Is Stripe down?
Updated Oct 08, 2026 12:38 UTC. StatusBird re-checks Stripe's status page every 2 minutes.
- Current state
- Operational
- Changed
- Jul 10, 2026 12:08 UTC
- Held for
- 90 days
Stripe is currently operational as of Oct 08, 2026 12:38 UTC, with no outage reported on its official status page. StatusBird reads Stripe's status page every 2 minutes and, on the Pro plan, alerts subscribers by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord within that cycle; the free email alert on this page covers major and critical outages with no account.
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Stripe uptime and incident history
30-day uptime, from checks every 2 minutes.
Over the past 90 days StatusBird recorded 0 major or critical Stripe incidents totalling 0 minutes of downtime, for 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade, across 64,656 independent checks. Full history: Stripe reliability report.
Stripe's 90-day uptime of 100.00% is above the Payments category average of 99.88% across the 11 services StatusBird monitors in that category.
Stripe risk in the next 24 hours
StatusBird's stack risk model puts the chance of any Stripe degradation in the next 24 hours at 2% (normal) and the chance of a major or critical outage at 0% (normal). It is scored every 10 minutes from four inputs: how often Stripe has had an episode over the last 180 days, whether it has had one in the last 24 hours or 7 days, how often its degradations turn into major outages, and whether the infrastructure it runs on is having trouble right now.
- no degraded-or-worse episodes in the last 180 days
- no major outages in the last 180 days
Scored Oct 08, 2026 12:36 UTC, and rescored every 10 minutes. Method: how StatusBird measures and scores.
How do I get notified when Stripe has an outage?
Three options, from free to full coverage. Plan details are as published on StatusBird's pricing page and status.stripe.com as of October 08, 2026.
- Free email alert on this page. The form above emails you when Stripe enters a major or critical outage and again when it recovers. No account, no card.
- A StatusBird account. The free plan monitors 1 service with a live dashboard and a day-after incident digest. Pro ($29/month) checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, with quiet hours and per-service thresholds; Business is $49/month and Agency $99/month. Create a free account.
- Stripe's own status page. status.stripe.com offers email, SMS, Slack, RSS and webhook subscriptions from the Subscribe button on status.stripe.com. It is the official record and worth subscribing to alongside any monitor; it updates when Stripe confirms an incident.
Stripe also sends health alerts to every Stripe account by email and in the Workbench Health tab when it detects a spike in 402 or 500 API errors on your own account (checked September 2026). Those alerts are about your integration's error rate, so they can fire for account-specific problems and can stay silent during a broad incident that has not yet hit your traffic.
Full guide: How to get notified when Stripe or Shopify Payments has an outage.
What usually breaks for Shopify stores when Stripe is down?
- Checkout accepts the card details and then fails or hangs at the final payment step, so shoppers retry and abandon
- Orders stop appearing in Shopify admin while storefront traffic looks normal
- Stripe-backed wallets and Buy Now Pay Later options disappear or error at checkout
- Paid ads keep spending against a checkout that cannot take money
- Refunds, payouts and the Stripe dashboard slow down or time out for your team
Step-by-step response: what to do when Stripe is down.
Stripe status by component
Stripe runs as separate components that can fail independently. Check the part of Stripe your store actually depends on:
About Stripe
The leading payment processor for online stores. Stripe powers checkout for millions of e-commerce businesses — when it goes down, customers can't complete purchases.
StatusBird monitors Stripe every 2 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When an outage or degradation is detected, StatusBird sends instant alerts so you can act before your customers notice. The 30-day uptime percentage and incident history above reflect live data from our monitoring network.
Stripe last five incidents
StatusBird recorded zero non-operational Stripe readings in the last 90 days, across 64,656 checks every 2 minutes.
What to do when Stripe is down
It's 11am on a Tuesday. Your store is live, your ads are running, and somewhere in your Stripe dashboard a yellow banner just appeared: Degraded performance affecting payment processing. You don't know it yet. Your customers do, because their checkouts are failing silently.
Stripe outages happen. They're rare, but they happen. And when they do, every minute you don't know about it is money you're not recovering.
Here's what to do the moment Stripe goes down, and how to be the first to know next time.
Step 1: Confirm the outage is Stripe, not your store
Before you panic and start digging through your theme code, confirm the problem is on Stripe's end. Go to status.stripe.com. If you see anything other than all-green, it's not you.
Common symptoms of a Stripe outage:
- Customers reaching checkout but payment failing at the last step
- Orders not appearing in your Shopify admin after payment attempts
- Stripe dashboard showing errors or slow response times
- Sudden spike in abandoned checkouts with no corresponding traffic drop
Step 2: Pause your paid ads immediately
This is the most important thing you can do in the first five minutes. If Stripe is down and your ads are still running, you are spending money to send people to a checkout that doesn't work. Go to Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok, pause everything.
You can resume the moment Stripe recovers. The money you save by pausing fast is real. The money you lose by leaving ads running during an outage is gone.
Step 3: Add a banner to your store
In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes > Customize and add a banner or announcement bar at the top of your store. Keep it simple:
"We're aware of a payment processing issue and are working to resolve it. Please try again shortly or contact us at [email]."
This does three things: it stops customers from thinking your store is broken, it reduces support tickets, and it keeps people on your site rather than bouncing.
Step 4: Enable a backup payment method if you have one
If you have PayPal, Shop Pay, or another processor set up but not active, now is the time to enable it. Go to Shopify admin > Settings > Payments and activate any available alternative. Even a partial fallback is better than nothing.
If you don't have a backup processor, this outage is the reminder to set one up before the next one.
Step 5: Email your list if the outage lasts more than 30 minutes
If Stripe is still down after half an hour, send a short email to your list. Keep it honest and brief:
"Hey, we're experiencing a payment processing issue outside our control. We expect it to be resolved shortly. [If you're trying to place an order, try again later or reply to this email and we'll help you manually.]"
This turns a frustrating moment into a trust-building one. Customers who feel informed are far less likely to dispute or leave negative reviews.
Step 6: Resume ads and remove the banner when it's over
Check status.stripe.com until you see all-green again. Then: remove the banner, re-enable your ads, and send a recovery email if you sent a warning one. Done.
The real problem: you find out too late
Most Shopify store owners find out about a Stripe outage from a frustrated customer, a spike in abandoned carts, or an email from their VA hours after it started. By then the damage is done.
The playbook above only works if you execute it fast. That means knowing within minutes, not hours.
StatusBird monitors Stripe's status page every two minutes and sends you an SMS the moment an incident is reported, before your customers notice. It also monitors 83 other services your store depends on: Klaviyo, Google Ads, Shopify itself, ShipBob, and more.
When Stripe goes down, you get a text that says: "Stripe is down, major outage detected. Pause paid ads immediately. Add a banner to your store. Consider enabling a backup processor."
Not a vague alert. Actionable advice, right to your phone.
StatusBird is free to start: monitor 1 service with no credit card required. Pro is $29/month for all 84 services and instant alerts.
Summary: Stripe outage checklist
- Confirm on status.stripe.com
- Pause all paid ads
- Add a banner to your storefront
- Enable backup payment method if available
- Email your list if it lasts more than 30 minutes
- Remove banner and resume ads on recovery
Save this page. The next outage won't wait for you to figure out what to do.
The stakes at checkout are well documented: the Baymard Institute's cart abandonment research puts average online cart abandonment near 70% even when everything works. A payment outage hits shoppers at the exact moment they were ready to buy.
This playbook was published separately until September 2026. It now lives here, alongside the live Stripe status it applies to.
Stripe status FAQ
Is Stripe down right now?
No. Stripe is operational in StatusBird's independent monitoring. That state began Jul 10, 2026 at 12:08 UTC and has lasted 90 days. Last checked Oct 08, 2026 at 12:38 UTC.
How often does Stripe go down?
StatusBird recorded zero major or critical Stripe incidents in the last 90 days, at 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade. Minor degradation is excluded from that figure.
What is the chance Stripe has a problem in the next 24 hours?
StatusBird's stack risk model puts the chance of any Stripe degradation in the next 24 hours at 2% (normal) and the chance of a major or critical outage at 0% (normal). It is scored every 10 minutes from four inputs: how often Stripe has had an episode over the last 180 days, whether it has had one in the last 24 hours or 7 days, how often its degradations turn into major outages, and whether the infrastructure it runs on is having trouble right now.
What should I do when Stripe goes down?
Confirm the outage is on Stripe's side rather than in your store, protect whatever the outage is breaking, and tell affected customers before they find out the hard way. The full step-by-step playbook for a Stripe outage is on this page, under 'What to do when Stripe is down'.
How do I get notified when Stripe goes down?
Use the free email alert form on this page, which needs no account and covers major and critical outages. Or open a StatusBird account: the free plan monitors 1 service with a next-day digest, and Pro at $29 a month checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, or subscribe to Stripe's own status page at status.stripe.com.
What should I do when Stripe goes down? The full playbook is on this page.
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"Every figure we publish comes from the same 2-minute checks that trigger our customers' alerts. We publish the data exactly as we measured it, and anyone is free to cite it."
Sydney Murphy, founder of StatusBird
Cite this data: StatusBird monitoring data, https://statusbird.io/status/stripe, accessed October 08, 2026. See the methodology for how these numbers are measured.
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