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Is Payfast Down?

FinTech & PaymentsLive status, outages, and incident history

No. Payfast is up right now.

Every monitored Payfast system is operational as of August 11, 2026. PulsAPI did not find an outage in its latest check of the official status feed.

OperationalChecked 1h agoLive, rechecked every 60s
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Payfast Component Status

The main Payfast systems on this page. All 20 are operational right now.

20operational
General » Aggregation App
Operational
General » Aggregation Callbacks/ITN
Operational
General » Aggregation Developer Documents
Operational

17 more components tracked

Their status is in the bar above. Free accounts see every component by name.

Also tracking General » Aggregation Donation Page for NPO's, General » Aggregation Emails, General » Aggregation Immediate Payouts, General » Aggregation Merchant Dashboard, General » Aggregation New User payments, General » Aggregation Payouts, General » Aggregation Processing, General » Aggregation Reconciliation Reports, General » Aggregation Refunds, General » Aggregation Sandbox, General » Gateway Developer Documents, General » Gateway MAP, and 5 more.

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Component statuses may change independently during partial outages.

Recent Payfast Outages & Incidents

Incident history from the official Payfast status page, including resolution updates.

Uptime history4 days observed
Aug 8100.00% averageAug 11
Nedbank MaintenanceScheduled for Aug 8, 2026 · 6h 0mScheduled

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. --- [2026-08-08T23:00:09.550+02:00] (scheduled) Maintenance will begin as scheduled in 60 minutes. --- [2026-08-07T13:18:39.128+02:00] (scheduled) Nedbank acquiring will be undergoing maintenance on Sunday 9th of August 2026 for six hours from 12am until 6am. Card Payments may be intermittently affected during this time for both Payfast Aggregation and Gateway. --- [2026-08-07T13:16:30.971+02:00] (scheduled) We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time. --- [2026-08-07T13:16:21.216+02:00] (scheduled) Nedbank acquiring will be undergoing maintenance on Sunday 9th of August 2026 for six hours from 12am until 6am. Card Payments may be intermittently affected during this time for both Payfast Aggregation and Gateway. --- [2026-08-07T13:14:57.639+02:00] (scheduled) Nedbank acquiring will be undergoing maintenance on Sunday 9th of August 2026 for six hours from 12am until 6am. Card Payments may be intermittently affected during this time for both Payfast Aggregation and Gateway.

Immediate Payouts disabledResolved Jul 31, 2026 · 36 minResolved

This problem for Immediate Payouts has been resolved. --- [2026-07-31T09:41:48.926+02:00] (identified) An issue with Immediate Payouts processing on Aggregation has been identified. We are in contact with External partners on the matter. For the moment, kindly use the other payout method if needed on the Aggregation Platform.

Mastercard 3D Secure IssuesResolved Jul 15, 2026 · 1h 49mResolved

This incident has been resolved. --- [2026-07-15T09:20:24.136+02:00] (identified) A problem during the 3D Secure leg of card transactions has been identified; Specifically Mastercard issued credit cards are failing authentication currently. This is impacting card processing on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms. We are in contact with External Providers on the issue.

Live Payfast Outage Reports

Problems reported by engineers using Payfast. Reports often appear 10 to 20 minutes before the official status page moves, and stay on this page for 90 days.

Reports, last 24 hours0 total
24h agoNothing reportednow

No Payfast problems reported yet.

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About Payfast

Is Payfast down? Payfast reports live availability for 108 components at status.payfast.co.za, among them Absa Pay, General and Apple Pay. Track Payfast outages, degradations and past incidents here, with uptime history and alerts across your payments and fintech stack.

Over the past 30 days, PulsAPI has measured Payfast uptime at 100.00%. Response times, incident history, and SLA tracking for Payfast are available on the PulsAPI dashboard.

Payfast Status FAQ

Is Payfast down right now?

PulsAPI checks Payfast every 60 seconds. The verdict at the top of this page comes from the latest poll of the official Payfast status feed and refreshes automatically, so you are not looking at a stale cached answer.

What should I do if Payfast is not working?

Check the component list on this page first to see if your failure matches a known outage. If it does, you can report the issue for other engineers, follow the incident timeline for vendor updates, and run any fallback your app supports until Payfast recovers.

How do I check Payfast uptime history?

PulsAPI tracks Payfast uptime over 30, 60, and 90-day rolling windows. The current 30-day uptime is 100.00%. A free PulsAPI account unlocks the full 90-day SLA history and incident timeline for Payfast.

How fast does PulsAPI detect Payfast outages?

PulsAPI polls the official Payfast status page every 60 seconds and usually delivers alerts to Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or email in under 4 seconds after detection. That is often faster than someone on your team notices on their own.

Does PulsAPI track individual Payfast components?

Yes. PulsAPI monitors 20 individual Payfast components, so you can see which service or region is affected instead of a generic "service degraded" banner.

Can I get alerts when Payfast goes down?

Yes. Create a PulsAPI account and subscribe to Payfast. Email alerts are included on the free Starter plan. Paid plans add Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, and webhooks whenever Payfast status changes.

How do I report an issue with Payfast to the community?

Click "Report an issue" at the top of this page, pick the issue type and severity, and optionally add your region and a short note. Reports are anonymous and help other engineers spot Payfast problems early. Official status pages often lag real incidents by 10 to 20 minutes.

Is there a free way to monitor Payfast?

Yes. PulsAPI's Starter plan includes up to 10 monitored services with email alerts, and the 30-day free trial requires no credit card. You can monitor Payfast alongside up to 9 other services at pulsapi.com/signup.

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