Stripe Status · History · Incident #137974

RESOLVED

Elevated declines on Visa

Minor · Started Sep 16, 2026 · 11:33 PM

  • Duration

    1h 43m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Elevated declines on Visa

Between 20:15 September 16th and 00:08 September 17th UTC, we saw elevated card authorization errors related to an issuing bank in United States which impacted some Visa transactions. This is now resolved.


  • Started

    Sep 16, 2026 · 11:33 PM

  • Resolved

    Sep 17, 2026 · 1:17 AM

  • Duration

    1h 43m

  • Severity

    None

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Sep 16 · 11:33 PM Stripe

    We're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times with Visa payments. We'll post an update soon.

  • Monitoring

    Sep 17 · 12:10 AM Stripe

    We’re currently seeing elevated card authorization errors related to an issuing bank in North America, which is impacting some Visa transactions. We've seen some recovery and are continuing to monitor.

  • Resolved

    Sep 17 · 1:17 AM Stripe

    Between 20:15 September 16th and 00:08 September 17th UTC, we saw elevated card authorization errors related to an issuing bank in United States which impacted some Visa transactions. This is now resolved.

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