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
Auxerre	Website Down	5 hours ago
Le Havre	Website Down	15 hours ago
La Riche	Errors	19 hours ago
San Luis Potosí	Errors	20 hours ago
Tampere	Sign in	1 day ago
Paris	Website Down	1 day ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  LEAPTRADER (@LEAPTRADER_) reported 7 minutes ago

  Stripe + Advent offered to BUY $PYPL for $60.50 per share, that’s over $53 billion total and about 28% higher than the current price! It looks like a great deal for Stripe/Advent (they get tons of customers). But $60.50 feels low, PayPal might be worth closer to $90–$100. 
Still, PayPal should probably accept because growth has been slow and they’re struggling to fix it alone. 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: PayPal shares jump 19% on the news.

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  Raye (@arayyye) reported 11 minutes ago

  The proposed acquisition of PayPal by Stripe and Advent International looks like a potentially win-win transaction, but the economics appear significantly more attractive for the buyers than for existing PayPal shareholders. The reported $60.50-per-share offer values PayPal at more than $53 billion and represents roughly a 28% premium to its unaffected share price. That is a meaningful headline premium, but it also comes after years of declining valuation, weak investor confidence, and management instability. For Stripe, acquiring PayPal would immediately provide scale that would otherwise take years to replicate. Stripe is strong in developer-focused infrastructure and online merchant payments, while PayPal brings a global consumer wallet, hundreds of millions of active accounts, Venmo, branded checkout, merchant relationships, credit products, and a large payment-processing operation. Stripe would effectively acquire both consumer distribution and a mature financial ecosystem rather than continuing to build every layer organically. Advent also makes the transaction more realistic. Stripe may have the strategic logic and technology, but Advent can contribute capital, restructuring expertise, and operational discipline. PayPal could potentially benefit from being taken away from the quarterly pressures of public markets while it modernizes its technology, cuts costs, and reorganizes its businesses. Reuters reported that the offer is supported by approximately $50 billion of committed bank financing and that the buyers currently intend to keep PayPal together rather than immediately breaking it apart. The problem is that $60.50 may still be too low for PayPal shareholders. PayPal is not a distressed company running out of cash; it remains a highly profitable and strategically important payments platform. In the first quarter of 2026, revenue grew 7% to $8.4 billion and transaction margin dollars increased 3% to $3.8 billion, despite the company’s operational problems and weak market perception. The offer therefore appears to price in much of PayPal’s current weakness while allowing Stripe and Advent to capture most of the potential upside from restructuring, cost reductions, product integration, and renewed growth. My view is that the strategic combination makes sense for both sides. Stripe gains distribution and scale, Advent gains a large cash-generating platform with restructuring potential, and PayPal gains stronger technology, private-market flexibility, and more focused ownership. However, being strategically sensible does not automatically make the proposed price fair. PayPal shareholders should not reject the deal merely because the stock once traded above $300, but they should probably demand a larger control premium for surrendering the company’s long-term turnaround and strategic optionality.

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  Daily Dr Dogna (@DailyDrDogna) reported 11 minutes ago

  A few life updates for everyone, my paypal is dead, so I'm not sure how I'll be able to commission people now or donations if people want to help out. Hacker still has my discord account, I might have to remake the discord server maybe? I'm just been going through a lot right now

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  QuertE07 | C0mms open! 🦋 (@QuertE07) reported 14 minutes ago

  For now, I only have it set up to be paid for via a paypal business invoice! I don't know whether this restricts things by much but hopefully that doesn't spell a problem for anyone interested!

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  Oundo (@fewchuree) reported 18 minutes ago

  PayPal Mpesa What's the issue? Mmeamua nilale njaa. @Safaricom_Care please fix your "My One app" PayPal Global Payment not Working

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  Wainaina (@Josemukami) reported 18 minutes ago

  Hi @SafaricomPLC @Safaricom_Care , is the myone all having issues with withdrawing money through PayPal? I'm really loosing my mind now 😭

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  saransh (@0xSaransh) reported 22 minutes ago

  @shreyanshmalviy @PayPal have used @Infinityapp_in for a lot of invoices. no issues so far

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  Stephen (@gatikastephen) reported 24 minutes ago

  @TheInsiderPaper Paypal has become a problem lately, i hope this buyout makes more sense

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  Obi Marsh Kenobi (@chrismarsh1983) reported 25 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal having trouble sending money even though its in my bank account and is within the limits set. Help

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  Persuasive Language (@Persuasive48424) reported 30 minutes ago

  Hungry af and Popeyes closed down 😥 broke could use support if available PayPal @victorhicks719

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  minion.rare (@minionrare) reported 34 minutes ago

  @EnriqueJLores should step down now, if he can’t find @PayPal buyers $PYPL

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  Stany Ignas (@itsstanyy) reported 36 minutes ago

  A lot of people have been asking how I got my international clients so here's the story • No I didn't get them from Fiverr or Upwork • I didn't cold DM this client either • It was honestly luck mixed with consistency One of my posts went viral the client saw my work liked what I was building and reached out to me A few other questions I keep getting • How did they trust you? I showed my previous work and communicated well throughout the project • How did you get paid? Since I'm 17 and can't use PayPal on my own yet the payment was sent through Remitly directly to my bank account using UPI • Do you need to be an expert? Definitely not You just need to be good enough to solve someone's problem and keep improving My biggest takeaway is to post your work consistently You never know who's watching One post can change everything

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  𝔐𝔞𝔡𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔷 (@Maddl_salaz) reported 38 minutes ago

  Don’t start making a ******* problem about my paypal link. It’s not possible to change a paypal-me link. What means that I need to make a whole different paypall account. And that’s way too much effort to do for you losers. So shut ******** up & $end me everything you have 🖕🏼💸

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  Cave Man Steve (@shopkins776) reported 38 minutes ago

  I just had a nice sit down conversation with Pramila Jayapal yesterday. It was nice and cordial and friendly and maybe the nicest, sweetest conversation I have ever had with a demonic communist "Hi Vanilla PayPal. Why are you a ******* evil, *****, satanic ******," I asked sweetly? "It's so much fun," Vanilla admitted. "The ***** part especially. Also, the evil part especially. Did I tell you I hate America?" "Every ******* day," I replied sweetly. "You're such a big piece of ****. I honestly can't recall ever seeing a bigger piece of **** than you. Does that come natural to you, or do you have to work at it?" "Oh, it's completely natural," Vanilla boasted sweetly. "I'm a natural piece of ****. No assembly required." "Nice," I lied sweetly. "I hate you. You're the worst. You're ******* garbage. Did you know that you're a ***** communist?" "I'm even worse," PayPal confessed. "I hate America. I hate white people. I hate men. I hate everything good about the world. I will only be content when I destroy the United States and take over the world." "So, you're like Pinky AND The Brain both," I mused sweetly. "You're ******* retarded, but your also devious and evil and power hungry." "Now you're getting it," Vanilla beamed. "I'm such an entitled piece of ****, I think the entire world revolves around me. I also hate myself. It's part of the whole sociopath thing I have going on." "We have so much in common," I beamed! "We both hate you with the power of a million suns. This has been so refreshing. I usually don't agree with garbage this much." "Awww, you're so sweet," PayPal mused. "I usually don't run into people who hate me as much as I hate me." "This was nice," I conceded even more sweetly than before. "But I have to get away from you now. You're making my skin crawl." "I have that affect on decent people," Vanilla said sweetly. "I even make myself sick sometimes." "I bet," I acknowledged. "I hope you have a nice day. I also hope you perish in an acidic fire." But PayPal was gone. A puff of smoke and she disappeared like the gross demon I knew she was.

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  Diluc (@hsaffiliate2025) reported 39 minutes ago

  He pays €80/month for cable TV but watches 20% of the channels. So he built his own IPTV service — Ultra IPTV Ireland. Only 1 follower on IndieHackers. But he says it makes $10k/month. Here’s how it works: • IPTV = TV over internet. No dish, no cable. Just stream on any device. • Subscription model: ~€10-20/month. At $10k revenue, that’s ~600 paying users. • Tools: Likely Nginx + RTMP for streaming, Xtream UI for management, Stripe/PayPal for payments. • No marketing — just SEO and word-of-mouth. The challenges: • Copyright risk — many IPTV services operate in a grey area. • Stream sources break often, requiring constant maintenance. • Payment processors may shut you down. • Customer support is a full-time job. Is it for you? You need basic server/streaming tech skills or budget to hire. You must understand local copyright laws. You’ll spend hours on maintenance and support. But if you can solve a real pain point — expensive cable TV — with a cheaper alternative, it’s a viable side hustle. $10k/month is his claim, not verified. But the model works. One follower, $10k? Sometimes you just need to start testing. Follow for more real AI money breakdowns. #IPTV #SideHustle

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  サナぺン👶🏻🍭 (@sanapen2912) reported 42 minutes ago

  doing beyond live today but very annoyed that they forced me to use paypal for payment... these american tech monopolies need to be broken up

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  Brittiany White (@Bwhite_10) reported 43 minutes ago

  Oops I’ll be selling my x2 Floor tickets to Ariana Grande - Tonight Tue • Jul 14, 2026 • 8:00 PM - Barclays Center. I’m currently at work I’m down to FaceTime & even PayPal G&S Be sure to send a Dm and your Ticketmaster account intact. #EternalSunshineTour

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  Mew (@crosswithyou) reported 45 minutes ago

  Anyone else getting a "payment gateway is unreachable at the moment" error when selecting PayPal (the only option)?

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  HF Foogazi (@ZodiacCapital33) reported 49 minutes ago

  @HedgeyeFIG I was buying $PYPL bc of the fact that they hooked up with AliPay in China, that is huge. and oh look today. @PayPal should turn down the offer

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  mandud (@miyamandud) reported 52 minutes ago

  @sealiespooks I hope you will got it solved;;!! Just check the history and see if you got ur money deducted or not, might be a false issue from paypal

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  Sachin Sharma 🇮🇳 (@sachinvats) reported 53 minutes ago

  Question for @PayPal executives are when other sees value that they can scale why they have been so useless to scale Stripe is right in making the offer as they see the problem is mgmt and strategy Selling @paypal at $60$ and change is a joke nevertheless

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  Raj Nagulapalle (@rnagulapalle) reported 53 minutes ago

  built FetchSandbox with it, a CI agent that diagnoses and fixes broken builds automatically. the 2am on-call page for a flaky test is now just... a merged PR in the morning. raj here. 15 years at Meta and PayPal in devex. this is the thing i wish existed back then.

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  Pella Babylon (@pellaeschate) reported 53 minutes ago

  @Safaricom_Care @fewchuree Even transfer from mpesa to Paypal is not working, like seriously?

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  Eidryana HMartinez (@EidryanaH) reported 57 minutes ago

  @Hottest_April April just to let you know my paypal didn’t opened even trying all the options they gave me. But then it occurred to me clicked the X that appears there (not the one for closing the window) and my paypal session started with out any problem

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  Donna Ann Leffler (@DonnaAnnleffler) reported 58 minutes ago

  $PYPL $PYPL hold your shares, it will be crazy. Look at Intel last year. Dont get spooked, know what you own. Dont believe the haters. Paypal processes over 25% of all online payments with the best buyer Protection and has a big moat! it was manipulated down!

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  Catboy Beast 👑🐈 🔞【 BBB 】 (@CatboyBeastVT) reported 59 minutes ago

  The problem is more than just “wrong currency” These people require cash or PayPal. For Smash the ICC does not have good reception meaning I was holding up the line just waiting for my PayPal to load

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  Luke Bruni Invests (@LukeBruni17) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Roinikainen @Takyon @Peregrino1708 The main problem of PayPal is that they don’t really have something different from other competitors. Why chose it now? I had I few years ago because was easy to send money immediately between friends but nowadays you can do the same with a bank (like Revolut). Anyway talking about the acquisition I agree that is bad for PayPal

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  JustAHsinYearner (@JustAGuy1610) reported 1 hour ago

  @Kascimo_Gacha The PayPal issue, the lack of endgame, the tedious dailies were there from the beginning. They just got worse.

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  Alan | Broadcaster | WhatsApp for trades (@alanefuller) reported 1 hour ago

  @robinpietersen My plugins Jan-Jun 2026 v 2025 (all been around a long time ) Display Eventbrite 🔴 new sales -11.4% Fullworks Anti Spam 🟢 new sales +183.3% Quick Paypal Payments 🔴 new sales -33.3% Anti Spam I re-aligned to a niche - GDPR friendly ( unlike main Anti Spam server solutions)

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  Alex (@AlexWinfield13) reported 1 hour ago

  AI Agents Don’t Need to Be On-Chain. Their Money Does. I don’t need to be “built on blockchain” to send someone USDC. I just need a wallet and a rail. Neither does an AI agent. That one sentence collapses most of the “crypto AI agent” narrative and it’s why the real alpha isn’t in agents at all. It’s in the payment rails built for them. Here’s the category error nearly everyone is making: they’re trying to make the agent crypto-native. On-chain reasoning, a token stapled to the bot, “autonomous economic actors” that supposedly live on a chain. But an agent’s intelligence runs off-chain on normal servers, using normal models. Nobody runs a model’s brain on a blockchain; it’s absurd and always will be. So when a project brands its agent as “on-chain,” it’s almost never adding a capability. It’s adding a token. The part of an agent that genuinely benefits from crypto is the money movement. And that part is already real. The receipts: •x402 Coinbase’s open protocol that revives the dormant HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code processed roughly 165M agent transactions and ~$50M in cumulative volume across ~69,000 active agents by April 2026. •The average agent payment is about $0.20 — below the minimum fixed fee card networks charge per transaction. Read that twice. It’s an entire class of machine-to-machine commerce that Visa and Mastercard physically cannot serve. •x402 was donated to the Linux Foundation. Google’s AP2 authorization framework launched with 60+ partners including PayPal, Mastercard, Coinbase, and American Express. The settlement asset is overwhelmingly USDC, moving gaslessly via EIP-3009. That’s the tell. The rails are winning as neutral infrastructure open standards and stablecoins not as somebody’s agent token. And it’s early. Daily x402 volume is volatile, down sharply from its December 2025 peak as incentives and testing wash out. This is a first-inning signal, not a finished market. But the shape of the thing is unmistakable. Now the uncomfortable half, because I’m not here to shill: The “AI agent token” category is roughly $15B and mostly narrative. In Q1 2026, zero-usage tokens that slapped “AI agent” on themselves without a product got wiped out. Even the survivors carry the value-capture problem: Virtuals ships real product with real usage, but VIRTUAL holders receive no direct protocol revenue. ElizaOS owns developer mindshare, yet an open-source framework is brutally hard to convert into token value. Two names Virtuals and ai16z hold 57% of the entire category (according to Claude). That’s not a diversified sector. That’s a narrative propped up by two poles. So here’s the stance: The crypto belongs in the rails, not the agent. An agent doesn’t need to be on-chain to pay on-chain same as I don’t. The durable structure isn’t “crypto agent.” It’s any agent + crypto rails: ordinary software, running any model, hosted anywhere, plugging into a settlement layer that clears in seconds for a fraction of a cent, 24/7, worldwide. The test I run on every “crypto agent” pitch: delete the token and let it pay over open rails. Does anything about its function break? If not you’re buying a story, not a machine. Where I’d point attention instead: what settles and clears on these rails. The stablecoins agents actually pay in. The chains their transactions finalize on. The identity and authorization layers that keep autonomous spend safe at scale. That’s the picks and shovels of the agent economy and none of it requires pretending an agent is something it isn’t. Rails, not agents. That’s the alpha. Not Financial Advice.