Is PayPal down?
No, PayPal is not down.
PayPal’s status page reports no incidents, api-m.paypal.com and www.paypal.com responded from 6 regions, and nobody reported problems in the last hour.
- Official statusNo incidentspaypal-status.com
- Reachable6 of 6 regionsPayPal REST API 6/6 · paypal.com 6/6
- Reports in the last hour0Normal
PayPal’s status page
From paypal-status.com. Read at
- Reporting PayPalOperational
- Batch Payout (Batch) PayPalOperational
- Mobile In-Store PayPalOperational
- PayPal Here PayPalOperational
- Withdrawals PayPalOperational
- Developer Tools (Tools) PayPalOperational
- Refunds PayPal APIsOperational
- Payments PayPal APIsOperational
Show all 42 components
- Invoicing Templates PayPal APIsOperational
- Authorizations PayPal APIsOperational
- Identity PayPal APIsOperational
- Sale PayPal APIsOperational
- Payout Item PayPal APIsOperational
- Vault PayPal APIsOperational
- Billing Agreements PayPal APIsOperational
- Billing Plans PayPal APIsOperational
- Payment Experience PayPal APIsOperational
- Captures PayPal APIsOperational
- Invoicing PayPal APIsOperational
- Orders PayPal APIsOperational
- Webhooks PayPalOperational
- Credit Card APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- Permission APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- Invoicing APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- Express Checkout APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- Adaptive APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- Payments Pro PayPalOperational
- Payments Advanced & Payflow Link PayPalOperational
- Payments Standard (WPS) PayPalOperational
- Express Checkout PayPalOperational
- Button Manager APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- Mass Payment APIs PayPal APIsOperational
- History PayPalOperational
- Payflow Link PayPalOperational
- Payflow Pro PayPalOperational
- Payflow Processors PayPalOperational
- Retail Checkout PayPal APIsOperational
- Seller Onboarding PayPalOperational
- PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) - Payment Service PayPalOperational
- PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) - Checkout Service PayPalOperational
- Pay Links and Buttons PayPalOperational
- PayPal In-Store PayPalOperational
Not working for me
Pick what’s broken. Reports from everyone show up on the chart below within 5 minutes.
Last 24 hours
No problems in the last 24 hours, median response 150 ms, and 0 reports.
- Operational
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
- Reachability check (api-m.paypal.com)
By region
| Region | PayPal REST API api-m.paypal.com | paypal.com www.paypal.com |
|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | 401 · 126 ms | 302 · 30 ms |
| Oregon us-west-2 | 401 · 155 ms | 302 · 156 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | 401 · 201 ms | 302 · 26 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | 401 · 277 ms | 302 · 341 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | 401 · 220 ms | 302 · 25 ms |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | 401 · 245 ms | 302 · 366 ms |
Two regions check PayPal every minute, and any failure is rechecked from all of them. Each row shows the latest result. How we check
Last 90 days
We have checked PayPal ourselves since Oct 28, 2026. Earlier days come from its status page.
2 days with problems in the last 90 days.
Recent incidents
Incidents: 1 in the last 30 days and 1 in the last 90, lasting a median of 3 h 39 min.
- Resolved: Impact to BNPL (Pay Later) authorizations (PP-LIVE-110179)Degraded3 h 39 min
If PayPal isn’t working for you
PayPal is an online payments service used to pay, send money and check out on websites, along with Venmo and merchant payment tools.
Common PayPal errors
| Error | What it means | Usually | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
Things don't appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later. | PayPal could not start the checkout, often because of the merchant's PayPal settings or account status rather than an outage. | Your side | Shoppers can try again later or use another payment method; merchants should check their PayPal account and integration settings. Source |
INSTRUMENT_DECLINED | The card or bank account was declined by the processor or bank, or cannot be used for this payment. | Your side | Choose another funding source in PayPal. Source |
PAYER_ACTION_REQUIRED | The buyer needs to return to PayPal to complete the transaction. | Your side | Return to PayPal and finish the steps it asks for. Source |
RATE_LIMIT_REACHED | Too many requests; the rate limit for the user, application or token was exceeded. | Your side | Slow down API requests and retry later. Source |
SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE | The server cannot handle the request because of temporary maintenance. | An outage | Retry later and check PayPal's status page. Source |
INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR | Something unexpected occurred on PayPal's server. | An outage | Retry later. Source |
Is it just you?
- Try the PayPal app as well as paypal.com; if one works, the problem is local.
- If checkout fails on one store only, the problem is likely that merchant's PayPal setup.
- Log in to PayPal and check for account limitations or messages that need action.
- Try another funding source if a payment is declined.
Alternatives to PayPal
Questions
It is a generic checkout error. When it appears on one store, it usually comes from that merchant's PayPal settings or account; when it appears everywhere at once, PayPal may be having an incident.
A decline names a reason such as INSTRUMENT_DECLINED and affects your card or bank. An outage stops logins and checkouts for many people at once; the live status above shows which.
Sources: developer.paypal.com, developer.paypal.com, easydigitaldownloads.com
Get alerted when PayPal breaks your app.
If your product or your team depends on PayPal, its outage is your outage, and your users will blame you, not PayPal. Point a Site Qwality monitor at the PayPal endpoint you actually rely on, put your own site next to it, and we alert you on Slack, email, SMS or any webhook the moment either one stops answering.