Affirm Status · History · Incident #95118

RESOLVED

Checkout Degradation in US/CA

Minor · Started Mar 4, 2026 · 3:36 PM

  • Duration

    3h 35m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Checkout Degradation in US/CA

This incident has been resolved.


  • Started

    Mar 4, 2026 · 3:36 PM

  • Resolved

    Mar 4, 2026 · 7:11 PM

  • Duration

    3h 35m

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Mar 4 · 3:36 PM Affirm

    We are currently investigating a degradation to loan authorization rate, indicating an issue in the checkout flow. We will update with new findings as soon as possible

  • Identified

    Mar 4 · 3:47 PM Affirm

    We have performed a mitigation and have observed checkout availability recovery for all merchants. We will monitor to ensure stability.

  • Monitoring

    Mar 4 · 4:06 PM Affirm

    We have maintained normal availability since the mitigation. We are continuing to dig into root causes on this issue.

  • Monitoring

    Mar 4 · 4:38 PM Affirm

    We have maintained normal availability since the mitigation. We are continuing to dig into root causes on this issue.

  • Monitoring

    Mar 4 · 5:15 PM Affirm

    Affirm's systems remain stable and we are making progress determining root cause. More updates will come shortly.

  • Monitoring

    Mar 4 · 6:03 PM Affirm

    We are implementing a permanent fix to the mitigated issue. Checkout activity remains healthy. We will monitor the results and resolve the incident once efficacy of said fix has been confirmed.

  • Resolved

    Mar 4 · 7:11 PM Affirm

    This incident has been resolved.

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