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Gusto

gusto.comStatus page: status.gusto.comNow: operational since 2026-10-17
165incidents since 2017-05-18
90major or critical
0in the last 90 days
0silently edited or deleted

Recent notable changes

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Gusto is down
Gusto reported a major outage affecting the Gusto.com website, Gusto Mobile, Payroll, Benefits, and HR. It started at 2026-06-25 22:06 UTC and was resolved at 2026-06-25 22:27 UTC, lasting 21 min; no cause or specific fix was stated.
Major incident
Critical incident: Some Customers may be unable to run payroll at this time
Some Gusto customers were unable to run payroll during an incident rated critical, with Payroll, Benefits, HR listed as affected components. It started at 2026-06-23 18:20 UTC and was resolved at 2026-06-23 19:16 UTC, lasting 55 min; no cause or fix was stated.
Major incident
Critical incident: All administrators are unable to run payroll
Gusto reported a critical outage preventing all administrators from running payroll, though its initial update described only some administrators as affected. It started at 2026-03-25 23:45 UTC and was resolved at 2026-03-26 01:51 UTC, lasting 2 h 6 min; no cause or fix was stated.
Major incident
Critical incident: We are aware that customers may be experiencing issues when accessing Gusto.Major incident
Critical incident: Chat channel unavailableMajor incident
Major incident: Investigating issues with Payroll Processing for some usersMajor incident
Critical incident: We are aware that some customers may be experiencing issues accessing Gusto.com.Major incident
Critical incident: Customers are experiencing slowness and errors when accessing GustoMajor incident
Major incident: Some customers are experiencing slowness and errors in their Gusto dashboardMajor incident
Critical incident: All customers are unable to use our chat option for support.Major incident

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Status incident history

Gusto status incidents per year
051015202530↑ incidents2017201820192020202120222023202420252026934262833342053
Grey: all non-maintenance incidents. Orange: major or critical. Years before Oct 2026 come from the vendor’s own status history.
Data table
YearIncidentsMajor/critical
201791
201831
201942
20202611
20212817
20223319
20233419
20242013
202554
202633
Incidents per month, last 36 months
By impact as reported by the vendor. Maintenance excluded.
Data table
MonthImpactIncidents
2023-10critical1
2023-11critical2
2024-01critical5
2024-02minor1
2024-03critical2
2024-03minor1
2024-04none1
2024-06minor1
2024-08major1
2024-09major2
2024-09minor1
2024-10critical1
2024-10major1
2024-11critical1
2024-11minor2
2025-02minor1
2025-06critical1
2025-10major1
2025-11critical1
2025-12critical1
2026-03critical1
2026-06critical1
2026-06major1

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Pricing, trust and legal pages

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Incident timeline

Latest 100 of 165 incidents. Full list: last 90 days · JSON · Markdown

Started (UTC)IncidentImpactDuration
Gusto is downmajor21 min
Some Customers may be unable to run payroll at this timecritical56 min
All administrators are unable to run payrollcritical2.1 h
We are aware that customers may be experiencing issues when accessing Gusto.critical2.7 h
Chat channel unavailablecritical1.2 h
Investigating issues with Payroll Processing for some usersmajor15 min
We are aware that some customers may be experiencing issues accessing Gusto.com.critical1.8 h
Gusto settings page performance degradationminor50 min
Customers are experiencing slowness and errors when accessing Gustocritical1.8 h
Customers are experiencing slowness and errorsminor13 min
Customers are experiencing slowness and errorsminor25 min
Some customers are experiencing slowness and errors in their Gusto dashboardmajor1.2 h
All customers are unable to use our chat option for support.critical1.6 h
Some customers may experience longer wait times when calling Gustominor1.0 h
Some customers are experiencing an error when accessing Gusto.major3.3 h
Some Users are unable to access Gustomajor38 min
We are aware that some customers are experiencing issues running payroll.major10 min
Experiencing Issues with Cloudflare CDN/Cache and Cloudflare Networkminor1.0 h
We are aware of some users experiencing site slowness or time outs. Our team is actively working to resolve this issue with an anticipated resolution by 11am PST. We apologize for any inconvenience.none1.4 h
We are currently experiencing higher than normal call volume. During this time, please leverage help center for support. Thank you for your patience.critical43 min
We are aware of slowness that customers may be experiencing when using Gusto. Our teams are working to resolve this as a top priority. Thank you for your patience at this time.minor14 min
We are aware of potential errors that customers may be experiencing with benefits features in Gusto. Our teams are working to resolve this as a top priority. Thank you for your patience at this time.critical10 min
We are aware that customers may be experiencing slowness when using Gusto. Our teams are working to resolve this as a top priority. Thank you for your patience at this time.minor24 min
We are aware of potential error messages that customers may be experiencing when attempting to run payroll. Our teams are working to resolve this as a top priority. Thank you for your patience at this time.critical58 min
We are aware of potential error messages that customers may be experiencing when accessing Gusto.com. Our teams are working to resolve this as a top priority. Thank you for your patience at this time.critical3 min
We are aware of potential error messages that customers may be experiencing when accessing Gusto. Our teams are working to resolve this as a top priority. Thank you for your patience at this time.critical2.4 h
We are currently experiencing higher than normal call volume. During this time, please leverage help center for support.critical2.0 h
We are currently experiencing higher than normal call volume. During this time, please leverage help center for support.critical2.3 h
Some users are unable to access or log into the Gusto websitecritical59 min
Some users are unable to access the Gusto website, mobile app, and APIcritical1.1 h
that there is an issue that is currently causing longer than expected wait times for phone support. Our chat support is operating normally. We apologizecritical3.2 h
Some customers may be experiencing temporary delays in SMS messages related to 2FA authenticationnone3.0 h
We appreciate your patience as we are experiencing longer than anticipated wait timesminor56 min
All customers are experiencing high wait timesminor18 min
Customers may be experiencing slowness in their Gusto accounts.minor1.4 h
All customers are experiencing high wait timesnone1.1 h
Some companies are seeing double debits for payroll and payments processed through Gustominor9.5 h
Some users are unable to request callbacks from their Gusto accountminor51 min
Some users are experiencing errors in their Gusto accounts.none50 min
Most users are experiencing errors within their Gusto accountmajor1.1 h
Some International Contractors are experiencing onboarding and bank update errors.major2.9 h
Some users are experiencing errors within their Gusto account.minor52 min
Most users are unable to get 2-step verification codescritical2.4 h
Most users are experiencing slowness in their accountsminor42 min
Some users are experiencing site slownessmajor34 min
Users are experiencing site slownessmajor12 min
Most users are unable to access their Gusto accountcritical21 min
Most users are experiencing slownessminor2.4 h
Some administrators are unable to process payrollmajor14 h
Most administrators are experiencing errors processing contractor payments.major4.5 h
Most employers are experiencing slowness downloading reportsminor57 min
Most users are experiencing slownessminor8.1 h
Most employers are unable to download reportsmajor1.9 h
Most users are unable to log in to their Gusto accountscritical16 min
Some Safari users are unable to log into their Gusto accountmajor15 h
Most users are unable to access invoices for NEXT/AP Intego Worker's Compensationmajor1.8 h
New Customers are unable to create a Gusto accountmajor11 min
Previews of 940 and 944 filings in Gusto are incorrect and reflect 2021; However, correct 2022 filings were sent to the IRSminor3.5 h
Some users are unable to process payroll and move to step 2 of the payroll flowcritical1.5 h
Some users with a pending payroll blocker for Washington Occupational codes are unable to access the Tax Setup pagecritical2.2 h
Users may be experiencing slowness in app and navigating our siteminor3.6 h
Users may be experiencing slowness in app and navigating our sitemajor2.7 h
get_payrolls_by_id API returning 500s for off-cycle payrollsminor2.2 h
Most users are unable to access Time Trackingmajor33 min
Our Help Center is down for most userscritical8 min
Some users are unable to access the Gusto Wallet mobile appmajor15 min
Some users are being bounced back to their homepage when navigating their Gusto account. This is impacting payroll, reports, and time tracking.critical1.2 h
Some users are unable to process payrollcritical1.3 h
Users may be experiencing a "502 Bad Gateway" error logging into app.gusto.comcritical6 min
Most companies are unable to enter decimal points in the PTO fieldmajor1.8 h
Some Accountants are Unable to Log in to New Client Accounts From Their Accountant Dashboardmajor2.7 h
Some users unable to process payrollmajor1.2 h
Our Employee Benefits API is current experiencing elevated error ratesnone1.0 h
Some customers may experience loading issues for reports and forms within their Gusto accounts due to an AWS outage.minor4.6 h
Some users unable to process payrollmajor2.0 h
Some users unable to log into their Gusto account using mobile devicesmajor1.2 h
Some users may be experiencing issues accessing the "Benefits" tab of their Gusto accountmajor10 min
Customers may be experiencing slowness in their Gusto accounts.minor49 min
Some users may be experiencing issues logging into their Gusto accounts.major6 min
Customers are unable to view the Check Printing and Cash Requirements Report.major20 h
Customers are unable to view the Check Printing and Cash Requirements Report.major3.6 h
Some customers may be experiencing issues logging into their Gusto accounts.major28 min
Some users unable to process payrollminor1.1 h
Some users unable to process payrollminor1.6 h
Core payroll service is downnone1.0 h
Some users may be experiencing loading issues in their Gusto accounts.minor2.7 h
Users may be unable to process international contractor paymentsmajor1.1 h
Users may be experiencing increased loading timesminor3.2 h
Customers may experience higher than normal wait times when calling Gusto support.minor17 min
Customers may be experiencing slowness in their Gusto accounts.minor1.9 h
We have temporarily closed our phone lines due to an AWS outage.critical1.7 h
Some customers may be unable to run payroll at this time.major2.9 h
Customers may be experiencing slowness in app.minor3.1 h
Some users may be experiencing issues loading their Gusto accountminor2.6 h
Issues loading information in Gusto accountsminor1.8 h
Some users may be unable to download their draft W-2 and 1099 formsminor2.1 h
Gusto.com is currently inaccessible due to an AWS outage.major1.4 h
Customers are currently unable to view the "Tax Documents" tab within their Gusto account.major3.4 h
We are experiencing some disruptions to our phone service. In the meantime, please contact our support teams via chat or email.minor5.0 h
Customers may experience long wait times when generating reports.minor23 min