025 Investigating intermittent issues with areas of the site 3h 26m kickstarter.com
Started Aug 05, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC· resolved Aug 05, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC
- investigating Aug 05, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC
We're investigating elevated error rates and areas of slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!
- monitoring Aug 05, 2025, 06:56 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved Aug 05, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Critical July 24, 2025 Pledging currently unavailable. 32m Payments
Started Jul 24, 2025, 04:56 PM UTC· resolved Jul 24, 2025, 05:28 PM UTC
- investigating Jul 24, 2025, 04:56 PM UTC
We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!
- monitoring Jul 24, 2025, 05:02 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 Jul 24, 2025, 05:28 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Notice June 15, 2025 Pledge Manager errors 48m kickstarter.com
Started Jun 15, 2025, 04:27 AM UTC· resolved Jun 15, 2025, 05:15 AM UTC
- investigating Jun 15, 2025, 04:27 AM UTC
We're seeing alerts indicating an issue with the Pledge Manager. We're investigating now to determine impacted users and resolve the issue.
- monitoring Jun 15, 2025, 04:47 AM 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 Jun 15, 2025, 05:15 AM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Critical May 28, 2025 Site temporarily unavailable 24m kickstarter.com
Started May 28, 2025, 07:14 PM UTC· resolved May 28, 2025, 07:38 PM UTC
- identified May 28, 2025, 07:14 PM UTC
We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!
- monitoring May 28, 2025, 07:15 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved May 28, 2025, 07:38 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major May 23, 2025 Some backers have not received a pledge manager when it launched 40m kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started May 23, 2025, 02:20 PM UTC· resolved May 23, 2025, 03:01 PM UTC
- investigating May 23, 2025, 02:20 PM UTC
We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!
- monitoring May 23, 2025, 02:52 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.
- resolved May 23, 2025, 03:01 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major May 13, 2025 3D-secure payment authorization stalling for some German credit card issuers 6h 3m kickstarter.com, Payments, Mobile
Started May 13, 2025, 12:10 PM UTC· resolved May 13, 2025, 06:14 PM UTC
- investigating May 13, 2025, 12:10 PM UTC
We're working with our payments provider to diagnose the issue. Thanks for your patience!
- monitoring May 13, 2025, 01:27 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 May 13, 2025, 06:14 PM UTC
All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.
Major May 10, 2025 Issue with Pledge Manager reward configuration 3d 4h kickstarter.com, Mobile
Started May 10, 2025, 02:14 PM UTC· resolved May 13, 2025, 06:17 PM UTC
- investigating May 10, 2025, 02:14 PM UTC
Projects submitting Pledge Managers for review may be delayed while we investigate this issue. We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!
- monitoring May 10, 2025, 03:33 PM UTC
We've addressed the immediate issue for creators and backers and expect to resolve it completely during normal working hours.
- resolved May 13, 2025, 06:17 PM UTC
The underlying issue with Pledge Manager configuration has been addressed and submission review is resuming as normal. Thanks for your patience!