Is Square down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic follows the official status page and cross-references it with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.

How often does Square go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've recorded 17 incidents, of which 0 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 26m.

How are outages detected?

Pulsetic follows the official status page and records the incidents the provider posts there. Crowdsourced user reports and Pulsetic's own synthetic checks add an early warning, which can surface an issue before the official status page mentions it.

Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.

What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic recorded a service disruption from user reports and its own checks, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

ACTIVE INCIDENT

Square is
experiencing issues.

Pulsetic can detect an outage before the provider officially reports it. 34 incidents on record since Feb 2026

Last updated: 3 min ago · 0 user reports (24h)

MINOR · IDENTIFIED

Service Disruption

Started 3 hours ago · Oct 7, 2026 · 6:38 PM UTC

We are continuing to work on a fix for Square Credit Card. Sellers will experience a disruption with adding their Square Credit Card to a digital wallet. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, we'll be back with further updates as they come to hand. Thank you for your patience with us as we work to resolve this issue.

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Top reported issues

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Service outage 0

Degraded performance 0

Error messages 0

Timeouts / no response 0

Authentication issues 0

Network / connectivity issues 0

Feature not working 0

API errors 0

Billing or usage issues 0

Other 0

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Distribution of reported issues over the last 24 hours.

Service outage 0%

Degraded performance 0%

Error messages 0%

Timeouts / no response 0%

Authentication issues 0%

Network / connectivity issues 0%

Feature not working 0%

API errors 0%

Billing or usage issues 0%

Other 0%

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

17

Jul 9 to Oct 7, 2026
Major / Critical

0

None recorded
Minor Incidents

17

Avg. 0.2 per day
Median Resolution

1h 26m

P95: 148h 56m

Across all 4,379 services Pulsetic tracks, the incidents their status pages reported over the last 12 months had a median resolution time of 2h 4m, and 35% were rated major or critical by the provider. These numbers are calculated separately from the 90-day figures for Square above.

Source: The State of Uptime 2026, figures as of 1 October 2026.

Square Response Time, ms

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Recent Outage History

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Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Service Disruption	Oct 7, 2026 · 6:38 PM	Ongoing	Minor	Identified	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 27, 2026 · 4:08 AM	1h 46m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 24, 2026 · 9:16 PM	11m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 24, 2026 · 9:07 PM	1m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 21, 2026 · 7:40 PM	2d 4h 44m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 18, 2026 · 7:07 PM	3h 54m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Transfers Disruption	Sep 18, 2026 · 12:26 AM	15h 7m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 16, 2026 · 6:58 PM	34m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Service Disruption	Sep 14, 2026 · 4:52 PM	1h 1m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Payments Disruption	Sep 10, 2026 · 9:14 PM	16m	Minor	Resolved	Details →

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Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Square down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic follows the official status page and cross-references it with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.
How often does Square go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've recorded 17 incidents, of which 0 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 26m.
How are outages detected?

Pulsetic follows the official status page and records the incidents the provider posts there. Crowdsourced user reports and Pulsetic's own synthetic checks add an early warning, which can surface an issue before the official status page mentions it.
Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.
What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic recorded a service disruption from user reports and its own checks, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

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