How often does Square have outages?

Square has had 25 reported incidents recently. Visit apistatuscheck.com/incidents/square for the complete outage history with timelines and resolution details.

What was the last Square outage?

The most recent Square incident was "Service Disruption" on October 7, 2026. It was classified as minor impact and is currently resolved.

Square Outage History

25 incidents reported. Data sourced from the official Square status page.

Total Incidents

Major/Critical

Minor

Resolved

October 2026

Service Disruption

minor

Oct 7, 06:38 PM→Oct 8, 12:10 AMresolved

Oct 8, 12:10 AM

resolved — The issue preventing some sellers from adding their Square Credit Card to digital wallets such as Apple Pay is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has ...

Oct 7, 06:38 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for Square Credit Card. Sellers will experience a disruption with adding their Square Credit Card to a digital wallet. We understand how important it is for all of o...

September 2026

Service Disruption

minor

Sep 27, 04:08 AM→Sep 27, 05:55 AMresolved

Sep 27, 05:55 AM

resolved — Services have now recovered. Reporting in Dashboard may be delayed. Tip Adjustments that were previously failing can now be entered. We recommend doing so today.

Sep 27, 04:08 AM

monitoring — We experienced widespread elevated latency and service errors across Square. Services have largely recovered, though some residual errors are still happening with Payment Authorization, Refunds, Tip A...

Service Disruption

minor

Sep 24, 09:16 PM→Sep 24, 09:28 PMresolved

Sep 24, 09:28 PM

resolved — JCN card processing has been restored to full functionality. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against similar i...

Sep 24, 09:16 PM

investigating — We are experiencing a disruption with some payment processing at point of sale. Your ability to accept payments is our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue. W...

Service Disruption

minor

Sep 21, 07:40 PM→Sep 24, 12:25 AMresolved

Sep 24, 12:25 AM

resolved — The issue affecting order creation on Square Point of Sale has been resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems ...

Sep 23, 09:18 PM

monitoring — We have released a fix for Square Point of Sale and are beginning to see impacted services return to full functionality. Your business's ability to operate smoothly is our top priority, and our Engine...

Sep 21, 07:40 PM

identified — We are continuing to work on a fix for Square Point of Sale. Some Sellers will experience a disruption with saving open orders on iOS. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be r...

Service Disruption

minor

Sep 18, 07:07 PM→Sep 18, 11:01 PMresolved

Sep 18, 11:01 PM

resolved — The issue affecting Square Online loading times is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against simil...

Sep 18, 07:17 PM

investigating — We are currently experiencing a disruption with some Square Online sites loading slowly. Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue...

Sep 18, 07:07 PM

investigating — We are currently experiencing a disruption with Square Online. Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue. We appreciate your patie...

Transfers Disruption

minor

Sep 18, 12:26 AM→Sep 18, 03:33 PMresolved

Sep 18, 03:33 PM

resolved — The disruption with some Instant Transfers to Visa cards issued by Bank of Nova Scotia and Tangerine Bank is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has im...

Sep 18, 12:26 AM

identified — We are currently experiencing a disruption with some Instant Transfers to Visa cards issued by Bank of Nova Scotia and Tangerine Bank. We recommend retrying failed Instant Transfers. Your business ope...

Service Disruption

minor

Sep 16, 06:58 PM→Sep 16, 07:32 PMresolved

Sep 16, 07:32 PM

resolved — The issue affecting Kitchen Display System (KDS) is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against simi...

Sep 16, 07:26 PM

monitoring — We have released a fix for Kitchen Display System (KDS) and are beginning to see impacted services return to full functionality. Your business's ability to operate smoothly is our top priority, and ou...

Sep 16, 06:58 PM

investigating — We are experiencing a disruption with Kitchen Display System (KDS). Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue. We appreciate your ...

Service Disruption

minor

Sep 14, 04:52 PM→Sep 14, 05:53 PMresolved

Sep 14, 05:53 PM

resolved — The disruption affecting some sellers' account creation is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems again...

Sep 14, 05:03 PM

investigating — We are currently experiencing a disruption that is impacting some Square services. We understand how important it is for your business for all of our services to be up and running, and our Engineering...

Sep 14, 04:58 PM

investigating — We are experiencing a disruption with some account creation. Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue. We appreciate your patienc...

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Payments Disruption

minor

Sep 10, 09:14 PM→Sep 10, 09:30 PMresolved

Sep 10, 09:30 PM

resolved — The issue affecting some debit-card transactions is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against simi...

Sep 10, 09:14 PM

investigating — We are continuing to work on a fix for payment processing. Sellers will experience a disruption with some debit-card transactions that may fail or be unavailable due to an issue with a third-party pay...

August 2026

Service Disruption

minor

Aug 24, 03:15 AM→Aug 24, 03:32 AMresolved

Aug 24, 03:32 AM

resolved — The disruption affecting eftpos payment processing for some transactions at point of sale is now resolved. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.

Aug 24, 03:24 AM

monitoring — We're beginning to see eftpos payments return to full functionality. We'll continue to monitor the situation for a short while. Thank you for your patience as our team works to resolve this issue.

Aug 24, 03:15 AM

investigating — We are currently experiencing intermittent disruptions with some eftpos payment processing at point of sale. As a workaround, we recommend customers use a non-eftpos card such as a Visa, Mastercard or...

Chat Support Outage

minor

Aug 18, 05:49 PM→Aug 18, 07:52 PMresolved

Aug 18, 07:52 PM

resolved — The outage affecting some chat-based Support is now resolved. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team continues to work to s...

Aug 18, 05:49 PM

investigating — We are experiencing intermittent issues with chat-based Support. Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue. We appreciate your pat...

Service Disruption

minor

Aug 15, 04:48 AM→Aug 15, 05:51 AMresolved

Aug 15, 05:51 AM

resolved — The previous issue with Mastercard payment processing at point of sale is now resolved. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.

Aug 15, 04:49 AM

investigating — We are currently experiencing intermittent disruptions with Mastercard payment processing at point of sale. As a workaround, we recommend customers use a non-Mastercard form of payment if available. ...

Aug 15, 04:48 AM

Dashboard Disruption

minor

Aug 4, 08:54 PM→Aug 11, 01:51 AMresolved

Aug 11, 01:51 AM

resolved — The disruption with Point of Sale and Payment Acceptance on some Square Register devices is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measure...

Aug 10, 09:28 PM

monitoring — We have released a fix for the disruption with Point of Sale and Payment Acceptance on some Square Register devices and are beginning to see impacted services return to full functionality. Your busine...

Aug 4, 08:54 PM

investigating — We are experiencing a disruption with Point of Sale and Payment Acceptance on some Square Register devices. Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to...

July 2026

Delayed sales reporting data disruption

minor

Jul 24, 08:57 PM→Jul 24, 10:04 PMresolved

Jul 24, 10:04 PM

resolved — The delay with sales reporting data is now resolved. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team continues to work to strengthen...

Jul 24, 08:57 PM

investigating — We are experiencing delayed sales reporting data with some Square Reports. Your business operations are our top priority and our Engineering team is working rapidly to resolve this issue. Transactions...

Payments Disruption

minor

Jul 22, 04:57 PM→Jul 24, 01:36 AMresolved

Jul 24, 01:36 AM

resolved — We've resolved the previous issue where some sellers in Australia and the United Kingdom experienced declined transactions when buyers attempted to pay with US-issued Visa cards via card-not-present m...

Jul 22, 04:57 PM

investigating — We are experiencing an issue with a small number of payments. Some sellers in Australia and the United Kingdom are experiencing declined transactions when buyers attempt to pay with US-issued Visa car...

Payment Disruption

minor

Jul 15, 11:43 PM→Jul 16, 02:55 AMresolved

Jul 16, 02:55 AM

resolved — Payment acceptance has been restored to full functionality. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team continues to work with o...

Jul 16, 01:06 AM

identified — We're continuing to work with our payment processing partner to resolve a disruption with payment processing. Sellers may see some Visa, Mastercard and debit card transactions declined at point of sal...

Jul 15, 11:43 PM

investigating — Square's payment processing partner is experiencing a disruption with payment processing. As a result, sellers may see some Visa and Mastercard transactions declined at point of sale. If possible, we ...

Phone Support: Higher Than Expected Wait Times

minor

Jul 7, 01:30 AM→Jul 14, 02:43 AMresolved

Jul 14, 02:43 AM

resolved — Thank you for your patience and understanding while we experienced higher than normal call volumes.

Jul 7, 01:30 AM

identified — We are currently receiving a high volume of inquiries related to onboarding and setup, which may result in longer wait times when calling support. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate yo...

June 2026

DoorDash Disruption

minor

Jun 28, 11:46 PM→Jun 29, 01:22 AMresolved

Jun 29, 01:22 AM

resolved — The DoorDash disruption impacting the DoorDash integration for Square has been resolved. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.

Jun 29, 12:31 AM

monitoring — DoorDash has implemented a fix for their previous disruption and is monitoring the results. We are beginning to see the integration return to full functionality for Square sellers. Thank you for your ...

Jun 28, 11:46 PM

identified — We are aware of an ongoing DoorDash outage impacting the DoorDash integration for Square sellers. New DoorDash orders and menu syncing are temporarily unavailable. This disruption originates from Doo...

Service Disruption

minor

Jun 22, 02:47 PM→Jun 22, 03:16 PMresolved

Jun 22, 03:16 PM

resolved — We recently experienced a disruption that impacted some Square services. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team is actively...

Jun 22, 02:57 PM

Jun 22, 02:47 PM

May 2026

Service Disruption

minor

May 4, 11:31 PM→May 5, 01:24 AMresolved

May 5, 01:24 AM

resolved — Samsung has identified an issue impacting Samsung Pay tap to pay transactions, and plan to release a fix via an update to the Samsung Pay app. In the meantime, please ask customers using Samsung Pay ...

May 5, 12:23 AM

identified — We’ve continued to investigate this issue and have narrowed the impact to Samsung Pay tap-to-pay transactions at Square card readers. At this time, we do not believe Apple Pay or Google Pay are affect...

May 4, 11:31 PM

investigating — We’re currently investigating an issue where some customers’ digital wallet tap payments (including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay) are being declined at Square card readers. Affected buyers m...

April 2026

Degraded Performance: Instant Transfers

major

Apr 30, 10:53 PM→May 1, 04:36 PMresolved

May 1, 04:36 PM

resolved — The disruption that impacted the ability to initiate Instant Transfers to debit cards is now resolved. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and ou...

Apr 30, 10:53 PM

identified — Due to a third-party disruption with one of our banking partners, we are experiencing an increase in failures for some Instant Transfers to debit cards. While recovery has begun, Sellers experiencing ...

Service Disruption

minor

Apr 20, 09:54 PM→Apr 20, 11:18 PMresolved

Apr 20, 11:18 PM

resolved — We recently experienced a disruption that impacted the processing of some eftpos payments. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineerin...

Apr 20, 11:16 PM

investigating — We are currently experiencing a disruption that is impacting eftpos payments. For now, we recommend customers use alternative methods of payments such as Visa, Mastercard or Amex. We understand how im...

Apr 20, 09:54 PM

investigating — We are currently experiencing a disruption that is impacting some eftpos payments. We understand how important it is for your business for all of our services to be up and running, and our Engineering...

PayPay payments acceptance issue

minor

Apr 1, 12:20 PM→Apr 1, 01:48 PMresolved

Apr 1, 01:48 PM

resolved — From 7:45pm to 10:45pm JST, we experienced a disruption that impacted PayPay payment acceptance due to the issue at our partner company. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be...

Apr 1, 12:20 PM

March 2026

Degraded performance : QUICPay and iD payments

minor

Mar 19, 10:36 AM→Mar 19, 10:53 AMresolved

Mar 19, 10:53 AM

resolved — Due to an issue at one of our third party partner, payments with QUICPay and iD could not be processed between 6:14 p.m. and 7:14 p.m. The issue has now been resolved by the partner, and payments are ...

Mar 19, 10:36 AM

investigating — Due to the issue in our partner company, we are currently experiencing a disruption that is impacting QUICPay and iD payments since 6:14pm JST. We understand how important it is for your business for ...

PayPay payments acceptance issue

none

Mar 19, 12:50 PM→Mar 19, 06:05 AMresolved

Mar 19, 12:50 PM

resolved — From 3:05pm to 3:20pm JST, we experienced a disruption that impacted PayPay payment acceptance due to the issue at our partner company. Should you have any questions regarding your PayPay transaction ...

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