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 (41%)
• Errors (37%)
• Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Benfeld	Sign in	16 hours ago
Gérardmer	Sign in	2 days ago
Township of Evan	Sign in	3 days ago
Lodève	Errors	3 days ago
Brisbane	Sign in	4 days ago
Sydney	Sign in	4 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Compaytence | Your Payment Processing Team💰 (@Compaytence) reported 2 minutes ago

  PayPal's Braintree API went down for roughly two hours. Every merchant routing through it saw HTTP 500s. Checkout. Withdrawals. Venmo transfers. All at once. No second rail to switch to. Here's the part most sellers miss: An outage is the version you can't predict. The other version is deliberate. Stripe, PayPal and Shopify Payments approve you instantly and underwrite later. A volume spike or a chargeback cluster triggers a hold with no warning. Rolling reserve: 10 to 25% of revenue, locked for 90 to 180 days. Terminated instead of paused? MATCH can block approvals for five years. An outage costs you hours. A shutdown costs you months. To the customer, both look identical: your store isn't working. 97% of merchants over $500M run multiple acquirers. That isn't paranoia. That's the job. Full breakdown in the reply 👇

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  lucas misses zuho 𓅫 (@fxntasia_) reported 2 minutes ago

  @hwifixation I remember having this issue with PayPal sometime ago bc I was trying to close an old account like BROO PLEASEEE

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  Mel Melatonin (@MelMelatonin07) reported 8 minutes ago

  @stupid2moons You should contact PayPal because it might be issues on the app

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  conor!! (@playdeadpool) reported 11 minutes ago

  willing to go down to £950 + the paypal fee if anyone is still interested 🥹

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  DoMoka (@trustelmokadem) reported 13 minutes ago

  @QudsNen Palestinians biometric data is routed by PayPal to an Israeli firm linked to Unit 8200. That's a huge privacy violation and digital rights issue.

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  Alan XZ 🔞(COMMIS PAUSE) (@ALANExtraZone) reported 15 minutes ago

  Hey everyone, I’m going to have to put my commis on hold since PayPal and my bank are giving me some trouble. 🫠

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  Citizen ☕ Scientist (@WebWadeOfficial) reported 15 minutes ago

  @EnriqueJLores @PayPal We did $1.5 million/year via PayPal and 1.5 via Stripe until PayPal stopped sending us SMS login codes. Three calls over three weeks with PayPal support did not solve it. I unblocked all blocked numbers, O2 did an investigation and reported they're not blocking shortcodes and our account is working well and still able to receive money. Also waiting 72 hours before re-trying login (to reset the "you were deemed a "risk of hacking") doesn't work. So now we do 3 million/year with Stripe.. Support told us every time they'd let Dublin contact us but that never happened. Perhaps you can help us?

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  Worth Wells (@WWWIII) reported 22 minutes ago

  @CaptBob_Nomadic @ros577 @AmericanAir tagging a business on X or other socials seems like the best way to get a response these days, I went round and round with PayPal over an issue for a month, one post on X and all of a sudden they were eager to resolve the issue.

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  Oz "Karen Plankton Superfan" Pardo☮ (@OzPardo6) reported 22 minutes ago

  @VaporSoup7 so basically, he was known as the guy behind paypal, and the biggest problem people had with him in the episode at the time was his terrible acting.

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  seren ♡ (@sereniteaxb) reported 23 minutes ago

  @unyu_poppo apparently there’s an integrated international shipping option now and you can use paypal as well. easy peasy… my only issue was that my groggy brain didn’t compute. AND ALSO i didn’t even realise the 9,000 yen was the full standee set so i bought more random ones 😭😭😭

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  Gabriel (@Gabriels42w) reported 28 minutes ago

  @Mutualaidboost2 I ask humble to help me I have problems with my anxiety and severe depression and fot the moment I can't work If someone can help me with on dollar or 2 how much you want this is my PayPal @CiucaGabriel1991 thank you a lot for help . I have also a 4fund but no one helps 😔😔

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  Suzie Lee (@SuzieLeevj) reported 33 minutes ago

  @Xx1tzwillowduh_ Definitely worth having a backup to PayPal if you plan to take commissions later. Payment issues can be a headache once you're relying on them for income, so having another option ready is a smart move.

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  Hanuska (@Hannuska2109) reported 38 minutes ago

  PART 5 — CREDIBILITY ENDORSEMENT Credibility endorsement happens when the reputation or authority of one person, organization or group is allowed to strengthen the credibility of somebody else — without necessarily verifying the thing for which that credibility is being used. It does not require dishonesty. It can happen entirely in good faith. And in an online fundraising community built heavily upon personal recommendations, it can happen remarkably easily. __________________________________________________ WHO DECIDES WHO IS CREDIBLE? Spend enough time in the pro-Ukraine fundraising world on X and you begin to recognize the signals. Trusted fundraiser. Scambuster. Investigator. Vetted. Verified. Then come the associations. Known fundraisers. Military units. Soldiers. Commanders. Charities. Established organisations. Prominent accounts. Each association can add another layer of reassurance. And eventually a perfectly reasonable human shortcut develops: ---------------------------------------------------------- “PEOPLE I TRUST TRUST THIS PERSON.” There is nothing irrational about that. None of us can independently investigate everybody we encounter. The danger comes when: “People I trust this person” quietly becomes: “THIS PERSON HAS BEEN VERIFIED.” Those are not the same thing. TOONIE TUESDAY Consider Lorelei. Toonie Tuesday publicly promoted a fundraiser involving Lorelei and described her as: “THE ULTIMATE SCAMBUSTER.” That is useful contemporaneous evidence of how Lorelei was being presented to the community. An established fundraising initiative wasn't merely interacting with her. It was publicly attaching a description to her: Scambuster. That word carries an implication. A scambuster identifies scams. A scambuster investigates questionable people. A scambuster is somebody whose judgement about potential fraud should presumably carry weight. But it isn't a professional qualification. There is no examination required to become a Twitter scambuster. No licence. No regulatory body. No published evidential standard somebody must satisfy before adopting the description. Yet when an established fundraising initiative publicly describes somebody as “the ultimate scambuster,” its own reputation inevitably adds weight to that description. -------------------------------------------------------- CREDIBILITY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED. That doesn't mean Toonie Tuesday did anything improper. It demonstrates the mechanism. -------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW PERPETUA @AndrewPerpetua Andrew Perpetua provides an even clearer example — because he has publicly described how the same mechanism operated around Dmytro. According to Andrew, he was initially: “HIGHLY SUS” of Dmytro. That matters. Andrew wasn't describing blind trust. He had doubts. So he did what most reasonable people would consider sensible: He asked people he trusted. According to Andrew, he asked numerous people in the Ukrainian military about Dmytro. And: “SEVERAL VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY SAID HE WAS LEGIT.” So Andrew supported him. Then the allegations exploded. And Andrew was angry. Not merely because of what was being alleged about Dmytro. He was angry at people who, in his view, subsequently behaved as though Dmytro's problems had always been obvious. His earlier post makes that frustration unmistakable: “If you thought he was a fraud, you should have said so.” That presents us with an extraordinarily important question. WHAT WAS ANDREW SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE? He had doubts & checked. People he considered credible vouched for Dmytro. He adjusted his opinion accordingly. The weakness wasn't necessarily Andrew's judgement. The weakness was the verification mechanism itself. Because Andrew had not established: “Dmytro's fundraising has been independently financially verified.” What he had actually established was: “PEOPLE I TRUST SAY DMYTRO IS LEGIT.” Again: Those are not the same thing. WHO VERIFIED THE VERIFIERS? Suppose a Ukrainian soldier tells Andrew: “Dmytro is legitimate. He helped my unit.” The soldier may be telling the absolute truth. Perhaps Dmytro delivered a vehicle. Perhaps he delivered equipment. Perhaps he personally risked his life doing it. That establishes something meaningful. But did that soldier examine Dmytro's PayPal records? Did they reconcile donations against purchases? Did they establish where every vehicle originated? Did they determine whether an asset was donated before money was subsequently raised for it? Probably not. So the soldier can be completely honest. Andrew can be completely reasonable in relying upon them. Dmytro can genuinely have helped that soldier. And yet the financial question can remain completely unanswered. Nobody necessarily lied. THE CREDIBILITY SIMPLY TRAVELLED FURTHER THAN THE EVIDENCE. ---------------------------------------------------- THIS IS WHY HINDSIGHT MATTERS Once allegations become widely accepted, reputation can change astonishingly quickly. People who were once publicly trusted become people whom: “Everybody knew” couldn't be trusted. People who once vouched for somebody remember their doubts more clearly than their endorsements. Old warnings are rediscovered. Old associations become uncomfortable. And eventually history can begin to look much cleaner than it actually was. That is why contemporary posts matter. They tell us what people were saying before everyone knew what they now say everybody knew. Andrew's posts matter for precisely that reason. They preserve the uncomfortable middle: “I WAS SUSPICIOUS. I ASKED. PEOPLE VOUCHED FOR HIM. I BELIEVED THEM.” That is far more informative than hindsight. -------------------------------------------------------- DANIEL ASHER Another voice from within the broader community expressed the underlying problem remarkably well: “THAT'S THE WRONG DEFAULT SETTING FOR A COMMUNITY THAT OUGHT TO ACT ON EVIDENCE IT HAS.” That sentence takes us beyond Dmytro, Lorelei, Andrew or Toonie Tuesday. Because ultimately this isn't simply a problem with individuals. IT IS A SYSTEM PROBLEM. A community raising significant amounts of humanitarian money inevitably requires trust. But trust cannot become its verification system. Reputation is not verification. Association is not verification. Endorsement is not verification. And neither is a title somebody has acquired within an online community. --------------------------------------------------------- REPUTATION SHOULD TELL US WHERE TO START — NOT WHERE TO STOP A fundraiser with years of successful deliveries deserves to have that history considered. A volunteer trusted by soldiers deserves to have that considered. An organisation with a strong track record deserves to have that considered. But when somebody asks a specific factual question: How much was raised? What was purchased? What did it cost? Who paid for it? Where did it come from? Who received it? the answer cannot be: “LOOK WHO TRUSTS ME.” That answers a different question. And this is why credibility washing matters. Because the people lending their credibility may be completely honest. The person receiving that credibility may have genuinely earned much of their reputation. The association itself may be completely legitimate. The mistake happens when that credibility is allowed to prove something it never actually verified. So perhaps we have been asking the wrong question. Not: “WHO DO WE TRUST?” but: “WHAT CAN WE VERIFY?” That standard applies to Dmytro, Lorelei, people investigating and it applies to us. --------------------------------------------------------- Trust should make verification easier. It should never make verification unnecessary. ---------------------------------------------------------

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  Brandon Crotti/Steelers/Yankees/Lakers (@BrandonCro96736) reported 41 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I used my verification code still does not let me in I cannot contact help because I can't sign in

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  GeekyHairyBestia (@GeekyHairy) reported 45 minutes ago

  @PayPal does ur resolution Centre use AI or something. How can you refuse a claim for having a delivery of over 30kg of RAW DOG FOOD delivered rancid because they shipped it on a Friday so took 5days instead of next day to deliver and vender states not their problem as it a MEAL.

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  TaegiBoraverse⁷ IS SEEING BTS ⊙⊝⊜ (@soumii05) reported 45 minutes ago

  There is a "loyal customer" am saying it in inverted commas coz u will know soon why So she saw i hv a digital shop and was like she wanted to supposely support my digital shop and buy smthing for her friend i told her okay and gave her my website I can do take her order manually and send via email no issue but since she said it was her bestfrnd birthday n wanted to give them a digital planner i gave her option of my website since i was busy and website they would hv got it within second after ordering it while manually i would hv been able to take her order on weekend since i had work and didnt have time to login my laptop and all I told her i had paypal option which she said she didnt have and then i said i have credit card And she was like she dont trust using credit card on my shop coz she think she get scam😭 like she been ordering frm me for like 2 ys once a while and knws hw my shop function yet she was like she may get scam😭 Like i do my best to make people happy and in return i get called scammer and being manipulative when all i do is help army when i can and rn i feel so close to closing all my shops coz with how these people are and how im no longer getting any sale 😭😭 Sorry for the rant at 3am im unable to sleep and started to cry again and thinking abt my ****** life and flop shops that i have worked so hard on for 2ys yet its a huge flop😭

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  Michael (@Dat_boi_mich) reported 46 minutes ago

  @paga and @PayPal your integration it isn't working fix this bruh😔

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  XRP Insider (@xrpinsider2017) reported 47 minutes ago

  Ripple's CEO just explained why #XRP exists in under 2 minutes no jargon: Venmo can't send to PayPal, even though PayPal owns Venmo. That's how broken our payment networks are. Now scale that to sending money overseas: slow, expensive, and it can vanish for weeks. Ripple's fix: sell the tech to banks worldwide. 4 second settlement, fractions of a penny, anywhere on Earth. Customers don't care it runs on XRP. They just care that it works.

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  CatMuto (@CatMuto) reported 47 minutes ago

  Dang it, #PayPal, I am trying to report an accidental double-charge, and your resolution center is not working, so I can't report the problem.

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  Richard Ieuan Davies (@TheRavingRich) reported 48 minutes ago

  @HelpSupercard @WWE2KSupport My web store checkout has been broken since Thursday. Filed a ticket, got ZERO responses, and you just sent me a satisfaction survey for a ticket you silently closed. PayPal works fine everywhere else. Please have a human look at my account.

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  Johnny Pisshead (@JohnnyP9446) reported 48 minutes ago

  @Google you also have my paypal account info witch should be the same as using a "f"ing credit card so fix it or i sue

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  xwallstx (@xwallstx) reported 51 minutes ago

  @mattbird55 Agree I’ve been waiting for the PayPal loyalty plus rollout this summer and it appears to be pushed back. I’m guessing the slow execution in so many areas may be tied to upgrading the tech stack. They may want this fixed more first before a big new marketing push with PayPal loyalty plus. Lores wants the sequencing done correctly.

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  XYRA ✨ | VGEN COMMS OPEN (@_sxaynrdra) reported 51 minutes ago

  @ziwan_o1 Yeah that is my issue why it's still there. I don't get many clients and when I do most of them uses PayPal as payment method. I activated this as precautions incase my PayPal gets flagged and get permanently banned.

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  Wojak (@WojakBoi) reported 51 minutes ago

  @TradingWarz -$380 in my bank currently (issues with paypal).. how do i start? age 26, last 6 years of my life has been disaster, grew up poor. $30K of debt, bad credit, living a hotel (evicted last summer) How can a man get out of this hellhole

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  Tiffany Kristen (@TiffanyKri99602) reported 55 minutes ago

  @soupgal1 Dm me with your cash app tag 🏷 or PayPal if you have any financial issues to get paid and say(PAY ME)

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  samar (@samarsun4ever) reported 55 minutes ago

  is anyone looking for ariana grande eternal sunshine ticket on closing night. i’m so devastated i can’t go cause of work issues🫠 it’s section 105 i accept paypal g&s price is £400 (bought on resale

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  satoshi2024 (@vote4satoshi) reported 59 minutes ago

  @brian_armstrong The kyc killed most of the potential clients. Had no problem with stripe or PayPal, CB business is a pain in the ***. Gave up on multiple tries

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  Christina Lee (@_Rina__Lee) reported 59 minutes ago

  here's how to make your first sale without an audience, without a product, and without spending a dollar step 1: think of one problem you've solved for yourself in the last 12 months. lost weight. cleared skin. organized apartment. grew followers. learned to cook. fixed sleep. anything step 2: write the solution as a numbered list in your notes app. every step you took. every product you used. every mistake you made. every shortcut you found. raw. unedited. brain dump step 3: text 3 friends this message: "i'm putting together a guide on [topic]. would you pay $20 for the exact breakdown of how i did it with every step and product listed" if 2/3 say yes you have a validated product. if they say no ask "what would make it worth $20 to you" and adjust based on their answer step 4: clean up the brain dump. add links to products. add before/after if you have it. export as PDF. send it to the friends who said yes. collect payment through venmo, paypal, or cash app step 5: screenshot the transaction. screenshot their reaction when they read it. post both with "just sold my first digital product. if you want the guide DM me. $20" you just made your first sale. the number doesn't matter. the neural pathway you just created does. your brain now has proof that strangers will pay you for what you know. that proof rewires everything that comes after it

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  Richard Ieuan Davies (@TheRavingRich) reported 59 minutes ago

  @HelpSupercard @2KSupport My web store checkout has been broken since Thursday. Filed a ticket, got ZERO responses, and you just sent me a satisfaction survey for a ticket you silently closed. PayPal works fine everywhere else. Please have a human look at my account.