PayPal Outage Check

Is PayPal Down Right Now?

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This affects you if you use...

Downstream impact when PayPal is down
  • PayPal checkout buttons
  • Venmo and PayPal money transfers
  • PayPal Braintree payment flows

Component Breakdown

Specific service features status
ComponentStatus
API Portal Operational
Core Service Operational
OAuth Integrations Operational
Website Operational

90-Day Uptime Performance

History & recovery averages
SLA Grade: A+ Based on 90-day verified uptime
100.000%
Uptime
60m
Mean Resolution Time (MTTR)
6.7
Avg Incidents / Month
67d ago
Last Incident
90 Days AgoToday

Past Incidents & Outage Archives

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PayPal Database Failover and Connection Backlog

A hardware failure on the primary database cluster triggered an automatic failover to the replica.

Duration: 52m Affected: Core Service, Website

PayPal Database Failover and Connection Backlog

A hardware failure on the primary database cluster triggered an automatic failover to the replica.

Duration: 1h 2m Affected: Core Service, Website

PayPal Database Failover and Connection Backlog

A hardware failure on the primary database cluster triggered an automatic failover to the replica.

Duration: 1h 3m Affected: Core Service, Website

PayPal API Gateway Timeout and Increased Error Rates

Engineers investigated a spike in 504 Gateway Timeout errors affecting public API endpoints.

Duration: 52m Affected: API Requests, API Portal

PayPal API Gateway Timeout and Increased Error Rates

Engineers investigated a spike in 504 Gateway Timeout errors affecting public API endpoints.

Duration: 28m Affected: API Requests, API Portal

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Troubleshooting Guide

  1. 1
    Hard Refresh
    Bypass cache (Ctrl+F5 or Cmd+Shift+R).
  2. 2
    Flush DNS
    Run ipconfig /flushdns.
  3. 3
    Check with alternative network
    Try loading the site on a mobile cellular network or over a VPN. If it loads, the issue lies in your local ISP provider network routing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, PayPal maintains an official status page. However, our real-time tracker aggregates reports faster.
Historical records indicate that the mean time to resolve (MTTR) is approximately 60 minutes.
Outages can happen due to configuration mistakes, database freezes, edge network issues, or infrastructure drops.
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