AfterPay Status · History · Incident #93793

RESOLVED

Degraded performance - Afterpay Card

Minor · Started May 8, 2026 · 4:17 AM

  • Duration

    9h 15m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Degraded performance - Afterpay Card

Following monitoring we can confirm that transactions have recovered to normal levels and the issue resolved.


  • Started

    May 8, 2026 · 4:17 AM

  • Resolved

    May 8, 2026 · 1:32 PM

  • Duration

    9h 15m

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Identified

    May 8 · 4:17 AM AfterPay

    We are experiencing an elevated rate of Afterpay In-Store declined transactions. Please request customers try tapping their Afterpay card again, as this may help the payment go through.

  • Identified

    May 8 · 5:37 AM AfterPay

    In-store decline rates for AU, NZ transactions have recovered to normal levels. We are continuing to monitor US, CA regions.

  • Monitoring

    May 8 · 6:37 AM AfterPay

    Decline rates have returned to normal levels. We are continuing to monitor US, CA with our downstream provider.

  • Resolved

    May 8 · 1:32 PM AfterPay

    Following monitoring we can confirm that transactions have recovered to normal levels and the issue resolved.

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