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 (45%)
• Errors (35%)
• Website Down (20%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume	Website Down	59 minutes ago
Colonia los Sauces	Sign in	10 hours ago
Brisbane	Sign in	2 days ago
Northwich	Sign in	2 days ago
Castleford	Sign in	2 days ago
Olie Rivier	Sign in	2 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Decoplum 🎨 COMMS OPEN ✨ (@decoplum18) reported 1 minute ago

  Thank you everyone for the suggestions! Thankfully I was able to get my account back and the permanent deactivation has been lifted 🙏 Turns out the issue was with my proof of identity document. I first contacted PayPal customer service through chat, but they couldn’t give me a clear reason or help me appeal it. So I tried reaching out through other methods like calling them directly When I called, they were much more helpful and responsive. They checked why my account got banned, guided me to upload a new document, and about an hour later the restriction was lifted So happy and relieved to have my account back T_T

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  RunyaChan 💫🪽 VTuber💫🪽 Dokomi 10D13 (@RunyaChanVT) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Chaos_Munchkin I have a business PayPal in Germany you have to have your IRL name and the IRL name of the other person on the invoice otherwise she will have a lot of issues with the IRS 🫠

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  Rspnø 🇳🇴 ✝️ 🇵🇸🔻 (@ruspinisti) reported 10 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Yes but how? I'm really stuck, by the way i can make purchases on eBay and Aliexpress, but i can't acess my account since even the only link you gave to me is not working for me. So i don't know what to do.

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  Gogopawra🐾💛 🇵🇸 (@Gogopawra) reported 10 minutes ago

  @EeshaParacha I think PayPal is not working for them and they're asking for VGen payment aka stripe powered payment method

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  UncleJohn (@JohnLWinter1) reported 11 minutes ago

  So @PayPalUK @PayPal have let a scammer who was able to infiltrate their system including SMS to take 797£ out of my nominated bank account. I have tried three times to raise the case and each time they say it’s a legitimate transaction. Terrible service from @PayPalUK

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  mr e ❤️ a music-loving slushy lover (@ProfKukuiLVR) reported 18 minutes ago

  @mikajihiko Nooooooo!!! I hope it goes through! 😭😭 Hope it's a PayPal issue and not an issue on your side 🥹

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  GamerPablito 🇬🇹 (@GamerPablito1) reported 19 minutes ago

  As a PayPal user, I don't see any problem, whatever happens in PayPal remains in PayPal

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  Ori (@therealOri_) reported 19 minutes ago

  @RogonUsaryis @PayPal They would only indefinitely fill up server space with junk, as whatever database is being written to, to store account data and logins would just be growing bigger and bigger with dead accounts and junk.

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  Eric Carlson (@theericcarlson) reported 21 minutes ago

  Everyone's talking about fully automating their ad accounts with AI. I think that's a mistake. Here's why. When PayPal was getting destroyed by fraud in the early days, they had a hacker named Igor who kept breaking through. They tried full automation to stop him. It didn't work. Actually caused more problems. So they tested something different. Algorithm plus human. AI flagged the patterns. Humans made the calls. That combination is what eventually became Palantir. One of the biggest AI companies in the world. And they still use that same model today. AI with human workflow. And that makes sense if you think about it. If everyone has access to the same AI tools and everyone automates the same way, that just becomes the floor. The baseline. The minimum. So where does the edge come from? Not from automating everything. From automating the right pinch points and keeping humans in the loop for the decisions that actually matter. I built a creative analysis tool that pulls 90 days of ad data, transcribes videos, generates scene notes, and maps performance to patterns. That used to take 6 hours manually. Now it runs in the background in 15 to 50 minutes. But I still sit down and interpret it. I still make the calls on what to test next. The AI compresses the grunt work. The human finds the alpha. Everyone's racing to remove themselves from the process entirely. I'm racing to stay in it. Just at a higher level.

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  Mimi✿ (@Miimilkybo) reported 22 minutes ago

  @Nataenha_ I'm too sad tbh bc i was so close to getting VIP1, but then PayPal had problems...

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  NikoStreamsVT (@NikoStreamsVT) reported 25 minutes ago

  @crybaton @RogonUsaryis I would if paypal didn’t give me an error.

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  PePeRGB 🐸 (@PepeRgb20) reported 35 minutes ago

  @Poulpxlu as soon as a server or a confederation is involved it's a scam for box purists. you will never change that . I just notice It's been integrated with honest wallets like verse and big comps .. tether , PayPal now visa . it's stable for fast L2 bitcoin payment and that's all I need right now :)

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  Weary Centurion (@weary_centurion) reported 36 minutes ago

  $PYPL This is ultimately why I sold PayPal It wasn’t the valuation it’s because I lost faith in the *** after they axed Alex Chriss Diego Scotti and Michelle Gill were probably the highest achieving execs during Alex’s leadership Diego did amazing things with Venmo and Michelle managed to inflect SMBs back to growth I do not think it’s coincidental that they have departed As time goes on it seems more and more likely PayPal is going to be broken up and sold for parts It will probably work out ok for shareholders but it’s a painful reminder of what PayPal could have been if it was managed correctly and not neglected to the point of deterioration under Schulman I don’t think it would have mattered who the CEO was who took over in 2023, it was destined to fail. Nobody knew the full extent of the damage under the hood I also suspect there is an entrenched corporate culture there which is obstructive towards innovation and meaningful change A real shame

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  APEXnow (@_APEXnow_) reported 37 minutes ago

  @thinkmoney I do not know what you guys have done, but the recent system update, has broken my ability to add money to any service such as PayPal or pay my credit card. Both trying to use my debit card. This is extenely upsetting because it basically means that I will need to find a different way to add money to these accounts. The problem stems from payment authorisation. Before, it used to show the authorise notification in the Thinkmoney app. It never gets this far now because the Mastercard ID authorisation never completes. Can you please tell me why this system is now broken, and when you plan to resolve it?

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  Arisaya (@Arisaya_art) reported 40 minutes ago

  It turns out there were problems with my PayPal for the purchase, I've already solved them, so now the products are available)

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  ⁷ (@thvvvvvvvk75) reported 43 minutes ago

  Can pay by paypal/wise! Name can be change, I can help on site if there is any problem with the booking.

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  kiskaキスカー🐸🧪 (@kiskachanx) reported 44 minutes ago

  @berylberu I have a business PayPal acc, yet my personal name still gets exposed depending on how sites process payments. Ko-fi + VGen both do this, check your confirmation emails. PayPal says it’s not their issue, and both platforms say the same. As far as I can tell, there’s no real fix.

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  Brocolee (@_brocolee_) reported 47 minutes ago

  WHAT ******** IS GOING ON PAYPAL I CANT ******* LOGIN NO MATTERWHAT MY MONEY IS IN THERE FUUUCK

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  ♠️♦️Sara♣️♥️ (@sarakinaruno) reported 48 minutes ago

  Not working in the EU btw Just stop using paypal

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  AliceAlfie (@alice_alfie) reported 53 minutes ago

  @Paypalsupportte Hello, I have a question. My Paypal login email has been cyber hacked and I can't use it to log in to Paypal. What are my options? Thank you so much

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  Hama (@Hamayuwawa) reported 53 minutes ago

  @amyelrad Haha men are terrible but PayPal link in bio #womanmoment

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  Breezy Brie, esQuire🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 (@MAGA_Kunt) reported 55 minutes ago

  @bgarlinghouse Please God Brad. If you respond to anyone, let it be me. I have put all my faith, education and money in your company, and XRP. Fell down every rabbithole. Paypal, cross river bank, ripple technologies, bearable guy, and yes, Q I need this so badly i could change the world 4 good

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  The Xend army🕊️ (@XendArmy01) reported 55 minutes ago

  @rwaassetchain You’re correctly identifying the bottleneck but “always the answer” skips a few hard realities. Stablecoins (like $USDC) fix the transport layer: instant settlement, 24/7 uptime, low fees. That’s a clear upgrade over legacy rails and platforms like PayPal. But creator payouts are a full stack problem: On/offramps: creators still need local fiat, and cashing out reintroduces fees + delays Compliance: KYC, tax reporting, and jurisdictional rules don’t disappear onchain Distribution UX: wallets, key management, and support overhead still limit adoption Liquidity + trust: stablecoins rely on issuers and redemption guarantees So the real answer isn’t purely onchain it’s modular rails: Onchain for settlement and global distribution Local rails for access, spend, and compliance The shift happening now is that onchain becomes the default backend, even if the front-end still looks like traditional finance. @rwaassetchain

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  Soju Berry (@soju_berry_) reported 55 minutes ago

  Been rejected for Paypal pay in 3 AGAIN, I have never had issues before! #Paypal

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  Sonik (@Sonik0t) reported 56 minutes ago

  @TTVdaws__ Yeah, junk. I’ll paypal you $20 for it, you down?

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  ☆ dan ☆ (@gaganddestroyme) reported 56 minutes ago

  i lied about my name and age on my paypal account like 3 years ago and i haven't had any issues with the account so far ?

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  Sarcastic Geek (@gozkybrain4u) reported 56 minutes ago

  @Chinemife Your problem is confusing terminologies with actual understanding. Why hasn’t he built another PayPal!?

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  ♡Emmy♡ (@emmysotis) reported 58 minutes ago

  Wait I heard people are having trouble hiding their personal irl info with business PayPal. Do y’all want help making the invoices not d0xx you?

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  Katherine Argent (@effthealgorithm) reported 59 minutes ago

  Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

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  🦊 GreyFoxbound🦊 | EN 3D (@GreyFoxbound) reported 60 minutes ago

  @decoplum18 @PayPal IT happens to me from time to time with my FiveM server. It's getting flagged as fraud on paypal's end Large repeated Transactions can flag a account. I got flagged once because someone donated $2400 to my FiveM server