Second Life experienced a major incident on June 25, 2026 affecting marketplace.secondlife.com and LindeX Purchases and 1 more component, lasting 8d 21h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jun 25, 2026, 07:39 PM UTC
We're currently investigating issues with Second Life billing services, which may include buying or selling Linden dollars (L$) on the Linden Exchange (LindeX), completing US Dollar transactions, purchasing regions from the Land Store, or other financial transactions. Please monitor this blog for additional updates as our investigation continues.
- investigating Jun 25, 2026, 09:14 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- investigating Jun 26, 2026, 03:08 PM UTC
We are currently investigating an issue affecting L$ transactions across Second Life. At this time, Residents should refrain from making or attempting any L$ transactions until this issue has been resolved. All L$ transactions may be affected, including but not limited to Marketplace purchases, L$ transfers and buys, inworld purchases, object payments, scripted vendor purchases, and Skill Gaming. Our teams are actively working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Once the issue has been resolved, we will review affected transactions and take any necessary steps to address them. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while we work to restore normal service.
- monitoring Jun 26, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented for the issue affecting L$ transactions, and we are currently monitoring the situation. Residents should begin seeing L$ transactions return to normal, including Marketplace purchases, L$ transfers and buys, inworld purchases, object payments, scripted vendor purchases, and Skill Gaming. We will continue to review the impact from this issue and will take any necessary steps to address previously affected transactions. Thank you for your patience while our teams continue to monitor.
- monitoring Jun 26, 2026, 06:54 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- monitoring Jun 26, 2026, 08:04 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented to enable L$ Transactions going forward. At this time, we are still working on reviewing a resolution to rectify previously effected transactions. Residents should begin seeing L$ transactions return to normal, including Marketplace purchases, L$ transfers and buys, inworld purchases, object payments, scripted vendor purchases, and Skill Gaming. We will continue to review the impact from this issue and will take any necessary steps to address previously affected transactions. At this time, no refunds have been issued or L$ delivered from effected transactions. We will provide updates here once we know more. Thank you for your patience while our teams continue to monitor.
- monitoring Jun 29, 2026, 01:22 PM UTC
Currently, L$ Transactions are up and behaving as expected. Any new transactions should not be affected by the previous issue; however, at this time, we are still working on reviewing a resolution to rectify previously effected transactions We will continue to review the impact from this issue and will take any necessary steps to address previously affected transactions. At this time, no refunds have been issued or L$ delivered from effected transactions. We will provide updates here once we know more. Thank you for your patience while our teams continue to monitor.
- monitoring Jul 02, 2026, 02:18 PM UTC
We have begun issuing refunds for affected transactions. Refunds will be issued in phases until all affected transactions have been processed. At this time, we do not have an estimated completion date, as the upcoming holiday weekend may impact processing times. We will share additional updates as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to complete this process.
- resolved Jul 04, 2026, 06:38 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.