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 (42%)
• Errors (35%)
• Website Down (23%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Berlin	Sign in	4 days ago
Kirchberg	Sign in	4 days ago
Nantes	Errors	4 days ago
Vícar	Errors	4 days ago
Étauliers	Errors	4 days ago
Onnion	Website Down	5 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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  Albatross Protocol (@usealbatross) reported 3 minutes ago

  Introducing Alba Pay. 💳 Buy ANY memecoin with Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal. Private. No KYC. No CEX. The problem: Moonshot and every fiat onramp only let you in once a coin hits a certain market cap. The fresh launches, the ones still bonding, the real early plays? Locked out. Alba Pay does not care. Any market cap. Bonded or not. A coin that launched seconds ago? Buy it with the card in your pocket, straight to your wallet. 💳 Apple Pay · Google Pay · PayPal 🔒 Private by default, zero KYC ⚡ Instant settlement 📱 Native app for iOS and Android Fiat to any memecoin in seconds. Buy the launch, not the aftermath. Coming to the App Store and Google Play. 12th of August! $ALBATROSS

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  Coco Colour ★ Live2D Artist (@Colour_awr) reported 5 minutes ago

  @_VGen_ @PayPal WE ARE DEBT FREE NOW GUYS Turns out it was a bank problem T_T i panic and im embarrassed now sorry for making everyone worry

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  Ritesh Roushan (@devXritesh) reported 8 minutes ago

  Everyone has used UPI, Stripe, or Razorpay Very few developers know what happens after you click " Pay Now " Here's a production-scale Payment Processing System. 👇 1. Client → API Gateway • Authenticate the user. • Apply rate limiting. • Generate an idempotency key to prevent duplicate payments. 2. Payment Service Before charging: • Validate the amount. • Verify the order exists. • Check payment status. • Create a payment record as `PENDING`. Never charge first. 3. Payment Gateway The request is forwarded to: • Stripe • Razorpay • PayPal • Bank APIs The gateway returns a success/failure response. 4. Webhooks Never trust the client response. The payment provider sends a webhook confirming: • SUCCESS • FAILED • REFUNDED • CHARGEBACK Webhooks become the source of truth. 5. Event Queue (Kafka) After confirmation: Publish: PaymentCompleted Consumers process it independently. 6. Downstream Services Different services consume the same event. • Order Service → Mark order as PAID • Inventory Service → Reduce stock • Notification Service → Send Email/SMS • Analytics Service → Update dashboards No service calls another directly. 7. Database Store: • Payment ID • Order ID • Status • Transaction ID • Provider • Timestamp PostgreSQL is commonly used for transactional consistency. 8. Failure Handling What if payment succeeds but the API crashes? No problem. The webhook retries. The idempotency key ensures the payment is processed only once. 9. Monitoring Track: • Failed payments • Success rate • Gateway latency • Webhook failures • Retry count Alert immediately when failure rates spike. Tech Stack • API Gateway • PostgreSQL • Kafka • Redis • Stripe/Razorpay • Kubernetes • Prometheus + Grafana • OpenTelemetry This is why production payment systems are event-driven not just a single API call. Which system should I break down next?

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  Greg Grn (@GregGrn3) reported 9 minutes ago

  @artwithinpod Doesn't have intelligence?? this man is responsible for Neuralink, Tesla, Paypal,SpaceX. To name a few, saying he doesn't have intelligence is a sign of your lack of intelligence. Sit ******** down. He made that woman look like a ******* moron.

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  WAXIR (@Waxir111) reported 18 minutes ago

  If you are in a country like me in Pakistan where there is no PayPal and facing issues while making international payments. You can use @BitgetWallet and activate your bitget card which will provide you mastercard in free No tax issues to make any payment like X subscription in seconds. Just deposit through JazzCash/Easypaisa or any LocalBank directly no P2P scam problems everything in one place. Thanks to @BitgetWalletPK

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  Ajayi Odunscopi (@OdunscopiA) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Y0BESH That is the problem, this site pays but it is not easy to register because majority of them require vpn or proxy and USA phone number and paypal

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  vee ᛪ༙ (@veeviscera) reported 19 minutes ago

  @clownbraa you can reach out to vgen in the server VIA ticket and they can help! 6 months is the chargeback deadline for paypal but pls do reach out to vgen first :)

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  Aras (@MustaAras) reported 23 minutes ago

  Let me be honest, i kind of like Afternic's user dashboard (or got used to it) decided to change the dashboard on DomainLiq in that perspective. i am sure existing users will not have difficulty to adapt it. Now its much easier to do bulk operations. During this 2 days you might encounter some errors/sitedowns it's because of i keep editing/changing. I also want to be clear, i've created DomainLiq to liquidate my own portfolio, it was a personal need, these days you might see i am actively using it because that was my ultimate intention. Until now i didn't make any penny from other users because it wasn't my core intention. Yes i am providing free usage of the platform but honestly if you can connect your stripe and usdc (crypto wallet) sell your domains under domainliq's escrow system there is a platform fee for over $50 transactions (%5) for below $50 there is a flat $2 fee. This fee is because i'm providing sellers a secure escrow system. On the other hand i still provide transfer service for your free Paypal and Wise transactions (this is totally between sellers and buyers) i highly dont recommend you to buy a domain from a seller that you dont know. Some sellers proven themselves and they granted "trusted seller" badge. if a domain couldnt get verified that domain cant get a payment method, this is the least i can do the protect the both sides. if you are using or willing to use the platform you are more than welcome to DM me for your concerns, suggestions and feedback. You may not like me, which is normal but i ensure this "DomainLiq" is something you will like if you start to use. Already so many sellers experienced sales and keep using this makes me proud of what i've created. The support of @uzakyolkaptani is very important, he is an experienced website designer, his suggestions and feedbacks moved me this far. one special thanks to @Name__Groove his productive feedback woken me up for to distinguish between liquidation and retail sales. i will not use ai to correct the grammar, **** it ! Best of luck to builders who are building useful stuff to be helpful for the domain community to grow. Cheers

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  Rob Leathern (@robleathern) reported 24 minutes ago

  A shopping plugin quietly rewrites who gets paid at checkout. The retailer pays a commission it didn't owe. The creator who drove the sale gets nothing. That's the kind of thing my guest this week on Won't Fix, @bgedelman, finds and exposes. He read the code for Phia, who called it a recent bug; he collaborated with MegaLag on the Honey/PayPal plugin scandal. Ben has been doing this kind of research since 2001. We talked about a bunch of topics, including the story he thinks is being ignored: AppLovin. He decompiled ~600,000 lines of obfuscated code and has some questions for carriers and AppLovin about their consent/installation practices. AppLovin has said that every install has explicit user consent.

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  Scythe | Commissions Closed link Bio (@NamesakeGeodite) reported 28 minutes ago

  What other payment method can I use that isn’t PayPal or Kofi? I’m still having issues with those two

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  Jorden Lee (@eelnedroj) reported 30 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Trying to sign in, but you won't text me a code, the call doesn't work either, I don't have WhatsApp for a code, and I'm not showing my photo ID just to sign in...so how can I cancel my account instead cuz this is annoying.

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  K-Dope⁷💜 아포방포 🐘 ㉧㉣㉣ (@kdope85) reported 36 minutes ago

  Wtf weverse and PayPal error!??!!

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  Real Sex with Hunny (@TalkwithHunny) reported 39 minutes ago

  I also feel the need to mention @PayPal hasn't even replied to any of this. Or any of my website issues. Even Spectrum!!! Crappy customer service and all replied!! 🙄

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  reii (@silent0rchestra) reported 39 minutes ago

  i've managed to get access back to some of my accounts, including my paypal, but they took damn near all of my ******* savings by spending it in weird ******* places. i am down 800$ because i ******* wiped someone in rogue lineage.

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  Joseph Hu (@KeepGoingJoe) reported 41 minutes ago

  Chrome extension "Cashback Master" went 40K → 100K users in 5 weeks. +150%. Buyhatke, same niche: 900K → 1M. Same window, the giant sprang a leak — Honey (PayPal): 13M → 12M. Down a million. Users leaking from the top are getting caught, cup by cup, by the small tools below. When the biggest player in a niche starts slipping: entry signal, or red flag?

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  WAN HASAIDA WAN KAMARUDDIN. (@hasaidaofficial) reported 41 minutes ago

  Add log out from other devices. They the fraud id in U.S login as my iCloud password by tresspasing into my house. Same goes to my @PayPal business acc.

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  Tali Eckhart 💜🎻🩸 (@ExoDust7755) reported 41 minutes ago

  Well KoFi site is back up, but it looks like I can’t reconnect my PayPal at the moment. They seem to have a temporary platform-side outage. Because I have no issues when I select the Stripe option.

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  Daywish (@SSSupershow) reported 42 minutes ago

  Can anyone send me $1 on X to help activate my X Money account? I’ll send you $5 back via Cash App/Venmo/PayPal right away! DM me or drop a reply if you’re down to help out.

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  K-Dope⁷💜 아포방포 🐘 ㉧㉣㉣ (@kdope85) reported 44 minutes ago

  @BTSMamaFan1 @PayPal same! I'm still having problems 😭

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  Kay⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕥𝕤 (@kimjeonkay) reported 44 minutes ago

  okay so imma sell but i’ll probably take down the post if i have no buyers lol WTS 1x ticket for CHICAGO day one (8/27)floor (not vip) PRICE: 982.85 ( this is resale price i paid for,but i can negotiate to face value) willing to ft,paypal, whatever LEGIT BUYERS PLSSS #875tickets #bts #arirangtour

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  💜 ⊙⊝⊜ ㉧㉣㉣ ⁷ 🔍⍤⃝🔎 ⟭⟬⟬⟭ 💜 (@StacieMonroe15) reported 45 minutes ago

  @weverseshop Weverse underestimated Chicago Army. Payment fail errors when trying to check out with PayPal. Slots kept coming up available then closed. The site crashed with an unhealthy upstream error. I hope you have the member jerseys available inside the concert venue for ticket holders

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  John Epple (@SeclusionStudio) reported 45 minutes ago

  @DonalTDeLay Pay pal is a pain in the ***. I haven’t had nearly the problem with Venmo that I have with PayPal. And only have that account because of customers

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  Soph❤️비니 dominATE 😭 (@mypacebinnie) reported 46 minutes ago

  for some reason i can't get my paypal to work on the website anymore, i've never had a problem before 😭

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  Mr.Something (@TheMrSomething) reported 47 minutes ago

  Good news, finally got my issue with Paypal fixed. Though I dunno if I wanna keep using it after all the bs I went through.

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  Duarte ✠ (@jao_duarte3) reported 48 minutes ago

  Morgan Wallen: Still The Problem Tour Lincoln Financial Field-Philadelphia, PA August 1, 2026 5:30 PM 2x Standard Tickets Mobile transfer. Payment via PayPal G&S accepted. DM if interested!

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  Hera Kita 🪓🐾Final Girl VTuber (@xHeraKita) reported 48 minutes ago

  @LadyBelvoir every time I do this paypal eventually shuts down my account because I'm not using my real name. Even if it's a business account.

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  Brennan Schlagbaum, CPA (@Budgetdog_) reported 50 minutes ago

  There are only 2 problems with copying him: 1: You can't buy PayPal for pennies anymore 🙄 2: If you earn over $168k, you can't use a Roth IRA Here's how to get around both 👇🏼

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  Duarte ✠ (@jao_duarte3) reported 53 minutes ago

  Morgan Wallen: Still The Problem Tour Lincoln Financial Field-Philadelphia, PA August 1, 2026 5:30 PM 2x Standard Tickets Mobile transfer. Payment via PayPal G&S accepted. DM if interested!

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  Immortan_Subtard (@TheeJoeGlass) reported 58 minutes ago

  @SStricklandMMA I’m broke as ****. Probably get me for $1000. I would have no problem posting pro Israel content if they paid me $1000. I think that’s a fair deal. If anyone’s listening, I have PayPal and Cash app. For just a little bit of money, this becomes a Neil Diamond fan tribute page.

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  Ataraxia (@AtaraxiaInvest) reported 1 hour ago

  I’ve held for some time that PayPal is an ideally situated asset for a number of payments and fintech companies interested in adding to their portfolio. The Stripe/Advent offer substantiated this but at far too low a price. The board should reject and offer below $80 a share for PayPal. Unique stablecoin asset in a market growing at >60% p.a, huge network of users and growing payments, solid financials and no balance sheet problems to take on. My bet is that Stripe is not the last bidder in the next few months.