Stripe incident

Elevated Authentication Requests

Resolved after 39 minutes, affecting Acquirers and payment methods, on May 8, 2026.

resolved May 08, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC

Between 11:40 UTC and 14:35 UTC we observed elevated Authentication Requests for card transactions in SCA scope. This issue has now been resolved.

Started
May 08, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC
Resolved
May 08, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC
Duration
39m
Detected by Pingoru
May 08, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC

Affected components

Acquirers and payment methods

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 08, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC

    We are currently observing elevated Authentication Requests related to issuing banks in the UK and France which is impacting some card transactions.

  2. resolved May 08, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC

    Between 11:40 UTC and 14:35 UTC we observed elevated Authentication Requests for card transactions in SCA scope. This issue has now been resolved.

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