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    54 recorded Affirm incidents since May 2024, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    Affirm Mobile Application Payment Method Degradation for CA Users

    Started September 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTC · 1h 26m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Canada
    1. September 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are aware of an issue where Payment Methods is not shown in the Mobile app for CA users. Our team is currently investigating, and we will provide additional updates as soon as possible.

    2. September 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM UTCidentified

      We have identified the cause and are continuing to work on a fix for the issue. We will provide more updates as they come along.

    3. September 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Affirm Services Degradation

    Started August 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM UTC · 48m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US
    1. August 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM UTCidentified

      We are currently experiencing degraded performance across Affirm services. Our engineering team has identified the root cause and is actively working to implement a fix. We will provide another update as soon as the issue is resolved or more information becomes available.

    2. August 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM UTCidentified

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

    3. August 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are currently seeing recovery and will continue to monitor system performance closely to ensure full stability.

    4. August 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Checkout Degradation

    Started June 22, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTC · 29m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US
    1. June 22, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have seen a degradation to our checkout flow as a result of our CDN provider and believe that it has been mitigated. Our teams are continuing to monitor before confirming full recovery.

    2. June 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTCresolved

      The checkout flow degradation caused by our CDN provider has been resolved. Our teams have confirmed full recovery and normal service has resumed.

    Sandbox checkout confirm_loan failures

    Started June 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC · 1h 22m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US
    1. June 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating an issue with the confirm_loan endpoint in the Affirm US sandbox. We will update further as scope and root cause are uncovered.

    2. June 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate the root cause of this issue. We are comparing successful and non-successful sandbox loan confirmations to understand potential mitigations.

    3. June 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are now monitoring the results.

    4. June 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    CA Checkout Degradation

    Started June 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC · 52m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    CA - Shop Pay InstallmentsCanada
    1. June 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing a degradation in our checkout flow for users in Canada.

    2. June 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate this issue.

    3. June 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTCinvestigating

      Our teams are still investigating the root cause of the issue. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

    4. June 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTCmonitoring

      The errors within the checkout flow have resolved and the issue has been mitigated. Our teams are continuing to monitor before confirming full recovery.

    5. June 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM UTCresolved

      The checkout service has remained operational. This incident is now resolved.

    Checkout Degradation

    Started June 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM UTC · 1h 35m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US
    1. June 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM UTCinvestigating

      The Affirm team has observed degradation in some US checkouts and is currently investigating.

    2. June 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring recovery.

    3. June 4, 2026 at 9:35 AM UTCmonitoring

      Services have been restored.

    4. June 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM UTCresolved

      Services have been restored.

    Degradation on Sandbox APIs

    Started June 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC · 1h 49m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    CanadaUS
    1. June 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTCidentified

      We have identified the cause of the disruption to our Sandbox APIs and we are currently attempting to fix the issue.

    2. June 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTCidentified

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

    3. June 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have implemented a fix and have seen a recovery in the availability of our Sandbox APIs. We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure that our systems are fully operational.

    4. June 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM UTCresolved

      Our team has deployed a fix and have seen the errors subside. All services are now functioning as expected.

    Elevated latency across our services

    Started May 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTC · 1d 3h

    Pending
    1. May 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently experiencing elevated latency across our services leading to timeouts and errors. We are actively investigating the issue.

    2. May 8, 2026 at 12:30 AM UTCidentified

      We are currently experiencing elevated latency to our services. This has been traced to an issue with our cloud service provider, and our team is actively working toward resolution.

    3. May 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM UTCidentified

      We continue to experience elevated latency across our services. Error rates have decreased, though response times remain slower than normal. This is due to an issue with our cloud service provider, who is actively working toward a full resolution.

    4. May 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM UTCidentified

      We continue to experience elevated latency across our services, though error rates remain decreased. Our cloud service provider is actively working toward a full resolution.

    5. May 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM UTCidentified

      We continue to experience elevated latency across our services, with sporadic increases in error rates throughout the duration of this incident. Our cloud service provider is actively working toward a full resolution.

    6. May 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM UTCmonitoring

      We are seeing improved latency across our services and response times are trending back toward normal. We are continuing to monitor while we await final resolution confirmation from our cloud service provider.

    7. May 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM UTCmonitoring

      We experienced a slight increase in errors and latency, which has since subsided. We are continuing to monitor while we await final resolution confirmation from our cloud service provider.

    8. May 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM UTCmonitoring

      Latency has continued to improve across our services and overall performance has stabilized. We are continuing to monitor while we await final resolution confirmation from our cloud service provider.

    9. May 8, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTCmonitoring

      Latency and overall performance remain stabilized. We are continuing to monitor while we await final resolution confirmation from our cloud service provider.

    10. May 8, 2026 at 9:59 AM UTCmonitoring

      We are experiencing an increase in errors and latency. We are continuing to monitor while we await final confirmation of resolution from our cloud service provider.

    11. May 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM UTCmonitoring

      Latency and overall performance remain stabilized. We are continuing to monitor while our cloud service provider fully resolves the issue.

    12. May 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTCmonitoring

      Latency and overall performance remain stable. We are continuing to monitor while our cloud service provider fully resolves the issue.

    13. May 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTCmonitoring

      Affirm Latency and overall performance remain stable. We are still awaiting full confirmation from our cloud service provider before declaring the incident resolved.

    14. May 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM UTCmonitoring

      We continue to receive positive signal from our cloud service provider. Affirm latency and performance remain stable. We are awaiting full confirmation from our cloud service provider before declaring the incident resolved.

    15. May 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM UTCmonitoring

      Affirm latency and performance remain stable. We are awaiting full confirmation from our cloud service provider before declaring the incident resolved.

    16. May 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are maintaining a monitoring posture on this incident as we await a statement of permanent resolution from our cloud cloud service provider. Affirm latency and performance remain stable.

    17. May 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM UTCmonitoring

      Our cloud service provider has notified us that full resolution will require some time to finalize. As Affirm's latency and performance have remained stable throughout the day, we will update on Affirm's status when we receive an all-clear signal from the service provider or we see a regression in service health.

    18. May 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM UTCresolved

      Our cloud service provider has confirmed operations are fully restored and we are seeing continued healthy observability on our end. Incident resolved.

    US SMS Authentication Service Degraded

    Started April 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM UTC · 14h 17m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US
    1. April 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating an increase in our SMS PIN retry rate affecting Affirm Checkout in the US

    2. April 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM UTCidentified

      We have identified the cause of the SMS retry rate and are investigating potential mitigations.

    3. April 18, 2026 at 3:03 AM UTCidentified

      We are still observing elevated PIN retry rates for users in US. There is a central point of failure effecting multiple 3rd party SMS providers. Users who retry are successfully completing checkouts. We will continue to monitor the situation and update as it progresses.

    4. April 18, 2026 at 4:15 AM UTCidentified

      PIN retry rates for users in US remain unchanged. There is a central point of failure effecting multiple 3rd party SMS providers. Users who retry are successfully completing checkouts. We will continue to monitor the situation and update as it progresses.

    5. April 18, 2026 at 5:37 AM UTCmonitoring

      We were able to cutover traffic to a recovered SMS service and have observed recovery. We will continue to monitor before resolving the incident.

    6. April 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Checkout Degradation in US/CA

    Started March 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC · 3h 35m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    USCanada
    1. March 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating a degradation to loan authorization rate, indicating an issue in the checkout flow. We will update with new findings as soon as possible

    2. March 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTCidentified

      We have performed a mitigation and have observed checkout availability recovery for all merchants. We will monitor to ensure stability.

    3. March 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTCmonitoring

      We have maintained normal availability since the mitigation. We are continuing to dig into root causes on this issue.

    4. March 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTCmonitoring

      Affirm's systems remain stable and we are making progress determining root cause. More updates will come shortly.

    5. March 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM UTCmonitoring

      We are implementing a permanent fix to the mitigated issue. Checkout activity remains healthy. We will monitor the results and resolve the incident once efficacy of said fix has been confirmed.

    6. March 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Degradation in Affirm UK Checkout

    Started February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTC · 1h 23m

    Pending
    Affected components
    UKUKUK - Shop Pay InstallmentsUKUK
    1. February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue

    2. February 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have identified the root cause of the incident and will continue monitoring our services to ensure that our services maintain operational.

    3. February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Delay in Shopify Order Status Updates

    Started January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM UTC · 41m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US - Shopify Payments App
    1. January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating an issue affecting order status updates for merchants using the Shopify Payments App. While customers can still complete the Affirm checkout flow, there is a delay in orders being marked as 'Authorized' or 'Confirmed' within the Shopify dashboard. Our engineering team is working to restore event processing.

    2. January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM UTCresolved

      The issue affecting Shopify order status updates has been resolved. All delayed events have been processed, and order statuses are now appearing correctly in the Shopify dashboard. We appreciate your patience.

    Affirm US Checkout Availability Degradation

    Started January 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM UTC · 52m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    US - Shop Pay InstallmentsUS
    1. January 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently experiencing a drop in checkout availability. We are working on identifying the root cause to return service as soon as possible. We will update as soon as we can.

    2. January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have seen a recovery in our services but we are still monitoring and investigating the root cause of the issue. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

    3. January 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have identified the root cause of the incident and will continue monitoring our services to ensure that our services maintain operational.

    4. January 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM UTCresolved

      Our services have maintained operational. This incident is now resolved.

    Authentication Disruption in the US

    Started January 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM UTC · 9h 58m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    USUS
    1. January 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM UTCidentified

      We are observing authentication issues for some consumers related to ongoing nation-wide carrier disruptions.

    2. January 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTCmonitoring

      We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure performance remains stable.

    3. January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are continuing to monitor the situation to ensure performance remains stable.

    4. January 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Degradation in Affirm Checkout

    Started January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM UTC · 6m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    US - Shop Pay InstallmentsCA - Shopify Payments AppUK - Shop Pay InstallmentsUS - Shopify Payments App
    1. January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM UTCidentified

      We've identified the source of the degradation in Affirm Checkout and we are working on a mitigation

    2. January 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM UTCmonitoring

      We've deployed a mitigation, throughput is recovering and are actively monitoring.

    3. January 7, 2026 at 7:51 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Degradation in Affirm UK Checkout

    Started December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM UTC · 23h 52m

    Pending
    Affected components
    UK
    1. December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are currently in a monitoring state.

    2. December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Degradation in Affirm Checkout Service

    Started December 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM UTC · 50m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    US - Shop Pay InstallmentsUKUKCA - Shopify Payments AppCanadaUSUS - BigCommerceUSCanadaCanadaCanadaUKCanadaUK - Shop Pay InstallmentsUS - WixUKCanadaUKUSUSUKCanadaUSUSUS - Shopify Payments AppUSCanadaUKUSCanadaUSUS - WooCommerce
    1. December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM UTCidentified

      We are currently experiencing a degradation in all Affirm API's for users. Our engineering team is working to identify the root cause and implement a solution as soon as possible.

    2. December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM UTCmonitoring

      We are seeing recovery, but will continue to monitor.

    3. December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved and we are fully recovered.

    Increase in Latency Across Affirm APIs

    Started December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM UTC · 3h 1m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US - Shop Pay InstallmentsUSUSUS
    1. December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are investigating increased API error rates in the US-EAST-1 Region.

    2. December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM UTCidentified

      We have identified the root cause of the service disruption and are actively working on a mitigation.

    3. December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM UTCmonitoring

      We have not seen a recurrence since approximately 18:20 pm PT and are continuing to monitor our dashboards.

    4. December 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increase in Latency Across Affirm APIs

    Started December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM UTC · 1h 44m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    US - Shop Pay InstallmentsUSUSUS
    1. December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are investigating increased API error rates in the US-EAST-1 Region.

    2. December 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM UTCidentified

      We identified what's causing this increased API error rates in the US-EAST-1 Region and currently working to mitigate.

    3. December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are seeing recovery across all endpoints - we will keep monitoring for full resolution.

    4. December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM UTCresolved

      This incident is resolved now.

    latency

    Started November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM UTC · 20m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    USCanada
    1. November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have detected intermittent API latency and are actively investigating.

    2. November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM UTCresolved

      The latency was related to a disruption on a core infrastructure provider. We are observing full recovery.