Resolved after 1 day 10 hours, on October 8, 2026.
Circle's paymaster functionality for Modular Wallets has been fully restored. Gas fee sponsorship is operating normally across all affected chains. Customers who configured a third-party paymaster during the pause may revert to Circle's paymaster at their convenience. No further action is required. We apologize for the disruption.
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 08, 2026, 04:47 PM UTC
Modular Wallets functionality is temporarily paused across all networks configured for the production service: Arbitrum, Polygon PoS, Ethereum, Unichain, Base, Optimism, Avalanche, Arc, and Monad, including their configured test networks. We are investigating the issue and will provide updates as they become available.
- identified Oct 08, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC
Modular Wallets service has been re-enabled. Circle’s paymaster functionality, which sponsors transaction gas fees, remains temporarily paused. During this pause, please configure a third-party paymaster to sponsor gas fees for your Modular Wallets transactions. We will provide updates as they become available.
- resolved Oct 10, 2026, 03:39 AM UTC
Circle's paymaster functionality for Modular Wallets has been fully restored. Gas fee sponsorship is operating normally across all affected chains. Customers who configured a third-party paymaster during the pause may revert to Circle's paymaster at their convenience. No further action is required. We apologize for the disruption.
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