Circle incident
NEAR Testnet — Sandbox inbound and outbound transfers unavailable
Circle experienced a major incident on September 28, 2026 affecting Circle Mint - Sandbox and Public Faucet – NEAR Testnet, lasting 1d 19h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Circle Mint - SandboxPublic Faucet – NEAR Testnet
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 28, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC
Circle Mint Sandbox inbound and outbound transfers on NEAR Testnet are currently unavailable. Our team is aware and actively working to restore access.
- identified Sep 29, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC
We’ve identified the cause of the downtime and applied a fix. Processing is catching up, and Circle Mint Sandbox inbound and outbound transfers on NEAR Testnet remain unavailable. We’ll update again once service is confirmed stable.
- resolved Sep 30, 2026, 02:17 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.