Affirm experienced a major outage on August 10, 2026. StatusBird's independent monitoring first detected the problem at 08:27 UTC and observed recovery at 08:49 UTC, an incident lasting about 22 minutes.
This page is based on StatusBird's own checks of Affirm's status every 2 minutes, not on the official status page, and was published the day of the incident. Times are UTC.
Affirm outage timeline
| Event | Time |
|---|---|
| First detected non-operational | 08:27 UTC, August 10, 2026 |
| Worst observed severity | major |
| Recovery observed | 08:49 UTC, August 10, 2026 |
| Approximate duration | 22 minutes |
| Failed checks during incident | 11 (2-minute interval) |
Detection resolution is 2 minutes, so the true start and end may be up to 2 minutes earlier or later than the times above.
What a Affirm outage affects
For online stores using Affirm, checkout payments can fail or hang, which means lost orders for every minute of downtime. If you were affected, the step-by-step response guide is here: what to do when Affirm goes down.
How unusual is this for Affirm?
Current uptime, the reliability grade, and Affirm's incident history over the last 90 days are on the Affirm reliability page, with more background in is Affirm reliable. Live status is always at statusbird.io/status/affirm.
Know before your customers do
StatusBird detected this incident automatically and alerted affected store owners by SMS, email, and Slack within minutes. It monitors Affirm and 83 other services online stores depend on, and Pro plans watch your own storefront too. Start monitoring free.