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    49 recorded Bitpay incidents since October 2020, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    Invoice payments using DOGE are currently disabled.

    Started August 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC · 4d 3h

    Pending
    Affected components
    API Invoice - DOGE
    1. August 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have disabled invoice payments using DOGE while we investigate a related issue.

    2. August 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM UTCresolved

      DOGE has been re-enabled.

    Optimism Currently Disabled

    Started July 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTC · 1h 52m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice - ETH
    1. July 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTCinvestigating

      Due to an issue we have suspended payments on the Optimism network. Investigation is continuing.

    2. July 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM UTCidentified

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

    3. July 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Intermittent Inaccessibility

    Started April 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM UTC · 1h 7m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Bitpay HealthCheckBitpay HealthCheck (Sandbox)
    1. April 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM UTCidentified

      Some users are experiencing difficulties connecting to BitPay.com. We have identified the root cause and are working on deploying a fix.

    2. April 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTCidentified

      This issue has been resolved

    3. April 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM UTCidentified

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

    4. April 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    ETH and USDC on the BASE network are currently disabled.

    Started February 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM UTC · 18d 17h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice - USDCAPI Invoice - ETH
    1. February 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM UTCinvestigating

      We have identified an error affecting payments on the Base network. We have disabled payments with ETH and USDC on the Base network at this time while we are investigating. Payments via the Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Optimism networks are not affected.

    2. March 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Solana Network Disabled for Payments

    Started September 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM UTC · 115d 18h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice
    1. September 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM UTCinvestigating

      Due to an issue we are experiencing, we have disabled the Solana network for payments.

    2. January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    ETH and USDC on the BASE network are currently disabled.

    Started May 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM UTC · 1d 21h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice
    1. May 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM UTCinvestigating

      Due to an issue we were experiencing, we've disabled ETH and USDC on the BASE network. The appropriate teams are looking into when we can re-enable these currencies. All other currencies remain operational.

    2. May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Intermittent Errors

    Started April 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM UTC · 14h 53m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice
    1. April 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing intermittent errors on BitPay.com. Our team is investigating, but at this time, it appears the majority of users are still able to transact.

    2. April 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Intermittent Errors

    Started April 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM UTC · 4h 48m

    Pending
    Affected components
    API Invoice
    1. April 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing intermittent errors on BitPay.com. Our team is investigating, but at this time, it appears the majority of users are still able to transact.

    2. April 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Polygon Network Issues on Invoice

    Started February 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM UTC · 18h 50m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice - MATIC
    1. February 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are investigating issues with payments on the Polygon network. Until we have resolved the issue we are disabling payments via Polygon.

    2. February 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM UTCidentified

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

    3. February 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Unable to create invoices

    Started March 11, 2024 at 4:51 PM UTC · 2h 15m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    API InvoiceAPI Invoice - BUSDAPI Invoice - USDCAPI Invoice - ETHAPI Invoice - XRPAPI Invoice - PAXAPI Invoice - DOGEAPI Invoice - BCHAPI Invoice - GUSDAPI Invoice - BTC
    1. March 11, 2024 at 4:51 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have been notified that some customers are unable to create invoices on the BitPay platform. We are currently investigating the issue.

    2. March 11, 2024 at 7:06 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Lightning Payments Temporarily Disabled

    Started December 1, 2023 at 10:06 PM UTC · 2d 18h

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice - BTC
    1. December 1, 2023 at 10:06 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently seeing an issue where Bitcoin Lightning Network payments are having incorrect fees assigned, and as such are causing payment exceptions. We have deactivated Lightning payments while the appropriate team is investigating this issue.

    2. December 4, 2023 at 4:56 PM UTCresolved

      The underlying issue has been resolved, and we have reactivated Lightning payments.

    Sporadic Errors With BitPay Wallet

    Started November 14, 2023 at 12:29 AM UTC · 4m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    XRPBTCETH & ERC20Bitcore Wallet ServiceBCHDOGE
    1. November 14, 2023 at 12:29 AM UTCinvestigating

      Some users are seeing sporadic errors when attempting to use or load a wallet in the BitPay Wallet app. We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. November 14, 2023 at 12:32 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    ETH Slowness

    Started November 6, 2023 at 11:56 PM UTC · 0m

    Pending
    Affected components
    ETH & ERC20
    1. November 6, 2023 at 11:56 PM UTCresolved

      We experienced some issues with our ETH nodes. We have resolved the issue; some users may see delays for the next few hours as our systems recover.

    MATIC and other Polygon Payments Disabled

    Started October 13, 2023 at 2:10 PM UTC · 2d 23h

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice - MATIC
    1. October 13, 2023 at 2:10 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have disabled MATIC payments and other payments on the Polygon network while we investigate an issue.

    2. October 16, 2023 at 2:04 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    BTC Mainnet Synching Slowly

    Started May 10, 2023 at 3:23 PM UTC · 3h 41m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    BTC
    1. May 10, 2023 at 3:23 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing slow updates to BTC balances in the BitPay Wallet app. Our appropriate technical teams are aware of the issue and are investigating. This does not affect the sending of funds.

    2. May 10, 2023 at 7:03 PM UTCidentified

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

    3. May 10, 2023 at 7:03 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Slowness Reported

    Started December 22, 2022 at 6:34 PM UTC · 1h 25m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API InvoiceBitpay HealthCheck
    1. December 22, 2022 at 6:34 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently seeing some slowness with BitPay systems that may result in service degradation. The appropriate teams are currently looking into this issue.

    2. December 22, 2022 at 7:46 PM UTCmonitoring

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

    3. December 22, 2022 at 7:59 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    ETH and ERC-20 Tokens Disabled

    Started December 19, 2022 at 7:46 PM UTC · 1h 16m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice - BUSDAPI Invoice - USDCAPI Invoice - ETHAPI Invoice - GUSD
    1. December 19, 2022 at 7:46 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are disabling ETH and ERC-20 tokens while we perform a system upgrade. We anticipate ETH and ERC-20 tokens will be available again in approximately 90 minutes.

    2. December 19, 2022 at 9:03 PM UTCresolved

      We have re-enabled ETH and ERC-20 tokens.

    Instability with BitPay.com

    Started November 25, 2022 at 6:55 PM UTC · 2h 18m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API InvoiceBitpay HealthCheckBitcore Wallet Service
    1. November 25, 2022 at 6:55 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently experiencing instability with BitPay.com and associated applications. The appropriate teams are investigating.

    2. November 25, 2022 at 7:27 PM UTCmonitoring

      Stability has been restored and our development teams are monitoring.

    3. November 25, 2022 at 9:13 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Lightning Payments Temporarily Disabled

    Started November 18, 2022 at 4:52 PM UTC · 22h 6m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    API Invoice
    1. November 18, 2022 at 4:52 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have received reports of Lightning Network payments not appropriately applying to invoices; we have disabled payment via Lightning while we investigate this issue.

    2. November 18, 2022 at 9:50 PM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and we are working to put a fix in place.

    3. November 19, 2022 at 2:58 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Sporadic black screen or white screen issues

    Started November 14, 2022 at 9:51 PM UTC · 2d 19h

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Bitcore Wallet Service
    1. November 14, 2022 at 9:51 PM UTCinvestigating

      Some users are still experiencing a white or black screen when attempting to use the BitPay app. If you experience either a white or black screen, please fully close the app and reopen. We're continuing to monitor this situation.

    2. November 17, 2022 at 5:02 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.