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 (40%)
• Errors (39%)
• Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Paris	Sign in	1 day ago
Saint-Étienne	Website Down	1 day ago
Tlaquepaque	Errors	3 days ago
Massy	Website Down	3 days ago
Montlouis-sur-Loire	Sign in	5 days ago
Lyon	Sign in	6 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Comrade Ox (@AngkarYearZero) reported 1 minute ago

  @RomanEchoes @ZynxBTC It's terrible as a currency. It has high fees and too much price fluctuation. The only thing is that it's near instant and decentralized. Other than that it has no benefit over PayPal or a credit card.

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  moonhawk81 (@moonhawk81) reported 7 minutes ago

  @quarter_clover PayPal and Stripe, both pose potential problems for artists. PayPal is easy to use but will drop artists over commission disputes. Stripe has a reputation for including personal info in receipts and billing, thus doxxing artists. This is not hearsay; I've had friends affected.

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  Tejas (@stejas809) reported 12 minutes ago

  PayPal handles billions of transactions using Node.js. LinkedIn serves millions of concurrent members using Node.js Netflix manages their entire TV UI layer using Node.js But, Javascript runs on a single thread. And your Node.js server is handling 50,000 concurrent transactions right now. Tell me how?

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  Rahul kushwaha (@Rahulku23044493) reported 13 minutes ago

  @KhalidAlNumi $20000 via PayPal account change my problem all

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  Quist (@bakdotdev) reported 14 minutes ago

  @LuisBizarro I don’t understand how these legacy companies are still alive. Every time I even try to login to eBay, it gives me so much friction where I just give up and close the tab. Every PayPal account I’ve had has been hacked.

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  Sweep (@0xSweep) reported 17 minutes ago

  This guy opened his PayPal and found $92 QUADRILLION in his account For exactly 2 minutes he was the richest man in human history His name is Chris Reynolds, a PR guy from Pennsylvania who used PayPal to sell vintage car parts and had never held more than $1,000 in his account Then in June 2013 his monthly statement arrived showing a balance of $92,233,720,368,547,800 That's over a million times the fortune of the richest man alive at the time and more than 1,000x the GDP of the entire planet It also showed up as a NEGATIVE number, meaning for a moment Chris technically owed the largest debt in human history He logged in to check and his real balance was $0.00 But that exact number wasn't random, it was a fingerprint of what broke inside PayPal's machines The biggest number a standard 64 bit computer can physically hold is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 Banks count money in cents instead of dollars to avoid rounding errors Treat that maximum number as cents, divide by 100, and you land almost exactly on Chris's balance His account didn't glitch to some random figure, it got pinned to the mathematical ceiling of what a computer can count The same type of error blew up Europe's Ariane 5 rocket 40 seconds after launch in 1996, the flagship of an $8 billion space program destroyed because a number didn't fit in its box And in 2012 one forgotten piece of old code cost trading firm Knight Capital $440 million in 45 minutes When reporters asked Chris what he would have done with the money, he said he'd pay off the entire US national debt and then buy himself a baseball team "If I get a great price" For 2 minutes he was worth more than every economy on Earth combined and it couldn't buy him a single coffee

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  Julia M (@Julia67M) reported 18 minutes ago

  @db71123 @CrowsRoots Her PayPal works. I had no issues sending mine that way tonight.

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  Josh (@BuildTestScale) reported 20 minutes ago

  The problem? The payments space is already crowded. Venmo. Cash App. Apple Cash. Zelle. PayPal. Everyone already has something that works. So X Money has to be better than just "send money." ⌯⌲

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  Cliff Ogega (@HacksawX0) reported 20 minutes ago

  @sirwos @PayPal @AskPayPal wewe jua this is going to be a long ride. I have the same problem and my issue has persisted from 16th last month

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  Enzeyi Siema (@EnzeyiSiema) reported 22 minutes ago

  @PayPal 😪😪 My account has been operational for over one year now. Receiving payments almost weekly, just because I've received the highest payment so far, and it is not scam money, it is legit money, you decide to permanently take down my account.

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  💚Stucco and the Rascally raccoon sidekick Bandit (@Stuccoman1) reported 22 minutes ago

  Guys, I'm numb. Please help. I can't be homeless again. Ive come too far just to have it all come crashing down on me. PayPal link is in my bio

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  🇺🇦 Lorelei, your donation ********** (@Lorelei_0502) reported 23 minutes ago

  @PaasoMinna @BooBookBooze Sorry, I don't buy this. I’ve run collections with other people in the past, and the PayPal account we used provided updates several times a day with all transactions. We knew exactly how much was donated and by whom. After payments were made, invoices and bank transfer confirmations were shared in the chat. Becky claims she knew nothing, but she did know about the stroke. My biggest issue with her is that she silenced someone who was asking questions and bullied her into deleting screenshots of Dmitro’s wife’s luxury lifestyle back in Jan 2026. That person was tagging some of those who supported him, but they immediately blocked her and pressured her into staying silent.

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  Thomas 🏳️‍⚧️ 18% phone (@ChikoritaDemise) reported 26 minutes ago

  Lovely thing to wake up to, ko-fi says there's an issue with stripe even though I gave them the info they wanted so the only way someone can dono to my ko-fi is via PayPal. I would put it up on throne but it'd take awhile to payout to me and I need the amount by Tuesday. Advice?

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  Steven ios developer (@Historyshorts24) reported 28 minutes ago

  7-Day App Store Ship Challenge Prize pot: $300 | 10 app builders | 1 clear winner Core Concept 10 independent app builders compete head-to-head. The single goal: build + ship a real, original iOS app that goes live on the Apple App Store within exactly 7 days. Only one person can win the entire $300 pot. No points system, no fancy features required — pure speed-to-live-app wins. Exact Winning Condition (so only one person wins) Build any original simple app (todo list, habit tracker, tip calculator, unit converter, etc. — nothing complex). Submit it to App Store Connect. Get it approved and publicly live on the App Store. Be the first participant to post public proof in the group chat/Discord:Live App Store link Screenshot of the app page showing “Available on the App Store” Timestamp of approval email from Apple First verified live app = automatic winner of the full $300. If two people go live on the same day, the earlier approval timestamp wins. If somehow nobody succeeds in 7 days → pot rolls over or is split equally (your choice). 7-Day Timeline Day 0 (kickoff): Everyone pays entry + gets Apple Developer account ready ($99/year required). Days 1–5: Build + test + prepare screenshots, privacy policy, description. Day 6: Latest possible submission deadline (gives Apple ~24–48 h review window). Day 7 (midnight UTC): Competition ends. First verified live app wins. Entry & Pot Rules Exactly 10 spots. Each person puts in $30 → $300 pot. Money collected upfront (PayPal/Wise/crypto) into a shared escrow or trusted organizer account. No refunds after Day 0. Money Payout Terms (clear & simple) Winner must provide: Live App Store link Apple approval email screenshot Short screen recording of the app opening from the App Store Once verified by the group (or 2 neutral judges): Full $300 is sent within 24 hours via the same method the winner prefers (PayPal, Wise, bank, USDC, etc.). Organizer takes $0 cut. If the winner used a no-code tool or template, it still counts as long as the app is original and live under their account. Suggested Simple Apps That Can Actually Ship in 7 Days Daily water tracker Random quote / affirmation generator Tip & bill splitter Simple habit streak counter Unit converter (weight, length, temperature) Use SwiftUI + Xcode (fastest for pure iOS) or Flutter if you already know it. Avoid anything that needs backend, login, or heavy graphics. Extra Protection Rules App must be original (no copy-paste of existing public apps). Must use your own Apple Developer account. No paid marketing or fake reviews during the 7 days.

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  MTS (@MTSlive) reported 30 minutes ago

  SITUATION EXPLAINED: Aschenbrenner's letter to investors: full responsibility, no more leverage, staying in public equities. • The letter went out last night, he takes "full responsibility," and says the fund will no longer borrow from banks to magnify its bets • It will keep operating in public equities, not converting into a private fund as people had speculated • He compared the dynamics to a bank run, and partly blamed short sellers targeting the fund's positions • New from the FT: when Intel reported strong earnings and its stock unexpectedly fell, the aggressive seller was reportedly Aschenbrenner, covering losses on Bloom Energy and SanDisk • By Wednesday he had stopped taking investor calls, and was talking to Jane Street, Millennium, and Citadel instead • He reached a deal Wednesday night to sell $3.5 billion of his Anthropic stake to a consortium led by Greenoaks and Sequoia, then backed out Thursday morning • Greenoaks and Sequoia both led Anthropic's $65 billion Series H at a $900 billion valuation, a round Situational Awareness itself invested in • Despite all of it, the fund is still up 80% on the year, and 1,551% since founding less than two years ago • Plenty of big names have blown up worse and recovered: Paul Tudor Jones nearly quit after cotton losses, Bill Ackman wound down his first fund in 2002, Musk was ousted from PayPal before Tesla and SpaceX nearly went bankrupt @theojaffee: "People are getting way too negative about Situational Awareness now. Situational Awareness is fine. Leopold Aschenbrenner is fine. If it literally went to zero, he's still a generational talent and he would do very well regardless."

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  RINE 🧡💙✈️ SEMI IA ❤️‍🩹 (@calebgirl1306) reported 30 minutes ago

  @navvyia UID: 81001217079 Server: Asia Game: LnDs Can I exchange to PayPal if I lucky? Tysm for GA 🩷

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  ⛥ 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑡 ⛥ (@Mystery__Mist) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Varies_16 It doesn't seem the case about leaving the fandom. But at least in her Twitter mentioned she had problems with her PayPal. I don't think she's bad person but kinda poor management about contacting with her clients if she had problems 😔

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  AmericanFortress (@Americanfort_io) reported 32 minutes ago

  Privacy tools in crypto have become a compliance problem. Mixers co-mingle funds with unknown counterparties. You can't verify who you're transacting with. Zcash works, but only for one token on one chain. Institutions don't want mixers. They want a decentralized PayPal. Non-interactive cryptographic proofs can auto-generate a unique stealth address for every transaction. Counterparty verified. Nothing hits the public ledger. Works across every major chain.

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  Daniel (@danielz1983) reported 40 minutes ago

  @Adamthechampion @JustEatUK @JustEatUK customer service is terrible. They've screwed me multiple times/ways and they'll refuse a refund even if u have video evidence. Moral of the story, if u have to use their awful service, always pay with PayPal they're significantly better when a refund is necessary.

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  ToastyTapes🍁🇨🇦 (@ToastyTapes) reported 40 minutes ago

  @GumihoDB Problem for me, is I had it in my cart, the payment was taken from PayPal, but then they canceled the order. Its not even on my page anymore. And cause I "purchased" it, it won't let me buy it again.

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  oma 🌊🦭 (@maomarulii) reported 40 minutes ago

  hi everyone i am having issues with paypal once again 🌹so it may take a bit to receive the payment . gen no idea why they do this

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  Grey-Dee! (@DefGrady) reported 44 minutes ago

  Just paid for my tachyon kuripan on amiami. When I pay with paypal it just says "we recognize you on this device, so you skip login" I'm such a frequent buyer hashtag swag....

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  𝕤𝕦𝕘𝕒𝕣 𝕡𝕨𝕗𝕗𝕪 (@sugarPwffy) reported 45 minutes ago

  Does collectors that don’t play royale high/do play willing to receive diamonds have unused royale high toy codes down below willing to sell the code for reasonable prices (no shipping required) I have paypal it’s the last 3 dolls I need for my bingo! -Avrilla -Queen bee -Chromae

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  Skay🧢🐱 (@AKATheSkay) reported 45 minutes ago

  @not__vee Can confirm paypal doesn't count which is where I take issue. Not everyone wants to get a credit card

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  Money Bunny (@MoneyCrptBunny) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Xfinancebull sacks was paypal coo, he knows broken payment rails firsthand

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  Andrew **** (@AndrewC25036828) reported 48 minutes ago

  @HolySmokas Listen …. Bro, stop with the name calling.. tattoo chef PayPal Oatley milk or something. I remember your calls too calm down son.

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  RINE 🧡💙✈️ SEMI IA ❤️‍🩹 (@calebgirl1306) reported 55 minutes ago

  @navvyia UID: 81001217079 Server: Asia Game: LnDs Can I exchange to PayPal if I lucky? Tysm for GA 🩷

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  WeirdDeplorableScumbagGarbageMAGAt (@jsaultz) reported 58 minutes ago

  @AskCiti She finally got answered after 3½ hours. Then the representative was useless. The rep basically said it's a PayPal problem, even though the charge doesn't exist in her PayPal. She's reported the card as stolen now. She can't dispute the PayPal charge because it doesn't show.

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  C. (@End_MEDUSA) reported 58 minutes ago

  “Elon Musk changed his vote he doesn’t even want AI cars anymore it was a terrible idea to take away a living wage from a taxi driver””she don’t have money for PayPal” I’ve gotten books about how to get supplies from the forest because very soon there isn’t going to be much of anything I’ve got a whole book about how to build boats also what’s edible at the forest “multiple billionaires are crying now””they think it was a terrible idea to take poor person away instead of lifting them up” I’d been trying to earn wages fairly “Elon Musk figured out Chloe isn’t primitive””she came from people who build transportation who got to America””he tried to build a rocket ship” Adolf Hitler put the engine in the back of the Volkswagen where as I’d tried to tell people that the nuclear weapons go out to outer space first to put the tritium for pavement for an energy efficient fan in a spacecraft to grip onto the pavement that’s tritium “Elon Musk is emotional””everyone puts their exploders in the back””that’s what scifi tells them to do””NASA said Chloe isn’t scifi writer””Adolf Hitler did put the engine in the back””she thinks a Volkswagen shouldn’t be used for demolition derby””Elon Musk thought only poor person goes to demolition derby” I’ve been to a demolition derby those are about using cars that someone threw away as broken already then fixing up the cars then doing wrestling with the cars against other cars in an arena as gladiators who use cars that someone was throwing away instead of the armor of a knight with a shield with a sword this competition is often as dangerous as real gladiatorial battles that amused emperors who were the audience “x website Pest Controlled that this blog writer doesn’t know what to do all day”

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  Biotech2k (@Biotech2k1) reported 58 minutes ago

  Fintech: I have been in and out of fintech for many years. I started when Paypal was spun off and got in early on Square after the IPO. I tend to buy the sector when its cheap and then sell it when it gets really expensive. I think this time around I am just going to stick with it as a theme and just trade around my positions as they get expensive or cheap. $SOFI is my one an only neobank. They have massive user growth, deep and growing cross selling, and they have impressive loan engine. I suspect it could get hit if the credit cycle goes bad with over 60% of their revenues coming from those loans. Long term, this should grow into a banking leader. The newer generations are leaving old banks which offer less convenience and services. They could reach 50 to 60 million users over the long term. $AFRM is one of my two Buy Now Pay Later companies. Consumers, especially younger generations, are tired of predatory credit cards. With BNPL, you only get approved for credit when you request it. You don't get a huge spending limit which cause excess spending. If the consumer does not pay, they don't get any more credit. Its an on demand system that works best for both the consumer and the lender. I suspect that BNPL will replace a huge part of the credit card market over time. This is the best of breed company focused in the US. $KLAR is my other BNPL company. They are a global company with over 100 million customers across 28 countries. They also have a banking charter which gives them a lower cost of capital. The management seems sound and the valuation is just a fraction of Affirms. $LMND is the top insurtech company. They are working in P&C with renters, pet and car insurance. They have strong growth and could continue to take market share from older companies who are not where the younger consumer is online and with technology. I have delt with insurance companies and all the BS I had to go through just to get a quote. I had one from Lemonade in just a few minutes. $LIFE is another insurtech company focused in the life insurance space. They use a blend of agent sales and direct to consumer advertising. They are a newer IPO so I don't know the management as well. I do know it trades at just a fraction of the Lemonade valuation. If the fundamentals prove out to be good, this could be a huge winner. It already has been as I bought my position when it was around $10 to $12. $UPST is my first and main credit tech company. I have been play this company for years when it gets cheap. They are a strong and solid company. My only issue with them is their focus is mostly on unsecure personal loans. That makes them a bit more risky. $BETR is my new and more risky credit tech company. They are not public that long and the management is more risky. I do love that they are focused in the mortgage and HELOC space. These are secured loans that are less likely to default. If the management turns out to be strong, this could be a big winner. $CRCL is my one and only play on crypto as a company. I hold a lot of $USDC in my wallets when I am not buying Bitcoin with it. It controls 80% of the market. It now faces a ton of competition so there is a lot or risk. I love $USCD because in my Coinbase Wallet, it earns interest for me while I am waiting to use it for crypto buying.