OutageDB

Xero outage history and status

Is Xero down right now?

No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
98.95%
uptime, 90 days
25
incidents, 90 days
2 h 18 min
median time to fix
Oct 15, 2026
last incident

Xero components

Core Xero Products

Australia - Regional Products

Canada - Regional Products

New Zealand - Regional Products

South Africa - Regional Products

United States - Regional Products

Asia - Regional Products

United Kingdom - Regional Products

Xero Partner Products & Tools

Xero Mobile Apps

Xero outage history

Nov: no complete dataNovDec: no complete dataDecJan: no complete dataJanFeb: no complete dataFebMar: no complete dataMarApr: no complete dataAprMay: no complete dataMay Jun: 11 incidents, 107 min of major outage 11 Jun Jul: 8 incidents, 63 min of major outage 8 Jul Aug: 4 incidents, 244 min of major outage 4 Aug Sep: 16 incidents, 1097 min of major outage 16 Sep Oct: 5 incidents, 25 min of major outage 5 Oct
Xero incidents per month, last 12 months. Red: months with a major or critical outage. Shaded: before our complete history.
Started (UTC)IncidentImpactDuration
Oct 15, 2026, 05:43 UTC Global: Subscriptions - some customers are unable to purchase and management subscriptions
Xero Platform and Settings
 Minor 37 min
Oct 14, 2026, 04:08 UTC Global: Xero - Some customers may be experiencing some errors in product and inability to view invoice PDFs.
Xero Platform and Settings, Invoicing, Bills & Quotes, Contacts
 Major 25 min
Oct 13, 2026, 00:25 UTC Global: Xero Partner Hub - Some slowness or unable to access pages in Partner Hub Minor —
Oct 9, 2026, 02:30 UTC Global: Xero Partner Hub - Some slowness or unable to access pages in Partner Hub Minor <1 min
Oct 1, 2026, 21:36 UTC Degraded Performance: US Payroll (Powered by Gusto)
US Payroll, powered by Gusto
 Minor 2 h 53 min
Sep 29, 2026, 20:57 UTC Degraded Performance: US Payroll (Powered by Gusto)
US Payroll, powered by Gusto
 Minor 6 h 38 min
Sep 29, 2026, 13:33 UTC UK: HMRC connected services
Tax Reporting - UK VAT & MTD
 Minor 59 min
Sep 28, 2026, 20:32 UTC US: Payroll (Powered by Gusto) - customers will be unable to access US Payroll in Xero
US Payroll, powered by Gusto
 Critical 51 min
Sep 28, 2026, 00:03 UTC ATO services may be unavailable
Tax Reporting - BAS, TPAR, AU Payroll
 Major 26 min
Sep 26, 2026, 23:28 UTC Global : Xero apps unavailable on Apple App Store No impact 2 h 10 min
Sep 24, 2026, 04:57 UTC Global: Invoicing/Contacts and Payroll - Brief latency in some areas on Xero No impact —
Sep 23, 2026, 13:16 UTC UK: HMRC connected services (Corporate Tax, Personal Tax, Partnership Tax, MTD IT and MTD VAT)
Tax Reporting - UK VAT & MTD
 Minor 47 h 36 min
Sep 16, 2026, 08:49 UTC Global: Salesforce is currently experiencing a major service disruption impacting multiple instances across all regions, we're aware that some customers are currently unable to raise cases, contact support, use in-app help or access Xero Central
Xero Central
 Major 6 h 24 min
Sep 15, 2026, 03:29 UTC Global: Syft Native Budget and Cashflow Manager - Error when accessing Native Budget and Cashflow Manager
Analytics powered by Syft
 Major 16 min
Sep 14, 2026, 15:08 UTC UK: Delay with processing HMRC connected services (CIS, Corporate Tax, Personal Tax, Partnership Tax, Payroll)
UK Payroll
 Minor 22 h 35 min
Sep 13, 2026, 23:46 UTC ATO services may be unavailable
Tax Reporting - BAS, TPAR, AU Payroll
 Major 4 h 05 min
Sep 7, 2026, 23:46 UTC AU: Customers are experiencing errors when using Activity Statement Prefill
Tax Reporting - BAS, TPAR
 Minor 7 h 22 min
Sep 7, 2026, 15:30 UTC UK: MTD IT - Some customers receiving errors
Tax Reporting - UK VAT & MTD
 Minor 3 h 56 min
Sep 7, 2026, 01:49 UTC AU: Xero Tax - Customers won't be able to file tax returns due to an outage with ATO services.
Tax Reporting - BAS, TPAR, Xero Tax (AU)
 Major 2 h 27 min
Sep 2, 2026, 14:05 UTC UK: Tax - MTD and VAT unavailable
Tax Reporting - UK VAT & MTD
 Critical 3 h 49 min
Sep 1, 2026, 03:41 UTC Global: Invoice Emails - some invoice, quote and statement emails may be delayed
Invoicing, Bills & Quotes
 Minor 3 h 24 min
Aug 30, 2026, 23:50 UTC Australia: Xero Tax - customers are experiencing issues with prefilling and lodging tax returns to the ATO
Xero Tax (AU)
 Major 1 h 46 min
Aug 30, 2026, 20:21 UTC Australia: Xero Tax - customers are experiencing issues with prefilling and lodging tax returns to the ATO
Xero Tax (AU)
 Major 2 h 18 min
Aug 28, 2026, 09:15 UTC UK: Tax - Errors and slowness with MTD ITSA and VAT
Tax Reporting - UK VAT & MTD
 Minor 2 h 28 min
Aug 24, 2026, 01:44 UTC AU: Batch Payments - some customers may be unable to process batch payments in Xero.
Invoicing, Bills & Quotes
 Minor 17 min

50 incidents in our archive since May 6, 2026.

When and where Xero fails

By weekday

Most incidents start on Wed.

  • Mon9
  • Tue10
  • Wed14
  • Thu6
  • Fri7
  • Sat1
  • Sun3

Most affected, last 12 months

  • Xero Platform and Settings10
  • AU Payroll7
  • Tax Reporting - UK VAT & MTD7
  • Invoicing, Bills & Quotes6
  • Tax Reporting - BAS, TPAR5
  • Xero Tax (AU)5
  • Xero Partner Hub4
  • NZ Payroll3

When Xero went down with others

Other payments & finance services

FAQ

Is Xero down right now?
At our last check Xero's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
How often does Xero go down?
Xero reported 25 incidents in the last 90 days (10 major or critical), with 1,366 minutes of major outage: 98.95% uptime.
When was the last Xero outage?
The latest reported incident started on Oct 15, 2026, 05:43 UTC: "Global: Subscriptions - some customers are unable to purchase and management subscriptions", resolved after 37 min.
How long do Xero outages last?
Half of Xero's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 2 h 18 min.

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