Stripe: Elevated declines on Mastercard
Affected components: Acquirers and payment methods
Timeline of updates
- identified
We're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times affecting MasterCard payment processing.
- monitoring
As of 18:27 UTC, elevated Mastercard authorization errors have recovered. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved.
- resolved
From 16:50 to 18:27 UTC on October 15, 2026, Mastercard payment processing experienced elevated error rates and response times, resulting in increased authorization declines. Failures were highly concentrated in wallet and tokenized transactions. The issue is resolved.
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