Paypal status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, errors and website down.
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders.
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.
May 12: Problems at Paypal
Paypal is having issues since 04:00 PM AEST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!
Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.
- Sign in (47%)
- Errors (34%)
- Website Down (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Overland Park
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Errors | 3 days ago |
 Lausanne
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Errors | 3 days ago |
 Ciudad Jardín
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Errors | 4 days ago |
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Abingdon
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Sign in | 4 days ago |
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Buffalo
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Errors | 5 days ago |
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Township of Evan
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Errors | 6 days ago |
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Paypal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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journie 🚏 (@sacredmascot) reported@ostolero Actually yall zelle got shut down chz i got scammed being a mule for love on the highkey so lets message me for my paypal orr apple pay im too baked to even care it turns oit i needed a lot of **** and pepsi
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katie (@slfshwltzx) reportedwhy is paypal not working for the membership kit im about to crash out
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Edzenebubu Hofe (@meetedzenebubu) reportedThe paypal reviews are just terrible at this point.
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Israel Jan (@IsraelJan88661) reported@PayPal will always close down African accounts just for receiving 50 dollars for a service you have worked for and earned it.
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💫 shop open (@vmxn__) reportedthe money out to a friend's account and after she went through all the trouble to get her account verified with personal information, I just found out that @PayPal rejected the request to transfer my money out two weeks ago and did not inform me.
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Grok (@grok) reported@capreedmi @InTheAssembly Here's Burry's Q1 2026 Substack disclosure breakdown on the 7 software/payments names (thematic portfolio): - **PYPL (PayPal)**: New position opened at $49.38 (~3.5% stake). Core payments play. - **FISV (Fiserv)**: Holding. High-quality payments infrastructure with stable cash flows. - **ADBE (Adobe)**: Holding. AI disruption narrative overblown; creative tools moat intact. - **ADSK (Autodesk)**: Holding. Design software leader with strong competitive moat. - **VEEV (Veeva)**: Holding. Healthcare SaaS focused on life sciences compliance. - **CRM (Salesforce)**: Adding. Down ~30% YTD; undervalued enterprise cloud leader. - **MSCI**: Adding. Financial data/infrastructure with recurring revenue resilience. Thesis: Selloff was technical (private credit pressure), not AI killing these businesses. None rely on private credit. Contrarian vs. Mag7 hype.
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scarmat (@QualityGrowthFV) reported@Dr_Crossroads @KrisPatel99 I know you left PayPal but like for 10 billion more you get a company without debt issues generating 6 bil in fcf buying 15% of the market cap a year. Like I don't disagree that fisv is undervalued but when you have other fintechs like sofi pypl or even shiftfour why pick fisv
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Ryzi3 (@Ryzi3_) reportedThis drama led to the Inkystara PayPal refund issue. I was a client, and the artist took the comm despite how they viewed me. After sending the work on Twitter I was blocked on multiple social. If they felt that way they should've declined the comm upfront and left it at that
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surya (@narivaaaal) reportedlast week my paypal got hacked TWICE in TWO DAYS and I almost lost more than $2000 but I got the money back. except now paypal is trying to make me pay another $1200 bc getting the money returned to my bank account didn't fix my paypal balance. for some ******* reason
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𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒! (@Loreli_XD) reported@Hhj1129737 Unfortunately, I am not currently accepting orders because I have problems with PayPal and therefore cannot accept dollars ( ﾟーﾟ)
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Tamaraebi Deborah Engbi (@TamaraebiEngbi) reported@PayPal How do I fix to a customer support agent I have never done a transaction immediately I create my PayPal account you people put it on the limited why
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JP Richardson (@jprichardson) reportedA year ago basically two companies issued stablecoins. Circle and Tether. That was the market. Today 20 banks and tech giants are in line to issue their own through Anchorage. Western Union. PayPal. Fiserv. List goes on. The GENIUS Act passed and the floodgates opened. Every major financial institution now wants its own dollar onchain.
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O’TRAK (@SireErfan) reported@coinbureau actually, what @BosonProtocol is building with x402B fits very closely with exactly the problems PayPal and Google Cloud were describing at Consensus Miami. $BOSON The key point is this: x402 mainly solves machine payments Boson x402B to solve machine commerce
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Badwolf (@Badwolf31008685) reported@phantom your support site is down. I sent usdc to my PayPal wallet and I need a ticket opened. Message me or the next person will be the investigator to figure out why your only support option is offline.
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Albin Gasi (@alvrixdev) reportedHas anyone managed to connect PayPal Vault with guest checkout? It seems it's not working with guest checkout, even though I know it should be. For example, WooCommerce is using it that way, and I tried on my app, but I never received a vault token from PayPal. #paypal #question
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nihat (@kurds040) reported@square_ji @AskPayPal Did u fix it ? I have same problem
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nihat (@kurds040) reported@big_ubee @AskPayPal Did u fix it ? I have same problem
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Jason Tan Liwag (@jaseybel) reportedMy PayPal account got permanently deactivated after I submitted my remaining documents to claim some funds that just came in? Is there any way to fix this?
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Jenna Ryan (@realjennaryan) reportedWhich case do you want to know about first? 1. PayPal for public debanking and life destruction? 2. Ebby Halliday for 5 yr monetize defamation in DFW? 3. AUSA Scott Free Gmail Fabrication in DC? 4. Writ of Error in DC from J6? LMK.
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Global News (@GlobalNews_EN) reportedPayPal (PYPL) down 20%+ YTD as 3 headwinds mount: slowing revenue growth, fierce competition from Apple Pay & Google Pay, and shrinking margins. Can PayPal turn around amid rising competitive pressure? YES or NO? #PayPal #PYPL #Fintech
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Cyespx (@Cyespx) reported@Mr_Derivatives SOFI's product and non-existent customer service is terrible. It makes me wonder how long they can sustain any growth with such a terrible product. I know Paypal manages it, but the provide a fairly unique service, where as SOFI has less services than a regular bank. There can only be so many new suckers.
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Turnx (@heisturnx) reported@Seunfunmi_mi I use PayPal no issue Idk where they're getting those info from
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Pablo #Ynwa (@DbigPablo24) reportedAnyone got a spare for Chelsea? Got let down by a mate and need a pair to sit together. PayPal only. Send a DM if you selling for a good price #Lfctickets #Lfctickets
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santikol🥀🇳🇬 (@rebeccathegoatt) reported@yaxyacy @eleliayub sometime ago i saw videos of Americans complaining about how terrible PayPal is. about how they steal customers money with stupid perma bans and all. like i mean, why would anyone use that ******* **** app? @PayPal
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ready, steady, nedi ꕤ (@notebookrry) reported@violentlyhs @PayPal this is why venmo is better than their slow *** systems. LITERALLY REGISTERED THE MASTERED CARD OFF THE BAT AND I STILL HAD TO ENTER IT EIGHT. DAMN. TIMES
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Quantum (@xohbbos) reported@danideodebin @john322226 Watsup have you been able to run the PayPal issue
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Phinstonedcards (@phinstonedcards) reported@BarryHCain Thanks Barry! Sorry, was having reply trouble on here. Luckily was refunded by PayPal!
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♥♠JRPGNATION♣♦ (@JRPGNATION) reported@ChibiReviews Easy issue refund with PayPal and such. Your bank too.
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Ballon Dorgu (@owunayo) reported@real_matawalle @nombahq Many people are having similar issues. They would gaslight you until you forget the money. I have multiple transactions on hold sinmce March. They release some and hold some. @nombahq , is there a secret rule being violated behind the scene unknown to users? THIS IS LIKE PAYPAL!
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Asiri (@wy2pp) reported@AskPayPal I can’t if I enter he want sign in