Square experienced a major incident on August 15, 2026 affecting Payment Acceptance, lasting 33m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Payment Acceptance
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 15, 2026, 04:35 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are currently experiencing intermittent disruptions with Mastercard payment processing at point of sale. As a workaround, we recommend customers use a non-Mastercard form of payment if available. Your ability to accept payments is our top priority and our Engineering team is investigating this issue. We appreciate your patience during this disruption. Affected components Payment Acceptance (Degraded performance)