Shopify Status · History · Incident #6916

ACTIVE INCIDENT

Klarna payment gateway is experiencing degraded performance

Minor · Started Sep 2, 2026 · 3:52 PM

  • Duration

    Ongoing

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Klarna payment gateway is experiencing degraded performance

We continue to work on resolving the issue with the third-party provider.


  • Started

    Sep 2, 2026 · 3:52 PM

  • Status

    Identified

  • Duration

    Ongoing

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Sep 2 · 3:52 PM Shopify

    We are aware of an issue with Klarna, which may be affecting checkouts using this gateway, and other related performance issues.

  • Investigating

    Sep 2 · 4:12 PM Shopify

    We are still investigating degraded performance issues with the Klarna payment gateway for some merchants and buyers. Please also refer to Klarna's status page for their latest updates while we continue to monitor the impacts to Shopify shops here.

  • Identified

    Sep 2 · 4:52 PM Shopify

    We have identified the problem with Klarna payment gateway as well as related integrations and we are working with the third-party provider towards a solution.

  • Identified

    Sep 2 · 5:56 PM Shopify

    We continue to work on resolving the issue with the third-party provider.

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