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
Kassel	Sign in	3 days ago
Stuttgart	Sign in	4 days ago
Ajaccio	Sign in	4 days ago
Arumpo	Sign in	5 days ago
Sydney	Sign in	7 days ago
Adelaide	Sign in	7 days ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Carey | Building SaaS Boilerplate (@careytob) reported 8 minutes ago

  But going back through it, I found something real I could actually fix. My own site's copy said: "Accept payments via Stripe, Square, PayPal, and Paddle - all in one platform." That's not what the software does. But it's exactly how a payment facilitator would describe itself.

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  Prozac Princess™️ (@iiberiangal) reported 11 minutes ago

  I have never had this issue ever because credit unions are top tier but the real cheat code is using PayPal

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  Pankaj Kumar (@pankajkumar_dev) reported 14 minutes ago

  Hi @AskPayPal @PayPalPay, my account has been restricted because I haven't logged in for over 3 years. I’m trying to link my Visa card, but I’m getting an error. I don’t want to change my registered email or mobile number. Please help me reactivate my account. I can provide my reference details via DM.

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  𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔟𝔦𝔡𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔭 (@morbidtrip) reported 18 minutes ago

  Also my PayPal is broken so I'm not gonna take commissions currently until I fix the issue :')

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  Scott S (@scottslabio) reported 22 minutes ago

  Deleting the commit does not remove the secret. *** keeps history. The blob is still reachable by hash, still in every clone and fork, likely in a mirror you have never heard of. Rotate the credential. A team that spends the first hour rewriting *** history instead of revoking the key has spent the hour the attacker needed. Public repos are scraped continuously. A committed cloud key is found and used in minutes, not days. Push protection blocks the credential before it leaves your machine, which beats detection after the fact. The supply chain side is worse. Event-stream 2018: maintainer handed the package over, new owner added code targeting a bitcoin wallet. No bug. The maintainer changed. Dependency confusion 2021: public packages matching internal names at higher versions, builds fetched the attacker's copy. Worked against Apple, Microsoft, PayPal. No vulnerability. Just resolution order. xz-utils 2024: multi-year effort to gain maintainer trust and reach sshd. Found by an engineer investigating a half second login slowdown. Dependency review cannot be a one time check. The package that was safe when you chose it can change hands afterwards. Wrote up the full breakdown of repo security, credential rotation, and three supply chain attacks that worked without exploiting a single bug.

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  KJ (@KJ1981ya) reported 22 minutes ago

  @Mickskinz Just go to PayPal login Forgot password They'll send link to email to create a new one.

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  Kabuki_koi (@kabukikoi_) reported 28 minutes ago

  @MukyaVT The fact PayPal gave you transaction ID makes me really question Twitch. Maybe set up a bank account for payout? I’ve not had an issues in < 3 years.

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  palazzetto delle aste (@PalazzettoA) reported 31 minutes ago

  @mayemusk @boringcompany Vision: a PayPal and X merger as a global hub The starting point is the current situation with Stripe trying to acquire PayPal, a deal that creates strong concentration in the payments industry regardless of whether Musk is involved. The alternative vision is that Musk himself, one of PayPal’s original co-founders, should instead pursue a merger between PayPal and X, avoiding the need to route his own products through Stripe, which today feels like a contradiction. The structural advantage is that Revolut already proves you can offer instant credit, like loans issued in minutes, without being a traditional bank, operating instead under electronic money licenses. This allows you to bypass part of the classic regulatory rigidity, while still remaining subject to antitrust and compliance oversight. Direct experience with both payment systems matters here: PayPal settles funds immediately, while Stripe holds them for weeks despite lower fees, a real problem for anyone who needs to move cash quickly and pay suppliers on time. The core of the vision is building a fully vertical ecosystem: X becomes the platform, PayPal the payment and financing engine, and Musk’s products, Tesla, Starlink, the future Optimus robots, robotaxis, get sold directly with one click, financed through monthly installments charged to the PayPal card, without ever leaving the platform. In this scenario, X should not compete with TikTok on mass, low-price sales, but position itself for a high-spending audience, selling high-value goods like watches, used cars with built-in financing, premium products that justify real advertising investment, leaving low-margin mass sales to other platforms. The revenue model becomes multi-layered: income from advertising that sellers must buy to gain visibility on the platform, income from interest and fees on financing extended through the card, and lower credit risk because the system already knows users’ spending behavior thanks to artificial intelligence.

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  Mistress Stitches 𓄧 (@MissStittches) reported 35 minutes ago

  I knew I was gunna be a problem as soon as those Cashapp & PayPal notifications made my ***** throb

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  Кобзар 🇨🇦🇺🇦☦️ (@CanadianKobzar) reported 36 minutes ago

  @Sharman2Pam @dzygaspaw I’m sorry… yes it’s very confusing. PayPal is off. But yes you can pay by visa. Make sure you put kobzar in the comments. Let me know if you have trouble and I can pay on your behalf.

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  Robert J Abalos (@robertjabalos) reported 37 minutes ago

  @peak_skier @MPelletierCIO You are so correct. I gave up on eBay about six years ago. Too many slow or dead listings. Site is overrun with scammers who file chargebacks after receiving items. Ironically, the site ran better before PayPal when buyers would mail envelopes with money orders or cash.

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  zach’s bittersweet 𑣿 (@foundsynk) reported 38 minutes ago

  and i looked through my PayPal & Venmo i don’t want a thread a month later coming up bc im slow like

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  𑣲 mattie (@canacorpse) reported 40 minutes ago

  @felicorpse Oooh okay, I personally use paypal, cashapp and venmo Ko-if is also an alternative that I’ve used and haven’t had issues with before

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  ML (@Moxie25) reported 40 minutes ago

  @AnarchoDarling Same here. Had my ebay shop for years. Did very well before PayPal ca.e in. Shut down my auction last year. AI, and excessive fees are killing g side and small business.

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  ☔Lyam | Vgen comis OPEN☔ (@xLyamart) reported 41 minutes ago

  @SammyPhox_ Hi! I had the same problem. Wait for PayPal to transfer the money, because if you transfer it "quickly" they charge an exorbitant fee.

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  Micktheskinz (@Mickskinz) reported 43 minutes ago

  @wood_bespoke 🤦 If I could login I wouldn't be asking. If I could cancel my card it wouldn't be a problem. But the details on the PayPal account are completely unknown and use an old phone number so I can't login and they won't talk to me on the phone because I can't answer the questions, the direct debit is not a card payment it's a bank payment straight from my account. I will find the time and do an hour on the phone to the bank but that's the thing I wanted to avoid. It's the only way to sort it.

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  Akp.eth {unemployed arc} (@akp_eth) reported 44 minutes ago

  @lechriss17 georestrictions is a very big problem tbh, imagine being blocked by @PayPal and @moonpay

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  T, N, rives (@Pomskyd2) reported 46 minutes ago

  I have @AskPayPal problem almost 3 months never go away INDIAN scamming destroying everything.

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  DebIsGone (@DebIsGone) reported 47 minutes ago

  @ScratchycClark Not me, I'm technically challenged. Everything has to be so many steps. So complicated, sign up for an account. Sign in with Google or FB or Paypal. It's neverending

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  Dave Cobra (@Dave_Cobra_) reported 50 minutes ago

  @anamazingpita @Venmo @PayPal Thank god it's not just me. I reported it and they tried to gaslight me that it was on my end. Then opened another chat and was told it was their issue.

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  sourcery (@sourceryy) reported 50 minutes ago

  .@Rabois says "99% of everything that matters" for a company is the CEO.⁣ ⁣ "If you have the right CEO, things that people believe to be impossible are very possible and sometimes probable."⁣ ⁣ "If you have the wrong CEO—almost nothing else matters."⁣ ⁣ "@vkhosla taught me this lesson in a pithy way, which is, 'The team you build is the company you build.'" "It's really easy to get distracted with everything else, like the product, the market, technology, but ultimately it comes down to the people." ⁣ "If you can marshal a critical density of talent—you have a shot at winning. That's what we did at PayPal. We had an unusual density of talent, were able to sustain that density of talent—and we were able to accomplish things that other people wouldn't have been able to."

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  ☣️ Flack The Ripper ☣️ (@FlackAtk) reported 54 minutes ago

  Ok, seeings how some you mfing amazing humans took me serious here's the story 😭😭 My son's had a rough go of it for the past couple months, someone totaled his car, then he got fired on some ****** **** from Costco. He's looking for a reset on life so he's moving to Texas next month, has a job lined up at Sam's Club, just needs about 3k to get there. I usually dont have a problem coming up with such things but I've been putting literally everything into the Prime Givy and with lower tiers paused at TAG my commissions have all but halted. Even if it is a buck, anything you can do helps 🙏 I 100% will get you back, I have PayPal, Venmo, X Money, Cashapp, ill leave wm below. $2,989 to go, and if you don't already, make sure you follow these goats.

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  T, N, rives (@Pomskyd2) reported 54 minutes ago

  @NeonWhiteRabbit I have @PayPal problem I ask them to Cancel my Account, give me your SS#. for sure All of them are Scammer thief

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  ZiniHost 🧞 (@zinihost) reported 54 minutes ago

  Can't login my account @AskPayPal

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  Yadav Ramdewar (@Official_YadavR) reported 55 minutes ago

  @Godsent001p 384 usd to pay for car as i had an accident but couldnt fix my car since 2 years, i travel mostly by bus and am always late paypal: YadavRamdewar877

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  Mr. Daimoku (@niftydaimoku) reported 56 minutes ago

  @PayPal @Venmo SHUT DOWN PAYPAL!

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  ZiniHost 🧞 (@zinihost) reported 58 minutes ago

  @PayPal @Venmo Can't login my account

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  Infaris || Cyber Demon VTuber (@InfarisVelsina) reported 59 minutes ago

  @MaximiliankotWA Yeah my biggest issue is finances and/or time there. I def need to bring on an editor and get some stuff built up on that end but as it stands with the PayPal stuff halting my freelance work I’ll need to find new income for myself to help cover a large cost of living increase

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  PaulsCorner-VerseQuest (@TNTJohn1717) reported 1 hour ago

  @ziz318 Amen!! My developer is now looking into the PayPal error.

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  Luis (@Ibarragan19) reported 1 hour ago

  @ddw88523 I never said he wasn't. But every time he posts value plays they always go down a massive chunk. He was hyping PayPal for the longest time. It's simple pattern recognition.