PayPal experienced a major incident on April 17, 2026 affecting Online Checkout, lasting 3h 10m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Online Checkout
Update timeline
- resolved Apr 17, 2026, 06:14 AM UTC
Resolved: This issue has been resolved as of Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:22 GMT. This issue has been resolved as of Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:22 GMT. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:22 GMTInitial Notification: We are experiencing a system issue that may be impacting Checkout Services in our production Environment.Our technical teams are actively working towards resolving the issue. Apr 17, 04:59 UTC