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Buffer: Major incident: Users are unable to access the billing page in their accounts

Summary

Users could not access billing pages in their Buffer accounts during a major-impact incident starting 2026-09-02 06:30 UTC. Buffer deployed a fix at 07:28 UTC, restoring page loading, and resolved the incident at 2026-09-02 07:57 UTC; the incident lasted 1 h 27 min.

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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 89%)Changed Detected Source: status.buffer.com

What changed

AddedTitle#1
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After: Users are unable to access the billing page in their accounts
AddedImpact#2
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After: major
AddedStatus#3
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After: resolved
AddedStart time#4
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After: 2026-09-02 06:30 UTC
AddedResolved time#5
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After: 2026-09-02 07:57 UTC
AddedUpdateinvestigating#6
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After: We’re investigating an issue preventing users from accessing the billing page in their Buffer accounts. We’re sorry for the trouble and will share an update as soon as we have more information.
AddedUpdateidentified#7
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After: We’ve identified the cause of the issue preventing users from accessing the billing page and are working on a fix. We’re sorry for the continued trouble and will share another update as soon as we have more information.
AddedUpdateidentified#8
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After: We’ve deployed a fix, and the billing page is now loading again. We’ll continue monitoring things for a little longer to ensure everything remains stable before resolving this incident. If you’re still experiencing any issues, please reach out to us at hello@buffer.com: mailto:hello@buffer.com. Thanks for your patience while we worked through this.
AddedUpdatemonitoring#9
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After: We’ve deployed a fix, and the billing page is now loading again. We’ll continue monitoring things for a little longer to ensure everything remains stable before resolving this incident. If you’re still experiencing any issues, please reach out to us at hello@buffer.com: mailto:hello@buffer.com. Thanks for your patience while we worked through this.
AddedUpdateresolved#10
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After: This issue has been fully resolved, and the billing page is loading as expected. Thanks for your patience while we worked to get this fixed. If you’re still experiencing any issues, please reach out to us at hello@buffer.com: mailto:hello@buffer.com.

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History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Users are unable to access the billing page in their accounts (this change)
Users could not access billing pages in their Buffer accounts during a major-impact incident starting 2026-09-02 06:30 UTC. Buffer deployed a fix at 07:28 UTC, restoring page loading, and resolved the incident at 2026-09-02 07:57 UTC; the incident lasted 1 h 27 min.
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