No impact incident

Stripe: Elevated declines on Mastercard

Oct 15, 2026, 18:35 UTC
started
20:53 UTC
resolved
2 h 18 min
duration

Affected: Acquirers and payment methods

Current status of Stripe: Operational — live Stripe status

Timeline

  1. Oct 15, 2026, 18:35 UTC
    identified
    We're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times affecting MasterCard payment processing.
  2. Oct 15, 2026, 19:51 UTC
    monitoring
    As of 18:27 UTC, elevated Mastercard authorization errors have recovered. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved.
  3. Oct 15, 2026, 20:53 UTC
    resolved
    From 16:50 to 18:27 UTC on October 15, 2026, Mastercard payment processing experienced elevated error rates and response times, resulting in increased authorization declines. Failures were highly concentrated in wallet and tokenized transactions. The issue is resolved.

Updates as published by Stripe (original).

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