Changes / Wix / RESOLVED: PayPal Payments Processing Issue

Wix: Major incident: RESOLVED: PayPal Payments Processing Issue

Summary

Wix reported a major PayPal payments processing issue that started at 2025-10-16 15:28 UTC and was resolved at 2025-10-16 17:00 UTC, lasting 1 h 31 min. Wix attributed the issue to a technical problem on PayPal’s side, affecting customers using PayPal for payments.

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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 97%)Changed Detected Source: stspg.io (opens in new tab)

What changed

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After: We are investigating this issue and Paypal has confirmed the issue is on their side
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After: We've identified issues with PayPal due to a technical issue on PayPal side. Please contact PayPal directly for additional assistance with the issue.
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After: We've identified issues with PayPal due to a technical issue on PayPal's side. Please contact PayPal directly for additional assistance with the issue.
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After: We've identified issues with PayPal due to a technical issue on PayPal's side. Please contact PayPal directly for additional assistance with the issue.
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After: We've identified issues with PayPal due to a technical issue on PayPal side. Please contact PayPal directly for additional assistance with the issue.
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After: We've identified issues with PayPal due to a technical issue on PayPal side. Please contact PayPal directly for additional assistance with the issue.
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After: The issue appears resolved. We are monitoring.
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After: We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
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After: This incident has been resolved.
AddedUpdatepostmortem#16
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After: The Paypal Payments Processing Issue was caused by something on Paypal’s end. For more information, when it is availble, please check here: [https://www.paypal-status.com/history/production](https://www.paypal-status.com/history/production)

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History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: RESOLVED: PayPal Payments Processing Issue (this change)
Wix reported a major PayPal payments processing issue that started at 2025-10-16 15:28 UTC and was resolved at 2025-10-16 17:00 UTC, lasting 1 h 31 min. Wix attributed the issue to a technical problem on PayPal’s side, affecting customers using PayPal for payments.
Major incident

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