What Happened
Stripe experienced an outage on May 16, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 2 hours 50 minutes.
Payment processing platform for internet businesses with APIs for accepting payments, managing subscriptions, and handling financial operations.
Timeline
| Time (UTC) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 03:38 | Investigating | We're currently investigating elevated Apple Pay errors. We'll post an update soon. |
| 18:23 | Investigating | Between 14:18–17:20 UTC May 16th, we saw elevated error rates and response times with MobilePay requests. This is now resolved. |
| 16:01 | Investigating | We're currently investigating elevated MobilePay errors. We'll post an update soon. |
| 18:56 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 2 hours 50 minutes. Stripe runs on AWS — check those status pages if you experienced cascading issues.
Resolution
Stripe has recovered and is now operational.
What To Do Next
- View Stripe live status and outage history
- Set up alerts to get notified instantly next time Stripe has an issue
- Compare Stripe reliability with other services
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