Stripe outage, 16 August 2026

Elevated Bancontact errors

Started
Resolved
17 Aug 2026, 06:29 UTC (after 7 h 49 min)
Impact
Not stated
Affected
Acquirers and payment methods

Last update from Stripe

From 21:00 on Aug 16 to 01:50 on Aug 17 UTC, some Bancontact payments experienced elevated processing errors. This issue has now been resolved.

17 Aug 2026, 06:29 UTC

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