Paxos incident
Paxos - Sandbox Crypto Transfers Incident Detected
Paxos experienced a minor incident on August 24, 2026 affecting Paxos Sandbox, lasting 2h 13m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 24, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
At this time, we are experiencing a delay in Sandbox that’s affecting Crypto Withdrawals on the Ethereum Sepolia network. Customers may submit withdrawal requests but these may experience delays in processing.
- identified Aug 24, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- monitoring Aug 24, 2026, 02:34 PM UTC
A fix has been deployed to Sandbox, and we are monitoring the results. All withdrawals submitted on the Ethereum Sepolia network since 21 August, 1:01 a.m. UTC has been cancelled. Customers may resubmit these withdrawals if needed.
- monitoring Aug 24, 2026, 02:34 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- resolved Aug 24, 2026, 02:40 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.