Shopify Status · History · Incident #6365

RESOLVED

No installment options are available on Shop Pay checkouts in the US

Minor · Started Aug 12, 2026 · 5:30 PM

  • Duration

    29m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

No installment options are available on Shop Pay checkouts in the US

Between 15:52 UTC – 21:40 UTC, we experienced an outage with Shop Pay Installments for storefront users in the US due to a third-party issue with Installments provider Affirm, causing Installments options to appear unavailable to affected users. At 21:40, Affirm confirmed a fix to their systems. We reenabled Shop Pay Instalments at 21:50 at which time we confirmed the issue resolved. The monitoring period for this issue has ended and no further impact has been observed.


  • Started

    Aug 12, 2026 · 5:30 PM

  • Resolved

    Aug 12, 2026 · 5:59 PM

  • Duration

    29m

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Identified

    Aug 12 · 5:30 PM Shopify

    We are currently experiencing an issue with third-party installments provider Affirm which is causing Shop Pay Installments options to be unavailabe to US storefront users. Please refer to Affirm's public status page for the latest updates.

  • Resolved

    Aug 12 · 5:59 PM Shopify

    Between 15:52 UTC – 21:40 UTC, we experienced an outage with Shop Pay Installments for storefront users in the US due to a third-party issue with Installments provider Affirm, causing Installments options to appear unavailable to affected users. At 21:40, Affirm confirmed a fix to their systems. We reenabled Shop Pay Instalments at 21:50 at which time we confirmed the issue resolved. The monitoring period for this issue has ended and no further impact has been observed.

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