Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

• Sign in (46%)
• Errors (34%)
• Website Down (20%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Collinsville	Sign in	7 hours ago
Newnan	Website Down	13 hours ago
Créteil	Sign in	2 days ago
Tacoma	Sign in	2 days ago
Chicago	Errors	2 days ago
Eugene	Errors	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  TECHEPAGES (@techepages) reported 2 minutes ago

  🚨 INTERPOL just took down Sniper Dz, a phishing-as-a-service platform active since 2015. 🌍 13 countries involved 👮 201 arrests made 🎣 45,000+ victim records collected 🌐 20,000+ phishing domains identified 🎯 Targeted PayPal, Netflix, Facebook, Instagram & more The platform was FREE to use thus lowering the bar for cybercriminals worldwide.

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  greg fury𓍊 (@eeyoregregore) reported 2 minutes ago

  messages are down, I'll be back! plz feel free to throw cashmoney at the birthday whöre😝 (me) ($paywacket on ca/vnmo) (ask about paypal)

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  Clickbait Corless (Parody of Tommy Corless) (@ClckbaitCorless) reported 4 minutes ago

  @TatooineSons If you can show me the financials proving the movie how broken even , I’ll legit PayPal you 500 dollars… Real numbers , not made up garbage

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  jupi ·˚ ༘🕯️ (@lxvscnario) reported 8 minutes ago

  @croptopminnie yeah i think the issue is bc of paypal mainly, didnt work for me on it but by card it was okay (**** fans)

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  Trade With Congress (@tradewithcong) reported 10 minutes ago

  Buying the dip is "probably" his forte Rep. Byron Donalds invested ~$30K into a stock that is currently trading near its 9-yr lows Why "probably"? 1. The stock is PayPal - $PYPL 2. He sits on the House Financial Services Committee (oversees PayPal's industry) 3. Right now they are advancing stablecoin legislation that could benefit PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin business Firstly, that's sketchy Secondly, there might still be time to get in since he's down ~7% on the trade

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  Bruce Unfiltered (@JadeMiner) reported 10 minutes ago

  @fugitivemama Whats so terrible about living in a country where hard work, ingenuity, and perseverance can make you a trillion dollars? That used to be called "The American Dream". Anybody can do it. Just invent Paypal, Neuralink, Starlink, Boring Co., SpaceX, and revive Tesla!

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  ᘔÖᒪÏ (@zoltansilaba) reported 11 minutes ago

  @PayPal how do i report a problem in the app when i haven’t got the option to do so? Cheers

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  Rafael (@VamosRafa66) reported 11 minutes ago

  @unusual_whales The average American household has not created PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, XAI, Boring company. Many have used PayPal, bought Teslas, connected to Starlink, used Twiiter/X and in return, made him money. There is no billionaire in the US responsible for your problems.

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  Silas Sheek (@sheek_silas) reported 12 minutes ago

  Fortunately I found a work around to the issue with Hasbro pulse. For whatever reason, it won't let it go through with a credit card, only with PayPal. I got the Red Alert minicon pack on pre-order, finally

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  AndrejM (@AndrejMaj) reported 12 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hello, I am unable to log in to my PayPal account. Every time I try to sign in, I receive a message saying that there is an error on your side. I have not changed my email address, phone. I would also like to mention that there may be an outstanding negative balance?

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  Haku (@luchy_bdlv) reported 12 minutes ago

  @the_FANSSHOP I first tried to pay for the order via PayPal. Five minutes after receiving an email confirming the payment went through, I got another email saying my refund was processed in error. Then I tried with another card, and I received an email at 8:39 AM saying the payment was done

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  Entrepreneurs on X (@entreprneursonx) reported 13 minutes ago

  Focus on the mission to help move humanity forward. To solve problems humanity will encounter no matter what. PayPal. Tesla. SpaceX. Starlink. xAI. Neuralink. One impossible bet after another…because some has to do it.

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  KangaRoo (@KangaMage) reported 18 minutes ago

  @FrostyFinances 1) Fundamentals ultimately drive price. 2) Adobe has no competitor. Shop is just better than Paypal in every way. So the two don’t make for a ready comparison. 3) If the bull case is ultimately correct, isn’t the bear case best expressed as, “Don’t fight the tape.”? In which case, a charitable bear would recommend to just wait for a change in sentiment before investing. I suppose I wish I had done that, but that didn’t work well for 3M or Starbucks. I’m still learning how I want to approach this issue in the future.

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  Maurice 'Mo' Bujold (@gobagel) reported 20 minutes ago

  @david_parker @Heccles94 I wonder if these people believe Elon should’ve gave away his $220 million from PayPal shares? Also, disposable income of Americans in 2025 is estimated at ~$22.9 trillion. So 5% should be enough from everyone to solve the problems people are insisting Musk should be using his money for

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  isi (@midnightorion_) reported 27 minutes ago

  @sehyoonhearts i havent needed a credit card so far, i was usually fine with my debit card, but it didn't explicitly state debit so i chose paypal to avoid issues too

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  Lixie~🩵 (@Lixie_yongbok) reported 28 minutes ago

  @leeminoot Hi lei.. with my first order I waited for an hour and it was still processing and after sometime the app just restarted. The order is not appearing in my order history. But eximbay email (like PayPal) has order number and I can see that order if use that order number. I haven’t received any refund (it’s been an hour or more infact) which means that the order is confirmed it’s just not tagged to my account. If you have not received an order I suggest raise an inquiry because I think the issue is with tagging the order to an account. Do you have the order number in the bank email or message by any chance, you can use that. Sorry for the lengthy reply🫣

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  State (@StalwartSt) reported 33 minutes ago

  @0xCryptoGreekie Yo 0x. I'll be honest. I simply don't know. It all sound great and we've been hearing potential for at least 5 years, but if it's going to happen, then what's most likely to occur is that these payment companies are likely to build it on their own. And, most of all it will require a stable coin. I do strongly believe is that it will near absolutely involve stablecoins, such as USDt & USDc. SUI and a number of networks handle stablecoins well. As odd as it may sound, these big corporations would rather operate of something clunky, that's still crypto, but something they've created and most importantly own and control. Thus, it won't be any network we're familiar with. There will be a USDv (a VISA stablecoin). There will be a USDjpm, USDgoldman, etc. PayPal has their own as does Polymarket. They operate internally. I see no chance a major corporation is going to adopt anything out there that has touched anything we know. They'll build their own. Polymarket only uses the polygon network for wager incoming and then wager settlements (if the bet wins). You can see the proceed go out of your wallet, it then goes into a digital bean counter. If the wager wins, the proceed get spit back out on clunky Polygon. The actual trading is done on servers where all the accounting and score keeping is tallied and resolved on a digital ledger. This is probably the model for trading someday, except they build their own internal crypto network. If they even need it, which they probably don't. Right now, the Visa, MC & AmEx network operates just the way they want it to operate, and it's going to take over 50 years to grind into those market structures. Moreover, we haven't even got to the legal complication of how credit cards make their money w/r/t fees and fraud, charge backs, etc. It may cost them a lot, but they have an immense edge they will never give up because the merchant and customers end up paying in the end. As for high finance, it's the same thing. For SWIFT, it will likely be something the US builds that will integrate with what others CBs have. Probably swapping USDt & USDc. The problem is: these need to be hidden. High finance is not open to disclosure, and legally they don't have to. NYSE & Nasdaq. Same thing. They will build their own and integrate the endpoints which connect to a stable coin somewhere. I see no current decentralized network (eth sol sui btc kas, or any current L1) that a major Fortune 500 company is going to adopt and use. They will not relinquish centralization on a broad scale. There may be a few small cases. I do know that Kadena was tested for JPMorgan and it didn't work. It was passed on. Now Kadena is officially dead. I'm not optimistic. We've heard it all before, but I take it 1 year at a time.

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  Non-Nutritive Cereal Varnish (@tofutefisk) reported 36 minutes ago

  i can’t get login .gov or id .me to verify my identity even when i submit everything they ask for. same for paypal, polymarket, social security administration - and just recently started being required to verify age by google, youtube, and anthropic…

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  Manu Mathur - Digital Marketer | Blogger (@mannkizubani) reported 38 minutes ago

  @PayPal, why am I getting this error? "You can no longer use PayPal. We noticed activity in your account that's inconsistent with our User Agreement and, therefore, can no longer offer you PayPal services! Can your team assist with this issue? @AskPayPal #PayPalsupport #helpdesk

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  Sergey Lapa ⚡ Building with AI (@Sergey_Lapa) reported 38 minutes ago

  Most people scroll past these tools every day. A few figured out they’re ATMs. Here’s what 2026 actually looks like for people who paid attention 🧵 [1/6] Most people see an AI chatbot. Maya sees $7,200/month. A 26-year-old from Kyiv figured out that every local business has a website that hasn’t been touched since 2019. No chat. No automation. No follow-up. She opens Claude. Builds a custom AI assistant for the business in 40 minutes. Books a call. Shows the demo live. They sign the same day. $400 setup. $600/month retainer. 12 clients. The businesses haven’t changed. She just showed them what they were missing. [2/6] Most people see a boring spreadsheet. James sees $9,500/month. A 31-year-old from Lisbon noticed that every e-commerce brand has the same problem — thousands of product descriptions written by someone who didn’t care. He built a Claude pipeline. Drops in a product CSV. Gets back 500 descriptions in 11 minutes. SEO-optimized. Brand-voiced. Done. Charges $800 per batch. $1,200 for rush. No employees. No office. Just a prompt and a PayPal link. [3/6] Most people see a Telegram group. Sofia sees $6,000/month. A 28-year-old from Belgrade watches on-chain wallets that move before anyone notices. Every morning she writes 3 paragraphs about what shifted overnight. 200 subscribers. $29/month each. Her tool cost: Claude API + a $6 server. She spends 45 minutes a day. The data was always public. She just started packaging it. [4/6] Most people see a podcast nobody asked for. Carlos sees $8,400/month. A 33-year-old from Mexico City realized that CEOs want to be on podcasts but hate cold emails. He uses AI to research 50 executives per week — their recent interviews, their talking points, their gaps. Then writes a hyper-personalized pitch for each one. Booking rate: 34%. He sells the booked appearances to podcast hosts at $600 each. 14 deals last month. [5/6] Most people see a language barrier. Nina sees $5,800/month. A 24-year-old from Warsaw figured out that Japanese, Korean and Arabic creators make incredible content — that nobody in the West ever sees. She runs it through AI translation + light editing. Reposts with credit. Builds the audience. Sells newsletter sponsorships at $400 per slot. Two slots per week. The content already existed. She just moved it. [6/6] The tools are free or close to it. The information is public. The opportunities are sitting on the same streets everyone walks past. The only difference between them and everyone else? They stopped waiting to feel ready. They just started. What’s stopping you from doing the same? ↓ Drop your skill below — I’ll tell you exactly how to monetize it with AI right now.

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  Stan (@routineforbots) reported 39 minutes ago

  One of the most common mistakes in discussions about stablecoins is focusing on the technology before understanding the problem that it is trying to solve. For all the advances in technology over the past several decades, moving money across borders remains surprisingly inefficient. International payments often rely on multiple intermediaries, settlement can take several days, fees can be significant, transparency is limited, and access depends on banking infrastructure that was designed long before the internet became the foundation of global commerce (this was exactly how I discovered USDT myself 😎 ). This issue is noticeable compared to how information moves today, almost instantly and globally with very little friction. Money, however, still largely depends on systems built around banks, correspondent banking relationships, business hours and jurisdictional boundaries. Stablecoins emerged as an attempt to address this gap by combining the stability of traditional currencies with a digital infrastructure that allows value to move more efficiently. And they are not trying to replace existing currencies. The most successful stablecoins are denominated in the same currencies that already dominate the global financial system, primarily U.S. dollar and Euro. Their value is not in creating a new unit of account, but in creating a different way for that unit of account to move through the digital economy with low fees, global coverage and instant execution. This distinction helps explain why stablecoins have succeeded where many other blockchain applications did not achieve meaningful adoption. Rather than asking users to accept an entirely new monetary system, stablecoins allow them to continue using familiar currencies while benefiting from a different settlement infrastructure. Stablecoin transaction volumes have grown rapidly. According to Visa's on-chain analytics, stablecoins processed more than $24.4 trillion in transaction volume since 2019. The total stablecoin marketcap has also grown to more than $160 billion, while major issuers such as @tether and @circle now serve tens of millions of users globally. Business adoption continues to increase, and nearly every major financial institution, including J.P. Morgan, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, etc, is now exploring or actively developing stablecoin-related initiatives. Stablecoins are often discussed as a separate category within digital assets, while in reality they are the first successful example of tokenization at scale. For major ones, like USDT and USDC, every token represents a claim on an underlying asset held outside the blockchain. In other words, stablecoins demonstrated that tokenized representations of real-world assets could attract users, liquidity and global adoption. But the whole tokenization ecosystem is much broader than stablecoins, as we will see in the next parts of this series.

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  Keri Dugan (@keridugan1) reported 39 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hi, You have now left me on hold for 20 minutes and I get you are trying to wear me down so I will hang up, but I will not. Is there anyone actually working there who can help? I will not chat with a bot again. I need a live person to fix this. please advise.

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  nanaya (@nanayapro) reported 39 minutes ago

  paypal website on mobile browser doesn't support passkey for some reason... like, no prompt or anything. it does ask creating a new one after logging in with password though, overwriting the existing one in the password manager if accepted 🤨 (and still can't use it to login)

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  Carp☕️🐱 (@carpcatcafe) reported 41 minutes ago

  why is paypal acting up over commissions that aren't even listed as nsfw😭 why are you giving me trouble because my wording didn't imply explicitly that it isn't nsfw

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  ЂП (@djordjijeno1) reported 42 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hello, I cannot call this number from Montenegro because it is very expensive calling Ireland. Do you have any other options for contact, maybe on whatsapp or any other online platform through which i can contact you and resolve all my problems with singning in?

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  alle🌃 (@literarymuffs) reported 46 minutes ago

  WTS BTS World Tour Arirang in Jakarta Concert Platinum Floor B Day 1 2 Tickets left request any proof ok mutualan sosmed asal fix take ok payment cod area jogja ok intl buyer ok paypal/wise/ina bank DM tiket konser jkt tix sell wtb

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  Nikita (@nikita_builds) reported 48 minutes ago

  I’d argue the most valuable moments in our lives look the least impressive from the outside, at least for me. Back in 2020, I worked at PayPal. I shared an apartment with someone who was more obsessed with starting a company than I was. Most of what we built flopped hard. We’d spin up a landing page, nothing would happen, and try something new a few weeks later. It was this seemingly infinite doom loop of try, fail, try. But action produces information, and I learned so much during that time. Things no amount of research or planning could ever teach me. Things that gave me the opportunity to make the right decisions later down the road. This is why, even to this day, one of the biggest pillars I live by is just try things. Even if we’ll soon live in an AI world, there’s knowledge you can ONLY unlock by actually trying things. Might as well be you who acquires it.

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  Frank (@LordFrz) reported 53 minutes ago

  @MoshiMoshiMoan terrible paypal link

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  ✨🖤𝕲𝕺𝕿𝕳🖤✨ (@KNOTINATOR) reported 57 minutes ago

  And they get away with this cause dumb *** furries let them. STOP file charge backs, push that debt onto their PayPal and have their PayPal get closed down so they can stop robbing people and get a real job. I'm sick of it I have lost SO MUCH MONEY to these people.

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  🅱️ete oaks (@b0newalljackson) reported 57 minutes ago

  @_GrandExchange_ @kingbtc i got on ebay and paypal in 01 and boa gave me trouble with that so by the time i got into crypto they stopped bothering me. i hear horror stories about them but knock on wood never had any issues with either them or cb