Xero incident
Global: Some customers are experiencing errors and slowness when accessing Xero
Xero experienced a major incident on October 20, 2025 affecting Xero Platform and Settings and Workpapers and 1 more component, lasting 1d 1h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 07:06 AM UTC
We are aware some customers are experiencing errors accessing Xero. Our team is investigating this with urgency. Status Last Reviewed: 7:05 UTC
- identified Oct 20, 2025, 07:29 AM UTC
We’re aware of an issue preventing some customers from logging into Xero. This is related to an issue with our third party provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), who are investigating this with urgency. Status Last Reviewed: 7:32 UTC
- identified Oct 20, 2025, 07:36 AM UTC
We’re aware of an issue preventing some customers from logging into Xero. This is related to an issue with our third party provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), who are investigating this with urgency. We thank our customers for their patience during this time. Status Last Reviewed: 9:32 UTC
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 10:07 AM UTC
We're aware some customers are experiencing slowness and errors across Xero while AWS works to fully resolve this issue. We thank customers for their patience. Status Last Reviewed: 15:10 UTC
- identified Oct 20, 2025, 03:31 PM UTC
We're aware some customers are experiencing errors and slowness across Xero. This is related to an issue with our third party provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), who are investigating this with urgency.
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 03:33 PM UTC
Some customers continue to experience slowness and issues logging into Xero due to an ongoing global issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is a Xero third-party provider, and are working to rectify with urgency. Some customers can successfully login to Xero and we are monitoring. We thank customers for their patience. Status Last Reviewed: 00:50 UTC
- investigating Oct 21, 2025, 01:16 AM UTC
We are continuing to work on resolving the impacts of the AWS issue, and some customers are successfully logging into Xero. We are monitoring the results. Customers may still experience general slowness and errors, and issues with banking, reporting and Xero HQ features. We appreciate your ongoing patience during this time.
- identified Oct 21, 2025, 01:18 AM UTC
We are continuing to work on resolving the impacts of the AWS issue, and some customers are successfully logging into Xero. We are monitoring the results. Customers may still experience general slowness and errors, and issues with banking, reporting and Xero HQ features. We appreciate your ongoing patience during this time. Status Last Reviewed: 2:42 UTC
- identified Oct 21, 2025, 03:51 AM UTC
We're continuing to see a recovery of our systems following the impacts of the AWS issue. Our focus is on restoring complete service, and we appreciate your ongoing patience during this time Status Last Reviewed: 3:51 UTC
- monitoring Oct 21, 2025, 05:09 AM UTC
Our technical teams have observed a return of normal services and we're monitoring for any remaining impact. We'll continue to monitor this issue for our customers, and want to thank you for your patience during this time. Status Last Reviewed: 5:09 UTC
- resolved Oct 21, 2025, 08:50 AM UTC
This issue is now resolved. Thank you again for your patience while we worked with our third party partner, Amazon Web Services (AWS), to resolve this issue. Status Last Reviewed: 8:48 UTC