Stripe Status · History · Incident #5989

RESOLVED

Elevated card authorization errors

Minor · Started Jul 29, 2026 · 3:18 AM

Duration

1h 4m
Severity

Minor
Detection lead

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User reports

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Summary

Elevated card authorization errors

From 02:25 - 03:24 UTC, we saw elevated card authorization errors related to an issuer-side degradation in Mexico. This is now resolved.

Started

Jul 29, 2026 · 3:18 AM
Resolved

Jul 29, 2026 · 4:23 AM
Duration

1h 4m
Severity

None

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

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Investigating
Jul 29 · 3:18 AM Stripe

We're currently investigating elevated card authorization errors starting 02:25 UTC related to an issuer in Mexico. We'll post an update soon.
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Monitoring
Jul 29 · 3:40 AM Stripe

As of 03:24 UTC, elevated card authorization errors related to an issuer in Mexico which is impacting card transactions in Mexico have recovered. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved.
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Resolved
Jul 29 · 4:23 AM Stripe

From 02:25 - 03:24 UTC, we saw elevated card authorization errors related to an issuer-side degradation in Mexico. This is now resolved.

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