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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.

August 26: Problems at Paypal

Paypal is having issues since 09:40 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.

  • 43% Sign in (43%)
  • 35% Errors (35%)
  • 22% Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Kassel Sign in 5 days ago
Stuttgart Sign in 5 days ago
Ajaccio Sign in 6 days ago
Arumpo Sign in 6 days ago
Sydney Sign in 8 days ago
Adelaide Sign in 8 days ago
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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • KoosKanmar
    Share_Trader (@KoosKanmar) reported

    @wile_e_za Marathon Petroleum, HubSpot, IBM , PayPal and I have an order in for Veeva System lower down.

  • ownershipfm
    Ownership (@ownershipfm) reported

    Epicentral founder Tony on the roadmap to mainnet, and what has to happen first "I anticipate we'll go live on mainnet this year for sure. I couldn't tell you a specific time frame, but more than a couple of months out from now" "We need legal clarity and we need proper audits, and we can't do that unless we have money. That's the ultimate truth. We can't have this exist on Solana until we have those checks, because we're building a non custodial platform. We want to make sure all the audits are in check, the program is working fine, there's no back door" "On legal clarity, we're already seeing it with the CFTC and the SEC and the crypto roundtables they host, their leniency and open mindedness to innovative financial technology. If I had the opportunity to sit down with them today I'd say, how do we do this with your support, because it needs to exist" "We're already seeing Visa, PayPal and Western Union use Solana's architecture to settle payments. The same thing is going to happen with derivatives. On devnet we already have 120 users as of today, 2 million in options volume across 500 different trades. It's private access right now, but it'll go public beta within the next month or so" FT @TheLazySol @epicentral_ @8bitpenis

  • ProjectAlyz
    Alyz 🌸🔪 Maid Vtuber (@ProjectAlyz) reported

    @PokiFluffs i think i had a similar issue once. went on vgen trough the x app and payed. strangely i didn’t get a confirmation email or the file. the item was still shown available in vgen. on PayPal the money was sent. it’s always lagging if im not in a browser

  • C_02061
    Charm🎀Findom (@C_02061) reported

    Ugh my thrown account is down 😩 Silent senders send to my PayPal instead #paypig #cashdrain #humanatm

  • CB_HYUN461
    peachy.auras🇩🇿 (@CB_HYUN461) reported

    @AskPayPal Hello @AskPayPal, I am trying to link a valid prepaid Visa/Mastercard to my account, but the system keeps declining it despite having a sufficient balance and matching details. Is there a general restriction on prepaid cards, or how can I fix this?

  • SC4X_2025
    Susanna Chisholm (@SC4X_2025) reported

    @PayPal I just experienced the worst trauma. A freecreditscore just f'd me royally and managed to find a loop 🕳 to win to ach withdrawal from my PayPal account. I love your platform great app. Though. In losing. I paid back the provisional credit. Meanwhile, I felt there was deception and theft by extortion on this online business part. Just like when I was tricked to thinking I won a McDonald's $100 gift card. To think now in retrospect, McDonald's the company responsible for destruction of our rainforest. Did you know trees the length of two football fields are chopped down every hour. That's here and there. Mainly you know who else is sleeping in bed with our government. Instead of not getting the gift certificate as advertised, I got signed up with Affordable Obama Care that I was unaware off. I found this out by accident through the IRS. Just like PayPal sided with this online businesses that go phishing. I take that back. Engineering at best. You put burden of proof on me. Apparently, the business that took my $32 provided a better rebuttal. I don't get to look at their discovery. In good conscience, I paid back to PayPal. The end. For your perusal. I have already requested to close my account. But here is a caption, at my expense and humility, of why I have come to conclusion... Thank you for listening. Now I shall clean up my browser. Have a nice day.

  • pankajkumar_dev
    Pankaj Kumar (@pankajkumar_dev) reported

    Hi @AskPayPal @PayPalPay, my account has been restricted because I haven't logged in for over 3 years. I’m trying to link my Visa card, but I’m getting an error. I don’t want to change my registered email or mobile number. Please help me reactivate my account. I can provide my reference details via DM.

  • TheAliceBathory
    Alice Bathory(she/he/they/fae) (@TheAliceBathory) reported

    P. S. CA: $AliceBathory VM: AliceBathory *As my Paypal still is a serious problem, still overdrawn, & probably compromised—either Cashapp, Venmo, OR DMing me for my Wise / Zelle deets, is the best go-to . 🫶

  • Slghtrhouse4Moo
    Illuminaughty:Hot Pink&Black Queen of Hearts (@Slghtrhouse4Moo) reported

    I 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 🐖🐖🐖🪰 Zombie by proxy apocalypse

  • Egm225
    E.G. Martínez² (@Egm225) reported

    @RealWarnerus PayPal has been my main middleman for online purchases, & so far I haven't had any problems.

  • ThatStonerDino
    armpitsniffer69 (7 days🎉) (@ThatStonerDino) reported

    @pzychopup yes immediately transfer the money if you can, im not saying its gonna happen but i have seena lot of people get their accounts locked because people can like issue a refund and say it was a scam or something like that under the business option, paypal

  • elysiankrow
    fran ☽☾ finally saw Ari after 16 years 🥹 (@elysiankrow) reported

    hello ⭐ i can't dm u but if you're interested I'm selling an upper bowl for the 27th! it's available for AXS transfer, I'd be down for a video call and I have PayPal g&s :)

  • __Joyb0y
    erick 🥔 (@__Joyb0y) reported

    @mygamesir Got a problem placing a preorder. I got charged but didn't get a confirmation mail, just got sent back to checkout page and nothing else happened. I used PayPal.

  • opereitta_
    Rose 🌹| (@opereitta_) reported

    I have gone to the effort of stating I am willing to take payment through Paypal or Zelle if paying in cash is the problem, nothing. It's not like I have high priced items, most being half of ebay, all under $30 for the most part. Cleaning my bedroom out is just hard.

  • pashapal
    Pasha (@pashapal) reported

    Xcancel / nitter received cease and desist letters on 8/24 as well. Wonder if the PayPal mafia is shutting down the monopolized peasant internet before midterms: On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.

  • sylveriii
    vie ʚɞ #IDFK (@sylveriii) reported

    i want to commission ppl but i actually need to fix my paypal and **** and idfk how and also other currencies changed to php is so expensiveee like wym 1usd is like 50php😭😭😭😢😢😢

  • DokkaebiDustVT
    DokkaebiDust 도깨비 ☪️👺 ⭒☾⭒ Celestial Compass ⭒☽⭒ (@DokkaebiDustVT) reported

    @noctemint It's actually not super hard to get a proxy to buy it for you! I use BuyTaiwan myself, and all you gotta do is send a request with a link, then they'll confirm with you and you pay them through PayPal. It'll be pricey cause shipping, but you can get them no problem~♡

  • pashapal
    Pasha (@pashapal) reported

    @esaagar Xcancel and nitter received cease and desist letters on 8/24 as well. Wonder if the PayPal mafia is shutting down the monopolized peasant internet before midterms: On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.

  • adsleazo
    AD Sleazo AKA AD. (@adsleazo) reported

    @Underdog @UDSupport Underdog doing that dumbass paypal glitch again.

  • rohioart
    アオイ| AOI (@rohioart) reported

    @SuzunaTsukimi Yeah, there have been multiple issues with this, I’m not sure if it’s a Kofi thing or PayPal. It’s always been there on my end but others were unable to see the option for PayPal, it only showed credit/debit card option. It most likely will only show that now.

  • popodysseytour
    mel (@popodysseytour) reported

    @lovecIubrry no only zelle and apple pay. my paypal is broken 😞💔

  • jenidesignns
    JennieUI/UX Designer (@jenidesignns) reported

    If 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.

  • artenine29
    Willyam Jan | Artenine29 - COMMS OPEN! (@artenine29) reported

    So 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

  • Nduka_Warri
    i_am_warri (@Nduka_Warri) reported

    . What Is Your Evidence? I have been a certified PayPal Expert for the past 5years so I know about 90% of their problems and solutions. If you have paypal deals/pronlems sha bring sha. Referrals are allowed.

  • daniesstarr
    dani ★ comms open (@daniesstarr) reported

    my PayPal account got closed down for trying to verify my identity . what does one do now

  • TNTJohn1717
    PaulsCorner-VerseQuest (@TNTJohn1717) reported

    @ziz318 Amen!! My developer is now looking into the PayPal error.

  • GusMoon48
    Guz Moon (@GusMoon48) reported

    This restriction over on PayPal and Cash-app makes me think it’s a conspiracy to make crypto a viable option where they can’t touch it and you can sell without issue.

  • C37484Olibher
    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.

  • LevinBurant
    The Dude Invests (@LevinBurant) reported

    Michael Burry dumped $BABA few months ago and piled his cash into $JD. JD also happens to be my only remaining Chinese company in the portfolio, one that hasn't performed very well. I ran my shares-to-zero model and it's looking very solid: - with dividend intact, it would take roughly 9 years to reduce shares to zero - cut the dividend and we're down to only 7 years This has vibes of PayPal at $40, but then again... China.

  • dollymemeko
    dolly memeko (DONOTHON) 🐑💻 (@dollymemeko) reported

    it really sucks that i cant get my vgen funds because i havent hit 50 usd... the problem is, everyone pays with paypal. I dont think ill ever hit the 50 usd threshold