Paypal status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, errors and website down.
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.
August 26: Problems at Paypal
Paypal is having issues since 02:20 PM 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 (42%)
- Errors (35%)
- Website Down (22%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:
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Paypal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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pubby ๐๐ฉ (@puppypaints) reportedand on TOP of EVERYTHING HAPPENING i found out today that discord has been double charging me for nitro every month for over a year either some random discord account has somehow been using my PayPal information or itโs a error on their end i have no clue but holy ****
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Nishu (@KisekiyaCodes) reported@rakshit_yadav19 have you verified yourself via pan etc? open paypal in pc and see for the issues, beside that just open support and tell the bot that you want to talk to real person, the real person then will ask for some details or reason for the money, once done you will most likely get the money.
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PaulsCorner-VerseQuest (@TNTJohn1717) reported@ziz318 Amen!! My developer is now looking into the PayPal error.
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sev (@d1zko) reported@evilsk8r evilsk8r Do you use paypal or stripe for your kofi i don't know which to use but i've heard paypal has Problems or something
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Annie Gets **** Done (@BijouConcierge) reported@amansaini_11 As long as your product solves their problem & is user friendly, they don't care about anything else. Easy & fast checkout is soooo important - I've left websites when the checkout is really complicated & doesn't offer PayPal or stripe!
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mel (@popodysseytour) reported@lovecIubrry no only zelle and apple pay. my paypal is broken ๐๐
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Myu ๐ป shop open!! (@myuminji) reportedUPDATE: i have contacted paypal regarding the issue of my acc being restricted and unfortunately it might take a few days to a full working week to solve :') i'll extend the period of shop opening later in exchange when it's fixed!! (i apologise again for the hiccup... ๐ญ๐)
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Diagnosis:Woman (@The_Great_Null) reported$0/$100- needed for food by monday. My birthday is at the end of the month too, so any help paying down the $400 I owe ca$ would be lovely. ******** money so I could sleep would also be nice. If anyone can help with any of that, my paypal/venmo/ca$ are all nullthegreat
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svy โ ๏ธ โ ๐ผ๐งช๐พ (@svyraaaaa) reportedopen to fair offers!! can do a payment plan with down payment (will be listing price if going down that route!) paypal only c:
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Ondrei (@lowstakesdre) reported@High_Impact_67 It wasnโt a misdirected payment, it was an exchange rate correction. I originally sent someone in Norway $100. The PayPal exchange rate for the Norwegian Kroner was messed up that day. They charged my account $5,000 instead of $100. They corrected it 3 weeks later crediting my account and making me whole. Then two months later they corrected it again in error giving me $5,000 that wasnโt mine.
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Jort van Meeteren (@jortvanmeeteren) reported@HeadspaceHelp Hi! I read that youโre having problems with Paypal in the EU at the moment, but I donโt have Visa, Mastercard or any of the other payment options. Are you planning to add iDeal/Wero or will I have to wait until the Paypal issue is resolved to be able to renew?
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Thomas (@ThomasOyxxx) reported๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐. Culture isnโt designed. Itโs discovered, usually by accident. A toy photo, a broken render, a nickname that stuck. Thatโs how $FEFER was born. Not from a whitepaper, not from a marketing plan. From CT deciding a jaw that never loaded was funnier than anything a team could have scripted. โ First launch failed โ Team stepped back โ Community didnโt That sequence matters more than people give it credit for. Most memes die the moment the original push loses steam. Fefer got a second life because the people holding it treated the token like it was worth continuing, not restarting. โ Relaunched on @coinsdot + @Stable โ Snapshot of 4,827 original holders โ Airdropped directly, no claim forms, nobody left behind Thatโs not a small detail. Snapshotting the original holders instead of starting a fresh cap table is the difference between โnew project borrowing an old jokeโ and โsame community, new chapter.โ Where it stands right now: โ $3.9M market cap โ $569K liquidity โ Live on a USDT-powered L1 backed by Bitfinex and PayPal Ventures Stable is still early. Its identity is still being written in real time, and the projects active in it now are the ones that end up shaping what people associate with the chain later. $FEFER isnโt trying to win on utility. Itโs trying to win on being unforgettable, and a meme that survives its own failed launch and still gets airdropped back to the exact people who believed in it the first time is hard to forget. Nobody decides which meme becomes the face of a chain. The timeline does. ๐ Fefer didnโt restart. Fefer continued. CA: 0xDEeE8f25fe3B5C33AeF78637278ACBFF23EeBFa6 Always DYOR and verify the contract before interacting. @savefefer
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Artificial Shitposting Intelligence (@shitpost9000) reported@levelsio I used to do this a lot. I got a Facebook ad saying they'll give me $50 PayPal for five stars. So I did it, and it yapped for 20 seconds with voice to text, and the money appeared a week later. So I did hundreds of them. I'd get flooded with ads and messenger requests. But I only really every used the agents who gave me the most. I think they were Pakistani college students with fake Facebook profiles of pretty girls. I was reliable so they would just send the raw google sheets showing the hundreds of businesses that want to pay for a review. Somehow PayPal never banned me despite tens of thousands of dollars of little payments from overseas friends and family. Mind you, I had a full-time job at a big tech company. But 5-starring was easy money. Never quite understood why my poorer friends struggled with it. As long as you stay compartmentalized the dollars per hour of actual work is pretty high. I guess yapping and waiting and staying organized is hard for some. I think Facebook cracked down on review fraud ads a few years ago because they dried up. Nobody I know trusts star reviews anymore tho, they're just like George probably wrote them
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Alam Aguilera Couto (@AlamCouto) reported@abdwaleed92 My brother, I wanted to tell you that I tried to donate to your GoFundMe and to your brother's Paypal. But there was a technical problem. Apparently many people have had problems donating to Palestinian people through GoFundMe. I think you should consider opening a Chuffed fund
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Susanna Chisholm (@SC4X_2025) reported@PayPal As a consumer never had a problem with disputes when Alex was CEO aside from logisticsof how he ran PayPal. Thanks to your new CEO, your profit ecosystem investors all happy since your new CEO, is a good thing. Oddly, seems that consumers anger about their disputes etc are more intensified since the new CEO. How could that be if everything else financially looks good with PayPal. Not making this up, after all, the 2026 FTC warning concerning consumer protections etc., there is some truth to it.
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Olibher Cafirma (@C37484Olibher) reported@Sousinr @alexabelonix The fact that 180-day hold is recognizable enough to be called a PayPal classic is probably the problem makes having another payment route ready before anything happens feel a lot less optional.
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TullyNotes (@fantony_francis) reported@GeniusGTX Everybody says the same stupid things. Passion, strategy, edge... scale marketing Meanwhile, success sometimes comes down to simple luck, timing, or random events. Or buying 10 houses in NY back in 2015 This fat slob- an Epstein sleepover and Soros lover- lucked out by being with a much smarter Peter T. and sold PayPal to eBay for 1.5B. In 02. Once in a lifetime.
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So Eungi (@so_eungi) reportedWhat ******** is going on with the Berlin concert ticket sale??? It wonโt let me pay with any card, it just keeps throwing errors. And when I try PayPal, it takes my money and then gives me an error. WTF ๐ญ
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ayu trades - spaylater, ggives, etc. (@aureayutrades) reportedtransferring services : dm aureayutrades - gcash & maya with issue transfer balance (authentication failed, facescan, can't send/open) - paypal permanent limig withdraw balance (180 days) - not verify balance transfer (gcash, maya, grab pay, shopee, lazada)
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AD Sleazo AKA AD. (@adsleazo) reported@Underdog @UDSupport Underdog doing that dumbass paypal glitch again.
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Guz Moon (@GusMoon48) reportedThis restriction over on PayPal and Cash-app makes me think itโs a conspiracy to make crypto a viable option where they canโt touch it and you can sell without issue.
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Willyam Jan | Artenine29 - COMMS OPEN! (@artenine29) reportedSo I'm opening paypal options for my vgen illustration services again, for now, I only accept paypal on my vgen, i need to play safe as I don't know if there'll be any problem in the long run, for direct comm, I still only accept payment using wise #vgen #vgencomm
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Rocco IRL ๐ (@RoccoIRL) reportedThe artist decided that that was *my* problem that *I* needed to fix by issuing chargebacks. PayPal only gave me one of two and I decided to cancel the commission because holy ****, thatโs a ******โ terrible way to run a business
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Swesda4et โฐ (@swesda4et) reported@3am_starlight @wearelloud What is the problem with claiming a refund through PayPal or your bank?
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EN-CODE GLOBAL (@EN_CODEGLOBAL) reported๐จ DO NOT TRANSACT ๐จ X acct โ @Daisukivote7 Telegram acct โ Daisukivote7 / myssvt We are sorry to deliver this news to you, ENGENEs. Unfortunately, we can no longer reach this seller, as they have been unresponsive for several days and even deactivated their account. We transacted with this seller for Music Core pre-votes. We usually transact through a DROP FIRST, PAY LATER arrangement; however, some sellers require a down payment or full payment upfront. In this case, we reserved 30,000 heartbeats for $22.22 USD, which was paid via PayPal. We waited several days before making this announcement, giving the seller the benefit of the doubt in case something unexpected happened, such as a loss of internet connection, an emergency, or a natural disaster in their country. However, one of our members reached out to the seller using their fan account, and the seller responded immediately, offering votes. When our member mentioned that they should also respond to ENCODEGLOBAL, the seller stopped replying to our member as well. Given these circumstances, we are advising everyone NOT to transact with @Daisukivote7.
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JennieUI/UX Designer (@jenidesignns) reportedIf I just let go of this client because of the PayPal issue, is that okay? I opened a new account, and within a few seconds, it was permanently limited.
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Possum | CF23 prep (@Possumtion) reported@calogue_ Wait this happened to me last time, apparently its bcause the name i put in my paypal isnt my full name thats attached to the bank account. The issue fixed itself after i changed it
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โLyam | Vgen comis OPENโ (@xLyamart) reported@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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Annamae๐ค๊ค P4L (@illicitaura) reportedHello everyone just wanna send out a warning to NOT buy any tickets from @Camerella424 !! Sheโs a scammer and sent me a fake ticket ๐ซ ๐ซ I was stupid and fell for her kindness. Her PayPal account was not working and Venmo also flagged the transaction as scam, so what did I do? I used Apple Payโฆ which doesnโt cover anyone so Iโm currently out $450. Everything seemed legit, especially with proof, but turns out I was wrong. Please donโt give me crap for this, I already feel stupid. Just wanted to warn people.
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Illuminaughty:Hot Pink&Black Queen of Hearts (@Slghtrhouse4Moo) reportedI looked up what X money is. Gotta wonder if it'll be another PayPal with the psychological issues associated like accounts wiped tf out, monies not accessible, etc Would be interesting if it didn't considering Long term goals are something ๐๐๐๐ชฐ Zombie by proxy apocalypse