PayPal incident

Resolved: Impact to Refunds, Payments, Authorizations, Captures, Orders, United States Transaction Processing, Canadian Transaction Processing, European Transaction Processing, APAC Transaction Proce

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PayPal experienced a major incident on August 15, 2026 affecting Refunds and Payments and 1 more component, lasting 1h 27m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 15, 2026, 04:01 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 15, 2026, 05:29 AM UTC
Duration
1h 27m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 15, 2026, 04:01 AM UTC

Affected components

RefundsPaymentsAuthorizationsCapturesOrdersUnited States Transaction ProcessingCanadian Transaction ProcessingEuropean Transaction ProcessingAPAC Transaction ProcessingPay with PayPal Integration

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 15, 2026, 05:40 AM UTC

    Initial Notification: We are currently experiencing Degraded Performance affecting Refunds, Payments, Authorizations, Pay with PayPal Integration. Our team is working on resolving the issue and mitigating the impact. Affected Regions: Global