Wave outage history and status
Is Wave down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.97%
uptime, 90 days
6
incidents, 90 days
51 min
median time to fix
Oct 13, 2026
last incident
Wave components
- Web Application Operational
- Accounting Operational
- Invoicing Operational
- Payments Operational
- Payroll Operational
- Receipts Processing Operational
- Mobile Application Operational
Wave outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026, 15:27 UTC | Incorrect Payout Date Display Payments | Minor | 1 h 48 min |
| Oct 5, 2026, 16:13 UTC | Error page when trying to access Wave Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing | No impact | 1 h 02 min |
| Oct 1, 2026, 15:28 UTC | Latency across Wave Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing | No impact | 24 min |
| Sep 22, 2026, 06:49 UTC | Investigating reports of login errors Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing | Critical | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 2026, 01:35 UTC | Investigating reports of delayed or failed receipt scan uploads Receipts Processing | Minor | 2 h 35 min |
| Jul 29, 2026, 19:43 UTC | Investigating reports of business logos not appearing on invoice or estimate emails and exported PDF's Invoicing | Minor | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 2026, 16:57 UTC | Timesheet Saving Errors - Payroll Payroll | Major | 2 h 23 min |
| Jun 18, 2026, 15:17 UTC | Wave Payroll Impacted by 3rd party incident Payroll | Minor | 9 h 47 min |
| Jun 1, 2026, 22:46 UTC | Investigating reports of login errors Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll | Minor | 45 min |
| May 22, 2026, 19:46 UTC | Payout delay for some U.S. Payments customers Payments | Minor | 3 days 20 h |
| May 8, 2026, 14:43 UTC | Page Loading Errors Across Wave Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing | Critical | 47 min |
| May 8, 2026, 03:23 UTC | Increased Errors across Wave Web Application | Major | 18 min |
| May 5, 2026, 21:18 UTC | Login Errors For Some Users Web Application | Major | 1 h 18 min |
| Apr 29, 2026, 17:32 UTC | Delays in Recurring Invoice generation and Automatic Charges Invoicing, Payments | Major | 4 h 16 min |
| Apr 20, 2026, 17:16 UTC | Increased Errors on Invoicing Features Invoicing | Minor | 1 h 15 min |
| Apr 14, 2026, 20:25 UTC | Loading issues during Credit Card Payment Processing via Wave generated Invoices and Payment Links Payments | Minor | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 2026, 18:20 UTC | Wave Mobile SSO Login Errors Mobile Application | Major | 25 h 46 min |
| Apr 9, 2026, 13:51 UTC | Wave Impacted by 3rd party incident Payroll | Minor | 3 h 16 min |
| Mar 20, 2026, 16:26 UTC | Wave Impacted by Google Play billing incident Mobile Application | Major | 4 h 40 min |
| Mar 12, 2026, 17:23 UTC | Investigating reports of invoices and estimate emails not sending to recipients Invoicing | Minor | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2026, 22:13 UTC | Investigating reports of invoice payment errors Payments | Minor | 2 h 34 min |
| Mar 3, 2026, 16:22 UTC | Wave Impacted by U.S. Federal Reserve incident Payments, Payroll | Minor | 23 h 43 min |
| Feb 10, 2026, 22:07 UTC | Wave Impacted by Cloudflare incident Web Application | Minor | 8 min |
| Jan 30, 2026, 15:27 UTC | 1099-NEC Form Dollar Amounts Payroll | Minor | 28 days 5 h |
| Jan 28, 2026, 16:58 UTC | Receipts not processing Receipts Processing | Minor | 3 min |
50 incidents in our archive since March 24, 2025.
When and where Wave fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Mon.
- Mon15
- Tue13
- Wed7
- Thu7
- Fri7
- Sat1
- Sun0
Most affected, last 12 months
- Payroll14
- Payments11
- Invoicing10
- Accounting8
- Web Application8
- Mobile Application6
- Receipts Processing6
When Wave went down with others
- Oct 13, 2026, 14:51 UTC 16 services reported incidents within the hour
- May 7, 2026, 23:43 UTC 61 services reported incidents within the hour
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FAQ
- Is Wave down right now?
- At our last check Wave's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Wave go down?
- Wave reported 6 incidents in the last 90 days (1 major or critical), with 41 minutes of major outage: 99.97% uptime.
- When was the last Wave outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 13, 2026, 15:27 UTC: "Incorrect Payout Date Display", resolved after 1 h 48 min.
- How long do Wave outages last?
- Half of Wave's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 51 min.
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