Major incident
Circle: NEAR Testnet — Sandbox outbound transfers unavailable
Sep 23, 2026, 20:27 UTC
started
16:51 UTC
resolved September 28, 2026
4 days 20 h
duration
Affected: Circle Mint - Sandbox, Public Faucet – NEAR Testnet
Current status of Circle: Partial outage — live Circle status
Timeline
- Sep 23, 2026, 20:27 UTCidentifiedWe’ve identified the cause of the downtime and are applying a fix. We’ll update again once service is confirmed stable.
- Sep 28, 2026, 16:51 UTCresolvedThis incident has been resolved.
Updates as published by Circle (original).
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