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 22: Problems at Paypal
Paypal is having issues since 08:20 AM EST. 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 (48%)
- Errors (33%)
- Website Down (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Septèmes-les-Vallons
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Website Down | 43 minutes ago |
 Brugnera
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Errors | 23 hours ago |
 Glasgow
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
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Paris
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Errors | 1 day ago |
 Alphen aan den Rijn
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Bordeaux
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Errors | 2 days ago |
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Community Discussion
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Paypal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Lengthymeatpuppet- ⚡⚡ (@Lenghtymeatpup1) reported@dumptheguardian If you go far enough down the rabbit hole the Paypal mafia built CISA
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Emily🦋 (@emzyfrenzy03) reported@sapphicsforchuu I think its because it gives ppl errors when trying to pay w paypal thats why i dont think its more than 200 people max
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『 Hollow 』 (@Tiny_Shinigami) reported@Ares155862 @emiihunn_ I don't remember the details, but it was a week old account, shortly after I transferred the money to the bank, Paypal permanently closed my account, legit can't log in at all, so i created a new account, but i didn't use it for 90 days, and haven't had any problems for 5 years
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Vin 🐼🐯🐾🇺🇲 (@PandaGearhead) reported@Sixth_liu Who adds a note anyway??? Adding one is just asking for trouble with a platform like PayPal.
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💗BiBi🖤 (@BIBImew_) reportedwhats the problem with paypal now...why are they being difficult again
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rye 🪓 (@leonsoomf) reportedhas anybody else ever had issues w being double charged when paying a cmm invoice thru paypal :/
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velvet🍉(gone to bluer skies 🦋💙) (@mutinir) reported@lady_devoe I don't believe a thing grummz says but it is true that PayPal tends to shut down accounts for little to no reason long before this tweet. I think it's a good idea to still check out other alternatives when you can
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yume 🐰 COMMS OPEN‼️ (@yumemo_ri) reportedMY FEED IS FLOODED WITH PAYPAL PROBLEMS
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GroypusMaximus (@GroypusMaximus7) reported@AFpost Today I had a Chinese guy send me broken equipment and won’t pay me back, so I called PayPal and had to speak to a jeet for 30 min, then I had a customer call me who only spoke Spanish. (100% real) what country is this again?
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Kuroh Akagami (@Kurohakagami) reported@theabibyama I suppose that's when paypal is associated to certain sites, so direct payment shouldn't be an issue, right? Though the client name is doxxed in that way unless its not a personal account
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MinhYoi 🍚 (@__MinhYoi) reported@UFOkiyo My filo friend is having the same problem. Sent them money for comms and they got restricted 🥲 Everyone else I know (including myself) don't seem to have a problem with paypal atm
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✨Tamikadraws ✨🏳️⚧️🇬🇧🇿🇼🔞 (@Tamikadraws) reportedSometimes when I see stuff like paypal clamping down on NSFW content I feel apathetic because when I saw people celebrating the arrest of that one Vtuber I became a burn it all down so when we hopefully build it back up we're all on the same page about artistic expression
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rinky ✦ COMMS OPEN (@rinkilly) reportedFix priсе $75 • Comment or DM to claim • Payment via Lavatop(PayPal or credit card)
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Di🅿️lomat 🏁 (@bmf403) reported@xjongo lol ugh, yeah you would be up huge. Fkn PayPal man…such a fall down stock. I’m struggling to break even
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n a n i 🍺 (@naniSohrei) reportednow that @PayPal shut down my account, I can just not pay off my credit card right? that's how they wanna play?
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Open3DLab / SmutBase (@Smutbase1) reportedIf PayPal gets an inkling of you using their platform for 18+ work, they will shut you down, and you lose access to any funds left in your account. This has happened since forever, and is not a new policy change. Enforcement always comes in waves.
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scarlet (@hyIianscarlet) reported@mikachu_DA I'm so glad to hear!! PayPal can be troublesome sometimes for no reason 🥲🥲 at least it worked out! And hopefully this is the first of many (commissions, not problems 😭)
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🔱ȶա. ֆɨռ曙光·原罪🔱VGen🔛✨💚 (@TWSin001225) reported@Bunngel I think because the artists might have put the words "Commission""Nsfw" that might trigger Paypal to shut them down
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RDM GameS (@goexsl) reported@AskPayPal ******* IDIOTS, how am I supposed to ask you for help through your ****** support link if it asks me to log in, then I log in and it says “We’re having trouble verifying your identity”? I request a code by email, you send it, I enter it, and the same **** again and again!
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Haruh_ink (@ArtHaruhi) reported@Sunburst4_ @heo__yui I am not the one who had issues with paypal tho Just hate the fees
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La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo (@LaLiLuLeL0x) reportedCrypto didn't start because someone wanted a faster PayPal. It started because DigiCash got shut down. One server, one company, one point of failure. Satoshi fixed that. Ethereum extended it. The entire value proposition is fault tolerance, attack resistance, and collusion resistance. Remove any of these and you don't have crypto. You have a database with extra steps. The EF published a mandate codifying CROPS: Censorship Resistance, Open Source, Privacy, Security. They weren't inventing something new. They were writing down what was always true. The backlash wasn't about Milady or anime art. It was about people wanting the EF to say "we're going to compete with Solana on speed and fund KOLs." Instead the EF said "we're going to protect the properties that make this technology worth building on, even if that means moving slower." Some people can't handle that. Because they entered crypto to get rich, not to get free. Here's what the "just be pragmatic" crowd never thinks about for more than five seconds: if Ethereum loses credible neutrality, the rest of the world walks away. If it's captured by the US, China doesn't use it. If it's captured by China, the US doesn't use it. No country builds critical financial infrastructure on a network another country can influence. The only product that works for everyone is the one nobody owns. That's not philosophy. That's the only path to a global settlement layer. And the argument that "nobody will use the most decentralized chain" is based on the assumption that the regulatory grey area lasts forever. It won't. The CLARITY Act literally creates favorable treatment for genuinely decentralized protocols. When regulation stops treating all crypto the same, the chains that actually have these properties get a structural advantage that centralized chains cannot replicate. You can't bolt on decentralization after the fact. CROPS is not an obstacle to Ethereum's success. It's the precondition for Ethereum's existence. Stop gaslighting Ethereum. 👇
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Akira (@Akira_Foxo) reportedIts crazy watching your artists and artist friends get their PayPal accounts suspended Like I looked up and down my pay stub and for the life of me i cant find where visa mastercard and paypal worked any of my 40 hour work week
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crumb ♡ ON VGEN! (@crumbwifi) reported@MizukiWav91 i got my first vgen order 3 days ago and it got IMMEDIATELY shut down and i'm literally devastated 💔 im genuinely broke and i have so much money in this and my other 4 disabled paypal accounts
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Tyrant (@TyrantBarrios) reportedIn my case, even living in a sanctioned country, I never had any problems with my account since 2020; anyway, I have an old backup account. My main fear is not that I'll be banned, but that PayPal will stop operating in my country
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Charles12 (@Charles12_13) reported@FrancisWille9 @Wokenessisevil "You could just use another service" you, in fact, cannot. When VISA, Mastercard, Stripe and PayPal all wanna shut down something because they’re too puritans, what other options do you have?
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KriZz615ᵖᵗ² (@Criztalinz2) reported@plvyjun @yeseablu @iamberriefied I did! But they just wont add to cart and finally i had to readd all of them one by one again.. And then the server gt overload, and then paypal website wont load, and then i need to restart and eximpay apparently need app and finally i used cc directly... .... Cmiiw but it was like the universe trying to tell me something 🫠 Universe: i was telling you to save money
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Cheekie (@Cheekie_) reportedIsn't this as easy as just not telling Paypal what you're drawing? Just straight up sending money request to people would prevent this issue no? I might be wrong tho
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crumb ♡ ON VGEN! (@crumbwifi) reported@Bunngel hi bibooo!!! i've had 5 (YES, 5!!!) paypal accounts and they all sadly got shut down, i've put appeals in, my ssn, id, etc. and it's still shut down!! i have hundreds of dollars sitting in those accounts and i can't transfer it out!!! PLEASE don't use paypal!!! whatever you do, don't use paypal!!!!
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Otis (@VirusZeke) reportedFor people who support censorship and thinking only bad terrible icky fiction would be the only target, congratulations. Look at what you've done. When my gut feeling says I should abandon PayPal months ago, I never knew this was it.
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𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔶 (@mattyyy_exe) reported@Warriorr_lol Because PayPal charge transactions when money is sent for business inquiries. If you do to mutual friend they don't charge but they also don't care about issues if you have.