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Is Paystack Down?

FinTech & PaymentsLive status, outages, and incident history

No. Paystack is up right now.

Every monitored Paystack system is operational as of November 9, 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 Paystack status page, PulsAPI's own check (every 60 seconds), and outage reports from engineers. How PulsAPI monitoring works

Status report

Paystack Status Summary

As of 14:25 UTC on 9 November 2026, Paystack is operational. PulsAPI checked Paystack's official status page and found 39 of 40 components operational, with no active incidents. Over the last 30 days PulsAPI measured 99.66% uptime for Paystack, counting degraded performance as up. The latest incident, "Nigeria: Degraded Performance on Direct Debit", was on Nov 5, 2026 and lasted 17h 49m.

Cite as: PulsAPI, “Paystack status”, checked 9 November 2026, 14:25 UTC. https://www.pulsapi.com/services/paystack

Paystack Component Status

The main Paystack systems on this page. All 40 are operational right now.

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NIGERIA » Cards
Maintenance
COTE D'IVOIRE » Cards
Operational
COTE D'IVOIRE » Mobile Money
Operational

37 more components tracked

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

Also tracking EGYPT » Cards, GHANA » Apple Pay, GHANA » Bank, GHANA » Bank Transfer, GHANA » Cards, GHANA » Mobile Money, GHANA » USSD, KENYA » Airtel Money, KENYA » Apple Pay, KENYA » Bank, KENYA » Cards, KENYA » M-PESA, and 25 more.

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Component statuses may change independently during partial outages.

Recent Paystack Outages & Incidents

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

Nigeria: Degraded Performance on Direct DebitResolved Nov 5, 2026 · 17h 49mResolved
Nigeria: Downtime with Bank TransfersResolved Nov 4, 2026 · 4h 0mResolved
South Africa: Preuahtorization failuresResolved Nov 4, 2026 · 1h 40mResolved

Upcoming maintenance

Announced by Paystack. Planned work, not an outage.

South Africa: Scan to Pay MaintenanceScheduled for Nov 18, 2026 · 1h 0mScheduled

Scheduled Maintenance

Paystack Uptime History

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

Uptime history91 days observed
Aug 1199.98% average · 39 days with incidentsNov 9

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

Live Paystack Outage Reports

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

Something wrong with Paystack on your end?

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

About Paystack

Paystack publishes overall service health on its public status page at status.paystack.com. PulsAPI tracks Paystack outages, degraded performance and incident history in real time, alongside the rest of your payments and fintech stack.

Over the past 30 days, PulsAPI has measured Paystack uptime at 99.66%. Response times, incident history, and SLA tracking for Paystack are available on the PulsAPI dashboard.

Paystack Status FAQ

Is Paystack down right now?

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

What should I do if Paystack 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 Paystack recovers.

How do I check Paystack uptime history?

PulsAPI tracks Paystack uptime over 30, 60, and 90-day rolling windows. The current 30-day uptime is 99.66%. The 90-day uptime strip on this page is public: no account needed. A free account adds alerts whenever Paystack changes state, plus 15 days of incident detail; Pro extends that to 90 days and Business to 13 months.

How fast does PulsAPI detect Paystack outages?

PulsAPI reads the official Paystack status page. PulsAPI re-checks it every 60 seconds. Alerts reach Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or email once a change has held for 5 minutes, so a one-minute blip does not page you.

Does PulsAPI track individual Paystack components?

Yes. PulsAPI monitors 40 individual Paystack components, so you can see which service or region is affected instead of a generic "service degraded" banner.

Can I get alerts when Paystack goes down?

Yes. Create a free account and subscribe to Paystack: the free plan covers three services with unlimited email alerts and no monthly notification cap. Paid plans lift the monitor limit entirely (Pro and above do not meter how many vendors you watch) and route the same alerts into Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty and webhooks.

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

Is there a free way to monitor Paystack?

Yes. The free plan covers 3 monitored services with unlimited email alerts, permanently, so Paystack plus two more costs nothing. Every new account also opens with a 30-day Business trial (unlimited monitors, Slack alerts, SLA reporting) with no credit card.

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