Stripe incident

Elevated declines on Mastercard

Resolved after 2 hours 18 minutes, affecting Acquirers and payment methods, on October 15, 2026.

resolved Oct 15, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC

From 16:50 to 18:27 UTC on October 15, 2026, Mastercard payment processing experienced elevated error rates and response times, resulting in increased authorization declines. Failures were highly concentrated in wallet and tokenized transactions. The issue is resolved.

Started
Oct 15, 2026, 06:35 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 15, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC
Duration
2h 18m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 15, 2026, 06:35 PM UTC

Affected components

Acquirers and payment methods

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 15, 2026, 06:35 PM UTC

    We're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times affecting MasterCard payment processing.

  2. monitoring Oct 15, 2026, 07:51 PM UTC

    As of 18:27 UTC, elevated Mastercard authorization errors have recovered. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved.

  3. resolved Oct 15, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC

    From 16:50 to 18:27 UTC on October 15, 2026, Mastercard payment processing experienced elevated error rates and response times, resulting in increased authorization declines. Failures were highly concentrated in wallet and tokenized transactions. The issue is resolved.

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