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Is PayPal down right now?

No, it’s up.

PayPal appears to be up and running normally.

checked responded in 178msHTTP 200

Over the last 7 days, PayPal has answered our automated checks with 100.00% availability and a typical response time of ~366 ms. No outages have been recorded in the last 90 days.

PayPal handles consumer payments, checkout for merchants, and money transfers across most of the world. Because it acts as both wallet and gateway, an incident can stop merchant checkouts while consumer balances remain accessible, or block one funding source while cards continue to work.

Response time (last 24h)
Last 24hpeak 702 ms
Incident history (last 90 days)
JunJulAug
  • up
  • slow
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  • no reading

No incidents detected in the last 90 days.

Uptime
100.00%
7 days
100.00%
30 days
100.00%
90 days
What to do if PayPal is down for just you
  • Try a different payment method, since incidents usually hit one card network or local rail rather than all of them.
  • Check whether the failure is at checkout or at settlement, because the two run on separate systems.
  • Look for elevated decline rates in your dashboard rather than outright errors, which is how most payment incidents first appear.
  • Do not retry a charge repeatedly, as duplicate attempts can succeed later and produce double billing.
Frequently asked questions
Is PayPal down right now?
PayPal appears to be up and running normally. Last checked 2026-08-05 04:42 UTC (3 minutes ago).
When was PayPal's last outage?
No outages have been recorded in the last 90 days.
What should I do if PayPal is down for me?
Try a different payment method, since incidents usually hit one card network or local rail rather than all of them. Check whether the failure is at checkout or at settlement, because the two run on separate systems. Look for elevated decline rates in your dashboard rather than outright errors, which is how most payment incidents first appear. Do not retry a charge repeatedly, as duplicate attempts can succeed later and produce double billing.

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