Lightspeed incident

Lightspeed Software - Login & other systems

Resolved after 5 hours 45 minutes, affecting Retail POS and Tee Sheets and 1 more, on October 20, 2025.

monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 07:53 PM UTC

We have implemented a fix and will continue to monitor the situation.

Started
Oct 20, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 20, 2025, 08:27 PM UTC
Duration
5h 45m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 20, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC

Affected components

Retail POSTee SheetsPOSBackOfficeMarketplaceBack OfficeRetail APIHouse AccountsBusiness IntelligenceMobile Apps

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 20, 2025, 01:26 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue affecting merchants using Lightspeed Retail. A dedicated team is investigating the issue.

  2. investigating Oct 20, 2025, 01:44 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. identified Oct 20, 2025, 01:44 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the Lightspeed Systems issue and a dedicated team of engineers is working on a solution.

  4. identified Oct 20, 2025, 01:50 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  5. identified Oct 20, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC

    Lightspeed systems are currently experiencing intermittent issues related to an ongoing AWS service disruption. We’re working with AWS to restore service and are seeing partial service recovery. We continue to work on the issue and will post updates here. Thank you for your patience.

  6. identified Oct 20, 2025, 06:58 PM UTC

    After a extended period of service recovery, we are again experiencing increased error rates in Lightspeed systems, related to the ongoing AWS service issue. Our engineers are continuing to work on the issue.

  7. monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 07:53 PM UTC

    We have implemented a fix and will continue to monitor the situation.

  8. resolved Oct 20, 2025, 08:27 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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