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Is PayPal Down?

FinTech & PaymentsLive status, outages, and incident history

No. PayPal is up right now.

Every monitored PayPal system is operational as of August 24, 2026. PulsAPI did not find an outage in its latest check of the official status feed.

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How we know: the official PayPal status page, PulsAPI's own check every 60 seconds, and outage reports from engineers. How PulsAPI monitoring works

PayPal Component Status

The main PayPal systems on this page. All 119 are operational right now.

119operational
3D Secure
Operational
Account
Operational
Adaptive APIs
Operational

116 more components tracked

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

Also tracking APAC Transaction Processing, API, Authorizations, Batch, Bill Pay, Billing Agreements, Billing Plans, Braintree Homepage, Button Manager APIs, Buy, Canadian Transaction Processing, Captures, and 104 more.

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Component statuses may change independently during partial outages.

Recent PayPal Outages & Incidents

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

Resolved: Impact to Refunds, Payments, Authorizations, Captures, Orders, United States Transaction Processing, Canadian Transaction Processing, European Transaction Processing, APAC Transaction Processing, Gateway API (PP-LIVE-108078)Resolved Aug 15, 2026 · 1h 28mResolved

Resolved: The issue has been resolved. Initial Notification: We are currently experiencing Degraded Performance affecting Refunds, Payments, Authorizations, Pay with PayPal Integration. Our team is working on resolving the issue and mitigating the impact. Affected Regions: Global

Initial Notification: Hyperwallet (PP-LIVE-107915)Resolved Aug 5, 2026 · 3h 0mResolved

Initial Notification: On Tuesday, Aug 4th, 2026 (6:00PM to 9:00PM PDT), Hyperwallet will be undergoing a 3-hour scheduled maintenance in Prod environment. During this scheduled maintenance, all Hyperwallet Reports from the Control Panel will be offline and unavailable. We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences this may cause. Jul 31, 20:12 UTC

Resolved: Impact to PayPal Checkout in Merchant Native Mobile Apps (PP-LIVE-107938)Resolved Aug 2, 2026 · 47h 17mResolved

Resolved: The issue has been resolved. Initial Notification: We are currently experiencing Degraded Performance affecting customers checking out with PayPal within merchants native mobile apps using the in-app web view. Our team is working on resolving the issue and mitigating the impact. Affected Regions: Global

PayPal Uptime History

Daily uptime recorded by PulsAPI over the last 90 days, with the days that carried a PayPal incident marked. Each day is measured from our own checks, so the record continues even when the vendor publishes nothing.

Uptime history91 days observed
May 2698.71% average · 4 days with incidentsAug 24

Going further back: PayPal uptime by month and every recorded PayPal outage.

Live PayPal Outage Reports

Problems reported by engineers using PayPal. 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 PayPal problems reported yet.

Something wrong with PayPal on your end?

Reports are anonymous, take about ten seconds, and help the next engineer who checks.

About PayPal

PayPal is a global digital payments platform processing over $1.5 trillion in payment volume annually across 430M+ active accounts in 200+ markets. PayPal downtime prevents checkouts and money transfers for merchants and consumers worldwide. Track PayPal status and outages here.

Over the past 30 days, PulsAPI has measured PayPal uptime at 99.98%. Response times, incident history, and SLA tracking for PayPal are available on the PulsAPI dashboard.

PayPal Status FAQ

Is PayPal down right now?

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

What should I do if PayPal 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 PayPal recovers.

How do I check PayPal uptime history?

PulsAPI tracks PayPal uptime over 30, 60, and 90-day rolling windows. The current 30-day uptime is 99.98%. A free PulsAPI account unlocks the full 90-day SLA history and incident timeline for PayPal.

How fast does PulsAPI detect PayPal outages?

PulsAPI polls the official PayPal 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 PayPal components?

Yes. PulsAPI monitors 119 individual PayPal components, so you can see which service or region is affected instead of a generic "service degraded" banner.

Can I get alerts when PayPal goes down?

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

How do I report an issue with PayPal 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 PayPal problems early. Official status pages often lag real incidents by 10 to 20 minutes.

Is there a free way to monitor PayPal?

Yes. PulsAPI's Starter plan includes up to 25 monitored services with Slack and email alerts, and the 30-day free trial requires no credit card. You can monitor PayPal alongside up to 24 other services at pulsapi.com/signup.

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