Stripe outage, 22 October 2026

Elevated Bancontact errors

Started
Resolved
23 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTC (after 3 h 35 min)
Impact
Not stated
Affected
Acquirers and payment methods

Is this still happening?

No. Stripe marked this incident resolved on 23 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTC, 3 h 35 min after it began.

Right now: Stripe is running scheduled maintenance - some features may be briefly unavailable. (as of 26 Oct, 03:45 UTC) Live Stripe status

Last update from Stripe

From 21:03 to 23:46 UTC on October 22, there was a partial service disruption of the Bancontact payment method. Some users may have experienced increased error rates for transactions processed through the Bancontact payment method. This issue was external to Stripe and is now resolved.

23 Oct 2026, 01:56 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Stripe status page

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