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    51 recorded Betternow incidents since April 2017, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    retroactive: API authorization errors

    Started August 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTC · 0m

    OutageMajor incident
    1. August 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTCresolved

      A new version of the service added stricter validation of API credentials, which improperly refused access for some users with the 401 HTTP response code. We saw an increase in 401 responses from 2026-08-12 17:43 CEST until the validation was reverted at 2026-08-13 08:41 CEST

    VIpps/MobilePay errors

    Started January 19, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC · 6h 47m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Donation Payment Processing
    1. January 19, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. January 19, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTCmonitoring

      https://vipps.statuspage.io/incidents/0qmhyt9df92b according to Vipps a fix has been put into place. We are also seeing the error rate normalize.

    3. January 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Elevated Errors

    Started December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM UTC · 36m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're experiencing an elevated level errors and are currently looking into the issue.

    2. December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. December 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased Error Rate

    Started December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM UTC · 42m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Swish errors

    Started October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM UTC · 4h 29m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Donation Payment Processing
    1. October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM UTCidentified

      Some Swish payments are failing due to an issue with our upstream vendor. More information can be found at https://status.quickpay.net/cmh1pki2m04p95kv5jg6tkw0a

    2. October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Swish payment issues

    Started September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM UTC · 1h 30m

    Pending
    Affected components
    Donation Payment Processing
    1. September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM UTCidentified

      We have identified an issue at our upstream payment provider and have contacted them so that they can correct the issue. We have temporarily disabled Swish payments until the issue is resolved. Card, MobilePay, Vipps, and bank transfer payments are unaffected.

    3. September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM UTCidentified

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

    4. September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM UTCmonitoring

      Our upstream payment provider has corrected the issue. The error was live between 10:20 and 15:18. Swish payments have now been enabled again. Our upstream payment provider will contact affected merchants with details about the issue.

    5. September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased error rate

    Started June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM UTC · 14h 54m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. June 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM UTCidentified

      Our services are down due to a Heroku/Salesforce incident. https://status.salesforce.com/generalmessages/10001540 has more information on the outage.

    3. June 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are seeing service recovery, however the Heroku/Salesforce incident is not resolved. We continue to monitor the system.

    4. June 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM UTCmonitoring

      Heroku/Salesforce has updated their incident with the following: "Investigations are still ongoing. A permanent fix is in progress, and it will require disabling the configuration change that reintroduces impact." We take this to mean there is a possibility of more downtime before the incident is fully resolved. We will continue to monitor the system.

    5. June 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM UTCmonitoring

      Heroku/Salesforce continue to work towards resolving the incident. The latest information can be found at https://status.salesforce.com/generalmessages/10001540 We will leave this incident open until the issue is fully resolved on their side. Our services have been operational since 16:21 UTC.

    6. June 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Errors in fundraisers API endpoint

    Started March 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC · 2h 30m

    Pending
    1. March 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM UTCresolved

      An error in a deploy caused an increased error rate for API requests to the fundraisers endpoint. The deploy has been rolled back as of 15:22 CEST

    Increase error rate

    Started December 30, 2024 at 4:46 PM UTC · 44m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. December 30, 2024 at 4:46 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. December 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM UTCidentified

      Autoscaling has caught up to the increased traffic and it looks like services are recovering

    3. December 30, 2024 at 4:59 PM UTCmonitoring

      Services are recovered, we continue to monitor traffic levels and error levels

    4. December 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased error rate

    Started November 15, 2024 at 7:54 AM UTC · 2h 24m

    Pending
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. November 15, 2024 at 7:54 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. November 15, 2024 at 9:44 AM UTCmonitoring

      Our autoscaling has caught up to a spike in requests and the error rate has normalized. We continue to monitor the health of the system.

    3. November 15, 2024 at 10:18 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Errors with Swish payments

    Started November 8, 2024 at 8:06 AM UTC · 1h 39m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Donation Payment Processing
    1. November 8, 2024 at 8:06 AM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

    2. November 8, 2024 at 8:06 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    3. November 8, 2024 at 8:08 AM UTCinvestigating

      We see an elevated error rate for Swish payments for many merchants. More information can be found on the Swish status page at https://status.swish.nu/incidents/1fwn9ny2lsh3

    4. November 8, 2024 at 9:45 AM UTCresolved

      Swish has resolved their incident. We continue to monitor the error rate for Swish payments. https://status.swish.nu/incidents/1fwn9ny2lsh3

    Downtime from 19:53-20:42 CET, October 28th

    Started October 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM UTC · 11h 30m

    OutageMajor incident
    1. October 29, 2024 at 5:29 AM UTCresolved

      Our monitoring shows a period of downtime between 19:53 and 20:42 CET yesterday, October 28th. This was due to an issue with our upstream provider, the details are here: https://status.heroku.com/incidents/2721

    Increased response times

    Started October 9, 2024 at 1:21 PM UTC · 5h 13m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. October 9, 2024 at 1:21 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're seeing longer response times than normal from some regions.

    2. October 9, 2024 at 1:33 PM UTCinvestigating

      For now it seems our monitoring from North America and South America are seeing the worst response times, while Europe and Asia-Pacific are only slightly elevated.

    3. October 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM UTCidentified

      This looks to be a repeat of yesterday's incident: https://status.heroku.com/incidents/2685

    4. October 9, 2024 at 4:44 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are seeing response times improve in all regions.

    5. October 9, 2024 at 6:35 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased response times

    Started October 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM UTC · 11h 5m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. October 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're seeing much longer response times than normal from some regions.

    2. October 8, 2024 at 5:37 PM UTCinvestigating

      We continue to see excessive response times and we're still trying to determine the cause.

    3. October 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM UTCidentified

      Our upstream provider Heroku is reporting problems. Details are at https://status.heroku.com/incidents/2684

    4. October 9, 2024 at 4:15 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased error rate

    Started October 7, 2024 at 7:53 AM UTC · 2h 5m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. October 7, 2024 at 7:53 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. October 7, 2024 at 8:09 AM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. October 7, 2024 at 9:59 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased error rate

    Started September 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM UTC · 4h 38m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. September 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. September 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM UTCmonitoring

      The error rate has returned to normal levels. We continue to monitor the system.

    3. September 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Clearhaus payment issues

    Started September 12, 2024 at 5:12 AM UTC · 12h 38m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Donation Payment Processing
    1. September 12, 2024 at 5:12 AM UTCidentified

      Clearhaus is reporting issues with an upstream provider https://status.clearhaus.com/incidents/hp85pwr0m3yp

    2. September 12, 2024 at 5:13 AM UTCidentified

      From Clearhaus: "Our upstream provider has confirmed and is aware of a connectivity issue. Currently almost all authorizations, voids and Mastercard credits are impacted"

    3. September 12, 2024 at 12:18 PM UTCmonitoring

      An update from Clearhaus: "We have seen a significant increase in approval rates and the connectivity is now back to normal. Due to the severity of this issue and the previous sudden change in approval rate we are still actively monitoring this situation." We will continue to monitor this as well.

    4. September 12, 2024 at 5:49 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased error rate for Swish payments

    Started July 5, 2024 at 7:10 AM UTC · 2h 25m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Donation Payment Processing
    1. July 5, 2024 at 7:10 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. July 5, 2024 at 7:11 AM UTCinvestigating

      Swish has an incident open for this at https://status.swish.nu/incidents/6xqpkqcsy8bb

    3. July 5, 2024 at 7:23 AM UTCmonitoring

      We are seeing a reduction in error rates and will continue to monitor the system and Swish's incident until it is resolved.

    4. July 5, 2024 at 9:36 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased Error rate

    Started April 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM UTC · 1h 33m

    Pending
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. April 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. April 25, 2024 at 10:21 AM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. April 25, 2024 at 11:48 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Increased Error count

    Started March 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM UTC · 34m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    api.betternow.orgBetterNow Platform
    1. March 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. March 13, 2024 at 3:36 PM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. March 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.