Payfast Outage History

82 incidents recorded over the last 365 days, 50 of them resolved. Durations are measured from when PulsAPI first saw the problem to when it cleared, which is usually longer than the vendor's own figure.

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Every Recorded Payfast Incident

Payfast incidents, newest first, with date, duration and status.
DateIncidentDurationStatus
Oct 27, 2026Gateway Processing OutageThis incident has been resolved.29 minResolved
Oct 25, 2026AGG | Mobicred IssueIssue was resolved on serive providers end.16h 35mResolved
Oct 25, 2026AGG | Mobicred IssueWe've identified and issue with Mobicred and currently trying to resolve.-634 minResolved
Oct 22, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceAn external partner will be undergoing a maintenance window on 22 October 2026 from 21:00 to 23:00. During this time, Immediate Payouts on the Aggregation Platform will be temporarily disabled. Standard payout…2h 0mScheduled
Oct 22, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.2h 0mScheduled
Oct 21, 2026Gateway Processing OutageThis incident has been resolved.13 minResolved
Oct 20, 2026Aggregation Main Website (external host)This incident has been resolved.3h 37mResolved
Oct 20, 2026Service Degradation – Nedbank Card ProcessingThis incident has been resolved.45 minResolved
Oct 16, 2026Nedbank EFT problemsThis incident has been resolved.285h 22mResolved
Oct 12, 2026RCS MainThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.1h 0mScheduled
Oct 12, 2026Aggregation Scheduled MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Oct 10, 2026Nedbank Maintenance NoticeThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Oct 10, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Oct 4, 2026Mobicred MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.2h 30mScheduled
Oct 2, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.4h 0mScheduled
Sep 29, 2026GW Processing ImpactedThis incident has been resolved.3h 40mResolved
Sep 21, 2026Gateway System maintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Sep 16, 20263D Processing IssuesWe moved back to primary 3D processer and confirm stability since reverting-309 minResolved
Sep 14, 2026Immediate Payouts disabledThis incident has been resolved.6h 37mResolved
Sep 14, 2026Aggregation Scheduled MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Sep 9, 2026Immediate Payouts disabledThis incident has been resolved.1h 35mResolved
Sep 5, 2026Nedbank Maintenance NoticeThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Sep 5, 2026Immediate Payout Maintenance NoticeThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Sep 2, 2026FNB EFT problemsThis incident has been resolved.3h 8mResolved
Sep 1, 2026EFT payments for FnBThis incident has been resolved.45 minResolved
Aug 26, 2026Immediate Payouts disabledThis incident has been resolved.29 minResolved
Aug 19, 2026FNB card paymentsThis problem for FNB card payments has been resovled.35 minResolved
Aug 17, 2026Gateway System maintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Aug 13, 2026Gateway RCS PaymentsThis problem has been resolved for Gateway Store card payments.5h 5mResolved
Aug 8, 2026Nedbank MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Jul 31, 2026Immediate Payouts disabledThis problem for Immediate Payouts has been resolved.36 minResolved
Jul 22, 2026Capitec App maintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Jul 16, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.2h 0mScheduled
Jul 15, 2026Mastercard 3D Secure IssuesThis incident has been resolved.1h 49mResolved
Jul 14, 2026Capitec Pay OutageThis incident has been resolved.3h 43mResolved
Jul 13, 2026Aggregation testing platform (Sandbox)This incident has been resolved.2h 9mResolved
Jul 11, 2026Absa Card maintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 10mScheduled
Jun 30, 2026RCS (Store cards) on GatewayThis problem for RCS transactions on the Gateway Platform has been resolved.4h 21mResolved
Jun 24, 2026Mobile App issuesThis issue has been resolved on the App.716h 29mResolved
Jun 23, 2026RCS MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.1h 0mScheduled
Jun 19, 2026POS Processing issuesThis problem for POS processing has been resolved.1h 17mResolved
Jun 15, 2026Degraded Processing on GatewayThis incident has been resolved.1h 20mResolved
Jun 15, 2026Gateway System MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Jun 10, 2026Immediate Payouts disabledThis incident has been resolved.1h 0mResolved
Jun 8, 2026Aggregation Scheduled MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Jun 4, 2026Mobicred issuesThis problem has been resolved. Mobicred transactions are completing again on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.2h 21mResolved
May 26, 2026Aggregation System MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.1h 0mScheduled
May 21, 2026Aggregation System Emergency MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.1h 0mScheduled
May 20, 2026Gateway System Emergency MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
May 18, 2026Gateway System MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
May 15, 2026Capitec Pay OutageThis problem affecting Capitec Pay transactions has been resolved.15 minResolved
May 11, 2026Aggregation System MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
May 9, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.5h 0mScheduled
May 4, 2026Standard Bank EFT paymentsStandard Bank has been re-enabled on the EFT systems.1935h 56mResolved
Apr 23, 2026POS processing problemsThis problem affecting POS transactions has been resolved with full functionality restored to the service on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.1h 11mResolved
Apr 20, 2026Gateway System MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.3h 0mScheduled
Apr 18, 2026Absa Pay failuresAbsa Pay problems have been resolved on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms.23h 34mResolved
Apr 17, 2026Absa Pay maintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Apr 14, 2026Aggregation System MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.2h 0mScheduled
Apr 9, 2026Immediate Payout MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.5h 0mScheduled
Apr 4, 2026Mobicred maintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.14h 0mScheduled
Mar 27, 2026Phishing emailThis post is being taken down. For more information on phishing, please visit: https://support.payfast.help/portal/en/kb/articles/suspicious-emails-phishing-scams92h 47mResolved
Mar 20, 2026Degraded Processing on AggregationThis problem has been resolved for Aggregation processing. We are continuing to keep close eyes on the system.2h 58mResolved
Mar 17, 2026Nedbank Issuing degraded on 3D SecureBetween 08:35 and 09:17, Nedbank card issuers will have experienced problems completing card payments due to an external issue on the 3D Secure leg of transactions. Both our Aggregation and Gateway platform were…0 minResolved
Mar 15, 2026Absa Pay MaintenanceThe scheduled maintenance has been completed.6h 0mScheduled
Feb 10, 2026Aggregation paymentsIssue has been resolved and services restored.18 minResolved
Feb 2, 2026Aggregation card processing degradationThis problem has been resolved with full functionality returning to Card payments on Aggregation.6h 31mResolved
Feb 2, 2026Telephonic callsThis problem has been resolved.7h 45mResolved
Feb 2, 2026Bidvest Acquirer OutageThis problem has been resolved for Gateway Bidvest merchants.10h 20mResolved
Jan 28, 2026Immediate Payouts disabledThis incident has been resolved.14 minResolved
Dec 11, 2025Degraded Processing on GatewayThis problem for the Gateway platform has been resolved. Pocessing has returned to normal across products.1h 1mResolved
Dec 9, 2025Developer Documents for AggregationThis incident has been resolved.4h 36mResolved
Dec 5, 2025Degraded 3D processing on Gateway earlierBetween 10:48-11:10 this morning, users on the Gateway platform will have experienced 3D secure related problems for card processing. This was due to a global Cloudflare outage that resolved at 11:10. Processing for 3D…0 minResolved
Dec 4, 2025PayBill processing on GatewayThis problem for PayBill on Gateway has been resolved.24 minResolved
Dec 1, 2025EFT payments for FnBThis problem has been resolved for FnB EFT payments.23h 55mResolved
Nov 28, 2025FnB PaymentsThis problem has been resolved for FnB payments.35 minResolved
Nov 28, 2025FnB paymentsThis problem for FnB payments on both the Aggregation and Gateway platforms has been resolved.1h 15mResolved
Nov 28, 2025Shopify integration on GatewayThis problem has been resolved for Shopify integarions on the Gateway platform.1h 18mResolved
Nov 27, 2025Zapper paymentsThis problem for Zapper payments has been resolved on both the Aggregation and Gateway systems, with full functionality to QR code payments restored.8h 25mResolved
Nov 19, 2025Aggregation card processing degradationThis problem has been resolved.45 minResolved
Nov 7, 2025SSL related disruption on AggregationThis SSL related problem has been resolved on the Aggregation platform. Processing and ITN's are functioning normally again.46 minResolved
Nov 6, 2025Processing issues on GatewayThis problem affecting Gateway Processing has been resolved.1h 40mResolved

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How to Read This Payfast Incident Log

Each row is an incident PulsAPI observed, not a summary written afterwards. The duration is wall-clock time between the first failing check and the first clean one, so it includes the window before Payfast acknowledged anything. Vendor post-mortems typically measure from acknowledgement, which is why their numbers are usually shorter.

Incidents still open have no duration yet and are listed as ongoing rather than being given a running total. The archive covers the last 365 days; anything older has aged out of the window rather than never having happened.

The longest single Payfast outage in this window ran 80d 15h, against a mean recovery of 1d 17h. If you depend on Payfast in a customer-facing path, the longest figure is the one to design around. The mean is what happens on a normal bad day; the maximum is what happens on the worst one.