Stripe Status · History · Incident #5547

RESOLVED

Elevated 3DS errors on Mastercard transactions

Minor · Started Jul 15, 2026 · 8:06 AM

  • Duration

    1h 36m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Elevated 3DS errors on Mastercard transactions

From 2026-07-15 07:00:00 UTC to 09:06:00 UTC, we experienced elevated 3D Secure errors on Mastercard transactions due to an expired certificate on the upstream Mastercard service. Mastercard identified and resolved the issue on their end. We have verified that all certificates are now valid and transactions are processing normally.


  • Started

    Jul 15, 2026 · 8:06 AM

  • Resolved

    Jul 15, 2026 · 9:42 AM

  • Duration

    1h 36m

  • Severity

    None

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Identified

    Jul 15 · 8:06 AM Stripe

    We’re observing elevated 3DS errors for Mastercard transactions starting 07:00 UTC. We are engaging with the Mastercard team and we will provide an update as soon as we have more information.

  • Investigating

    Jul 15 · 9:01 AM Stripe

    We are starting to see improvement in the elevated 3D Secure errors affecting Mastercard transactions. The impact still continues however Stripe engagement with Mastercard teams continue. We will provide further updates once we have observed recovery.

  • Monitoring

    Jul 15 · 9:17 AM Stripe

    As of 09:06 UTC, we can confirm that the elevated 3D Secure errors on Mastercard transactions have recovered following certificate rotation by Mastercard. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved and will provide further updates once we have observed sustained recovery.

  • Resolved

    Jul 15 · 9:42 AM Stripe

    From 2026-07-15 07:00:00 UTC to 09:06:00 UTC, we experienced elevated 3D Secure errors on Mastercard transactions due to an expired certificate on the upstream Mastercard service. Mastercard identified and resolved the issue on their end. We have verified that all certificates are now valid and transactions are processing normally.

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