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 (47%)
• Errors (34%)
• Website Down (20%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
London	Sign in	1 day ago
Portsmouth	Sign in	1 day ago
Frankfurt am Main	Sign in	1 day ago
Arles	Website Down	1 day ago
Hennessey	Sign in	2 days ago
Roanne	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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  惜缘际渊 (@xiyuanjiyuan) reported 9 seconds ago

  Due to my misunderstanding of PayPal policies, I’ve run into some issues and decided to step away from Twitter and close my account. Thank you to everyone who supported me—if you’d like to stay in touch, please contact me via email.

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  THE SHADOW KNOWS (@brianvi03340131) reported 3 minutes ago

  @LynneBP_294 PayPal never had an problem ever

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  Grok (@grok) reported 3 minutes ago

  @noob_contrarian Hey, for your SBI virtual Visa card: It works on GPay/Stripe but fails on PayPal/Namecheap likely due to SBI's restrictions on debit/virtual cards for those platforms (common RBI/PayPal mismatch on OTP/3D Secure). Quick fixes: - Double-check intl transactions enabled in YONO app. - Contact SBI support (1800-11-2211 or YONO chat) to whitelist PayPal/Namecheap. - For Namecheap: Try adding card again in incognito, or preload account balance via UPI/Stripe. - PayPal: Most SBI debits don't work—use a credit card or linked bank acct instead. If still stuck, reply with exact error msg.

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  Haruhiko The Forgotten One (@NeoHaruhiko) reported 4 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal @PayPal same as other people I've seen on here verifying my login's are correct, I am unable to sign in. attempting to use the 'Forgot Password' feature, I Get an error message. tried PC, Phone and app, clearing my cache and cookies, nothing works it's been a week

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  Stream light ID (@StreamLightID) reported 5 minutes ago

  @lawless_silence For the time being, I’m using Stripe for payments. This way, it doesn’t pose a problem if potential clients can only pay via Apple Pay or Android Pay. However, I plan to offer PayPal as an option in the future. I’m currently in the process of setting up my PayPal Business >_<

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  ✨ VEENA | Vt Model Artist ✨ (@VeenaGlory) reported 8 minutes ago

  @KirinKamiya Whats the issue you are facing with PayPal?

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  loomie (@Airendal) reported 8 minutes ago

  @_space_punk_ Yeahh that's what I tell my friends who need money, I should take my own advice. Just need to figure out the technical issue seeing as i don't have a bank account and PayPal isn't an option on my end lol.

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  Valkyrie 🪽 (@valkyrieinpink) reported 11 minutes ago

  If there's any problems with orders you have placed PLEASE contact me on kofi first before filing claims it's easier for both of us rather than waiting on PayPal to side on something I could have given you the answer to in 20 minutes

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  KonamiCodeGames🕹 (@EugeneGilland) reported 13 minutes ago

  Oh speaking of research, I just had issues with PayPal blocking my sign in from Firefox. 🤔 Seems like they broke something in a site update?

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  tic toc (@TicTocTick) reported 20 minutes ago

  To the untrained eyes it did pop The problem is it has closed below my own support level That’s not nice All these so called PayPal mafia stocks look like cat **** wrapped in dog 💩 Idk why tho

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  Abdul wasay (@Abdulwasay0090) reported 20 minutes ago

  @PayPalUK Small business owner here my PayPal was deactivated with no explanation no disputes no refunds everything legit so what’s the issue just be clear instead of hiding behind vague policies

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  Cristina Gennari (@Cri426) reported 20 minutes ago

  @helenaprestes @AskPayPal @PayPalFrance Helena Prestes’ PayPal is blocked. She has hers credentials, but she no longer has access to hers two-factor authentication number. Please contact her to resolve the issue. Customer service is not responding. Thank you

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  Grok (@grok) reported 21 minutes ago

  @iamSamtexD @nypost The "why" boils down to a few key changes hitting this tax season: - Platforms like PayPal, Cash App, and Venmo issued more 1099-K forms after Congress rolled back the reporting threshold (now $20K/200 transactions federally, lower in many states). They report gross revenue—not your profit—so resales or gigs get taxed unless you prove costs with receipts. - Gig workers (Uber, DoorDash, freelancers) pay the full 15.3% self-employment tax themselves (no employer split) and often skip quarterly estimates, triggering penalties. - W-2 folks: Life changes (marriage, raises, side income) mess up withholding if your W-4 isn't updated. Double-check your docs and consider tax software or a pro to sort it.

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  Dustin (@r0ck3t23) reported 22 minutes ago

  Peter Thiel and David Sacks were going to write a book about PayPal. Elon Musk’s chapter was titled “The Man Who Knew Nothing About Risk.” The PayPal Mafia. The sharpest venture minds of a generation. People who had built with Musk. Watched him operate up close. They thought he was out of his mind. Thiel: “When Elon was building both Tesla and SpaceX in the 2000s, people thought he was just really, really crazy.” This was not the press misunderstanding a founder. This was his own people. And they were not wrong by accident. They were wrong by design. Because the framework everyone uses to calculate risk is built on one assumption. That the laws governing what is possible are fixed. Musk did not share that assumption. Thiel figured that out later. Thiel: “If one of the two companies had succeeded, you would say, well, maybe he still got really lucky. But when two out of two companies that people thought were completely harebrained both succeed, you have to reassess.” One success is luck. Two is a different kind of intelligence entirely. Musk was simultaneously trying to privatize space and electrify transportation. Two industries with the most entrenched players on Earth. Two that had eaten billions in failed attempts. Two that governments spent decades trying to move and couldn’t. He did both. At the same time. Nearly went bankrupt doing it. And came out the other side owning both. That is not luck. That is not even genius. That is a different relationship with reality itself. The conventional risk model measures one thing. The probability of losing what you already have. Capital at risk. Downside scenarios. Protect the position. Musk was running a different equation entirely. He was calculating the cost of not trying. The risk of building a reusable rocket and failing is a rounding error. The risk of humanity remaining trapped on a single planet forever is not. The conventional investor sees a 90% chance of losing everything and calls it irrational. Musk saw a 100% chance of civilizational stagnation if no one moved and called that the real risk. The math was never wrong. The lens was just incomprehensibly larger. Thiel: “Somehow the rest of us are too risk-averse, or there’s something about risk he knows that we don’t.” That is Peter Thiel. One of the most ruthless, clear-eyed thinkers in venture capital history admitting the model broke. Not that Musk got lucky. That the rest of them were running a flawed framework and didn’t know it. That should keep you up at night. Because if the PayPal Mafia had the wrong model, the question is not whether Musk is exceptional. The question is how many other things the conventional framework is catastrophically wrong about right now. How many ideas getting buried today look obvious in ten years. How many founders are being told they don’t understand risk when they are the only ones who do. The chapter never got written. The man it was supposed to warn us about built two of the most important companies in human history instead. They are still writing the explanation. He already moved on to the next impossible thing.

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  youtube.com/@ezhdking (@StarR80733) reported 22 minutes ago

  No one gives a **** about ur **** life loser u dont even deserve ur fame u have no talent no skill and now u CRY because paypal blocks ur pennies? Real men DO NOT complain but sit down and grind. Ur a manchild. Grow. The. ****. Up.

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  StreamVOD (@stream_vod1) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Abusadeeq1968 @john322226 Honestly, this just explains why the same issues keep repeating, freelancers are the ones always stuck in the middle of all these restrictions and policies. At this point it’s really about adapting. I just use Vban on my end to avoid all this paypal stress.

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  pid (@pid0ozj) reported 27 minutes ago

  idk i accomplished a lot of things back then somehow, in the way that it's like, how in the world i did have that much free time? like if i said "i ran an online cult" "i dated a southern choir boy" "i got offered 250 bucks to draw a furry, but i turned it down because no paypal"

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  Leo (@neurolauncher) reported 29 minutes ago

  @maxkarpis Will do Max! Actually there's a really interesting dynamic in the Turkish market right now. For starters global payment systems like PayPal are banned here due to local data regulations. But here the crazy part even though Turkish banks are super modern and issue standard Visa and Mastercards locals still can't use Apple Pay. It’s mostly because of strict data localization laws by the local authorities and local banks not wanting to share commission fees with Apple. So instead of a simple NFC tap Turkish users are forced to unlock their phones, open a specific bank app and scan a QR code just to make a mobile payment. The irony is that as a foreigner I can easily use my overseas Revolut card with Apple Pay everywhere in Istanbul without any issues while my local friends are stuck scanning QR. If revolut can offer a smoother NFC experience or somehow navigate the Apple Pay hurdle tech savvy users will flock to them instantly. With the Lira's volatility giving locals a seamless way to hold exchange, and spend in multiple currencies without massive bank spreads is highly demanded. Actually @getmidas has also stocks and etc but they dont have banking systems. It is just for investors super app The important thing is ending money abroad from a Turkish bank account usually involves high SWIFT fees and terrible UX. Revolut's frictionless P2P and international transfers would solve a huge pain point. I'll definitely keep an eye out and share any updates!

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  yuany (@yuany194687) reported 31 minutes ago

  Hey @BeatStars ,I have a payment issue where a 'Successful' sale didn't hit my PayPal or Wallet. Ticket #542882. Can someone look into this?

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  Satya (@heysatya_) reported 35 minutes ago

  Hey, can anyone help me make a payment through Wise? I’m having trouble setting it up. I can pay you via PayPal, Stripe, or Contra.

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  Desi Mac (@desimac13) reported 35 minutes ago

  @PayPal it is really hard to do something when you cannot get the technology to work right and there's no way to contact a real person.....and when you chat with someone they tell you the only way to do what you need is through the phone app, that is not working right.

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  Toma Sidibeh (@TSidibeh2774) reported 35 minutes ago

  @silverpenydr I am finding it difficult to have a patner. Plus i am having issues with the payout. I only have paypal

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  bad robot (@foxenflask) reported 36 minutes ago

  @papi_kubosh He has been involved with PayPal indirectly since eBay acquired it in 2002, and directly as a PayPal board member from the 2015 spin‑off until he stepped down in 2017

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  The Craft District (@CraftK163t) reported 39 minutes ago

  @Safaricom_Care check dm I'm having issues withdrawing from PayPal.

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  rinky ✦ (@rinkilly) reported 51 minutes ago

  Fix priсе $85 • Comment or DM to claim • Payment via Lavatop(PayPal or credit card)

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  Quantumaniacal (@oxcvyqwsdfgytx) reported 51 minutes ago

  My PayPal banned. The account that I depend on promoting and sell my art got deactivated. My account have such low impression, maybe because my art sucks. I have 5 unfinished major works. And I have a major problem with my family relation. I'm going to kill myself.

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  Afari (@Nkrumaneverdies) reported 54 minutes ago

  Good job, @samgeorgegh, for this clear up because I thought the previous registration didn't go through. It left with sim registration against fraud, PayPal, and then hit more on the data issue.

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  FDC INC (@fdcincshop) reported 57 minutes ago

  That 8 is the byte size of the response your server sent back to PayPal (likely the word "Verified"). PayPal sees that 200 OK, and it stops trying to send you that specific notification. You’re being a "good citizen" in the PayPal ecosystem!

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  dandy! (@nawmiis) reported 58 minutes ago

  im boutta make an obsecure acc that looks looks like han is behind it and put my paypal as well,thats like an infinite money glitch

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  DODANING (@DODANING) reported 60 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal What a terrible service they offer, and the customer service is even worse!