Kickstarter outage history and status
Is Kickstarter down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.95%
uptime, 90 days
2
incidents, 90 days
34 min
median time to fix
Oct 5, 2026
last incident
Kickstarter components
- kickstarter.com Operational
- Payments Operational
- Mobile Operational
- Stripe JS Operational
- Stripe API Operational
Kickstarter outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026, 15:58 UTC | Login and Signup Prevented due to 3rd Party Outage kickstarter.com, Mobile | Critical | 11 min |
| Aug 22, 2026, 20:35 UTC | Elevated Error Rate | Major | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 2026, 17:09 UTC | All clear kickstarter.com, Payments | Minor | <1 min |
| Jun 4, 2026, 12:04 UTC | Elevated Error Rate kickstarter.com, Payments | Major | 25 min |
| May 6, 2026, 22:55 UTC | Issues loading Kickstarter | Critical | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 2026, 19:15 UTC | Users seeing errors on checkout kickstarter.com, Payments | Critical | 1 h 15 min |
| Apr 17, 2026, 10:20 UTC | Some emails and notifications may be delayed kickstarter.com | Major | 3 h 32 min |
| Mar 24, 2026, 15:09 UTC | Degraded site performance kickstarter.com, Mobile | Critical | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 2026, 16:20 UTC | Site slow and loading intermittently kickstarter.com, Mobile | Critical | 17 min |
| Mar 5, 2026, 15:48 UTC | Some campaigns and pledges may not be loading kickstarter.com, Payments, Mobile | Major | 3 h 37 min |
| Feb 20, 2026, 22:53 UTC | New images from creators for story and updates aren't loading kickstarter.com | Major | 57 min |
| Feb 20, 2026, 18:31 UTC | Creators are unable to submit their project kickstarter.com | Major | 1 h 50 min |
| Feb 4, 2026, 15:20 UTC | Some campaign images not displaying kickstarter.com, Mobile | Major | 23 min |
| Jan 28, 2026, 00:14 UTC | Kickstarter is down/slow to load | Critical | 38 min |
| Dec 5, 2025, 09:10 UTC | Kickstarter Outage kickstarter.com, Payments, Mobile | Critical | 7 min |
| Nov 24, 2025, 16:29 UTC | Payouts Delayed kickstarter.com, Payments | Major | 9 h 09 min |
| Oct 20, 2025, 17:38 UTC | Advanced Creator Dashboard Not Loading kickstarter.com | Minor | 5 h 34 min |
| Sep 16, 2025, 16:39 UTC | Creator Backer Report Modal Errors | No impact | 1 h 15 min |
| Aug 20, 2025, 14:34 UTC | Notifications and updates may be delayed kickstarter.com, Mobile | Major | 2 h 59 min |
| Aug 20, 2025, 01:58 UTC | Notifications and updates may be delayed kickstarter.com, Mobile | Major | 2 h 08 min |
| Aug 5, 2025, 18:45 UTC | Investigating intermittent issues with areas of the site kickstarter.com | Major | 3 h 27 min |
| Jul 24, 2025, 16:56 UTC | Pledging currently unavailable. Payments | Critical | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 2025, 04:27 UTC | Pledge Manager errors kickstarter.com | No impact | 48 min |
| May 28, 2025, 19:14 UTC | Site temporarily unavailable kickstarter.com | Critical | 24 min |
| May 23, 2025, 14:20 UTC | Some backers have not received a pledge manager when it launched kickstarter.com, Mobile | Major | 41 min |
50 incidents in our archive since December 5, 2023.
When and where Kickstarter fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Tue.
- Mon9
- Tue12
- Wed10
- Thu9
- Fri6
- Sat2
- Sun2
Most affected, last 12 months
- kickstarter.com13
- Mobile6
- Payments6
When Kickstarter went down with others
- Feb 20, 2026, 18:09 UTC 13 services reported incidents within the hour
- Dec 5, 2025, 08:45 UTC 88 services reported incidents within the hour
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FAQ
- Is Kickstarter down right now?
- At our last check Kickstarter's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Kickstarter go down?
- Kickstarter reported 2 incidents in the last 90 days (2 major or critical), with 67 minutes of major outage: 99.95% uptime.
- When was the last Kickstarter outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 5, 2026, 15:58 UTC: "Login and Signup Prevented due to 3rd Party Outage", resolved after 11 min.
- How long do Kickstarter outages last?
- Half of Kickstarter's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 34 min.
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