Stripe status: is it down right now?
Our own check of stripe.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
stripe.com responded. The page answered normally in 528 ms.
stripe.com responded.
The page answered normally in 528 ms.
Checked (1 minute ago) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
Follow Stripe's public website. Free 10-minute checks, no card. This does not check every feature.
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This checks the response from stripe.com. It does not test playback, login or every Stripe feature.
Stripe status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
None since Oct 4. A problem has to fail two checks in a row before we record it.
Watch your site free
This page is for their outage. Your own site can fail the same way. Free plan: 3 monitors, SSL alerts, no card.
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About Stripe
Stripe processes payments, subscriptions (Billing), marketplaces (Connect), tax, and identity verification for millions of businesses. An outage on Stripe translates directly to lost revenue because checkouts fail in real time. The product is split into many APIs (PaymentIntents, Charges, Invoices, Subscriptions, Connect, Webhooks), each with its own incident surface. Webhook delivery issues are common and especially painful, your charge succeeded but your app never got the "charge.succeeded" webhook, leading to duplicate orders and support tickets. Stripe tends to publish post-incident writeups that are worth reading if you integrate deeply.
The official Stripe status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Independent monitoring catches issues faster.
outage patterns
Why Stripe outages need immediate detection
Financial platforms have a different outage cost profile than other SaaS: a 5-minute payment outage can stall thousands of transactions, trigger SLA breach clauses, and prompt regulatory reporting if it crosses certain thresholds. Status pages help but often lag by 10-30 minutes after the first user-visible symptoms.
The live tool above checks the public stripe.com endpoint from EU and US. It does not submit a payment, authenticate an account, or inspect settlement and webhook queues, so do not treat a green homepage result as proof that financial workflows are healthy. Business and Agency monitors can repeat the endpoint check every minute and route confirmed failures through their enabled channels.
Common signs Stripe is having issues
- Payment authorization endpoints returning errors or taking unusually long to respond
- Webhook delivery for transaction events lagging by minutes
- Login or 2FA endpoints intermittently failing for valid credentials
- Refund or settlement APIs accepting requests but never confirming completion
What to do when Stripe is degraded
If Stripe is showing signs of degradation during business hours, route customers to alternate payment paths if your platform supports them, and capture failed transactions in a retry queue so they can re-attempt cleanly once Stripe recovers. Communicate proactively to stakeholders rather than waiting for the platform's status-page confirmation.
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Get independent alerts when the public Stripe endpoint fails a confirmed check. Start free with 10-minute checks, or use Business or Agency for 60-second uptime checks.
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Business and Agency support 60-second uptime checks.
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EU & US checks. Catch regional outages.
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why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor Stripe on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track Stripe uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Stripe down right now?
See the latest check of stripe.com and its timestamp at the top of this page. If Stripe is down, you can also check the official status page for extra context.
How do I check if Stripe is having issues?
This page checks the public Stripe endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when Stripe goes down?
Set up a free monitor for stripe.com on Visual Sentinel for 10-minute checks with email and push alerts. Paid plans add checks as fast as 60 seconds and more notification channels.
Where can I find Stripe outage context?
The official Stripe status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Independent monitoring catches issues faster. Visual Sentinel checks the public Stripe endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
Will Stripe retry a failed webhook automatically?
Yes. Stripe retries webhooks with exponential backoff for up to three days by default. During a webhook outage Stripe queues deliveries and resumes sending once the receiver responds with a 2xx. Your endpoint must be idempotent.
Does a Stripe incident refund customers whose payments failed?
No automatic refund. Payments that failed never captured money. Payments that succeeded but triggered broken downstream processing (missing receipts, undelivered goods) are your responsibility to reconcile, typically via the Stripe Dashboard or the Refunds API.