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
- Oct 15, 2026, 18:35 UTCidentifiedWe're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times affecting MasterCard payment processing.
- Oct 15, 2026, 19:51 UTCmonitoringAs of 18:27 UTC, elevated Mastercard authorization errors have recovered. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved.
- Oct 15, 2026, 20:53 UTCresolvedFrom 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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