PayPal incident

Resolved: Impact to BNPL (Pay Later) authorizations (PP-LIVE-110179)

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PayPal experienced a major incident on October 11, 2026 affecting Orders and PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) - Payment Service, lasting 3h 39m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 11, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 12, 2026, 03:00 AM UTC
Duration
3h 39m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 11, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC

Affected components

OrdersPayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) - Payment Service

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 12, 2026, 03:02 AM UTC

    Initial Notification: We are currently experiencing an issue affecting Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) authorizations, and customers may see declines and checkout errors. Our team is working on resolving the issue and mitigating the impact. Affected Regions: Global