Not often, recently: Stripe had zero major incidents in the last 90 days of StatusBird's independent 2-minute monitoring, with 100.0% availability and a A+ reliability grade.
Short-term numbers only tell part of the story, so below is the full data, how Stripe compares to its category, and how to track future incidents without watching a status page all day.
Stripe outage history: the last 90 days
| Metric (90 days, as of July 2026) | Value |
|---|---|
| Availability | 100.0% |
| Reliability grade | A+ |
| Major incidents | 0 |
| Total major-outage downtime | 0 minutes |
| Average incident duration | n/a |
| Most recent major incident | None in the last 90 days |
| Checks in window | 43,605 |
Among the 11 payment processing services StatusBird monitors, Stripe ranks number 8 for 90-day availability. See the full ranking of payment processing tools by reliability.
Does a Stripe outage affect your store?
When Stripe goes down, your checkout stops converting: card authorizations fail or hang at the final payment step, so shoppers with full carts cannot pay. Subscription renewals through Stripe Billing can fail during the window, webhooks stop arriving so order status updates and fulfillment triggers stall, and the Stripe Dashboard may be unavailable for refunds and lookups. Your storefront still renders normally, which makes this outage sneaky: everything looks fine until the moment of payment.
How can I track Stripe outages?
Three ways, from slowest to fastest. Stripe's official status page at status.stripe.com/ is authoritative but often acknowledges incidents late. StatusBird's live Stripe status page reflects independent checks every 2 minutes. Fastest is an alert: StatusBird sends SMS, email, or Slack notifications the moment Stripe's status changes, so you find out before customer emails do.
Frequently asked questions
A customer says they were charged but there is no order in my store. What happened?
The charge likely succeeded on Stripe but the webhook or callback that creates or updates the order never reached your store. Search the payment in the Stripe Dashboard once it is reachable, and if the charge is there, create or complete the order manually. Only refund if the customer no longer wants the item, not as a first reflex.
Will failed subscription renewals during a Stripe outage cancel my subscribers?
No. Stripe Billing treats a failed renewal as a payment failure and follows your configured retry schedule, typically retrying over several days before any cancellation. Most renewals that failed during a brief outage succeed on automatic retry, but review the failed invoices list afterward to confirm.
How this data is measured
StatusBird checks Stripe's status every 2 minutes, around the clock, independently of the vendor. The availability figure counts major and critical outages only; minor degradation is excluded so numbers are not skewed by vendors that report small blips near-continuously. Grades run from A+ to F. See the live numbers on the Stripe reliability page and current status on the Stripe status page, or browse all 84 service grades.
Know before your customers do
StatusBird monitors Stripe and 83 other services online stores depend on, plus your own storefront, every 2 minutes. When something goes down you get an SMS, email, or Slack alert with plain-English context, usually before the official status page catches up. Start monitoring free, no card required for the free plan.