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    53 recorded Kickstarter incidents since September 2023, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    Login and Signup Prevented due to 3rd Party Outage

    Started October 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM UTC · 11m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Mobilekickstarter.com
    1. October 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTCidentified

      We've identified the cause of this issue and are working to release a fix as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!

    2. October 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Elevated Error Rate

    Started August 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM UTC · 56m

    OutageMajor incident
    1. August 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're investigating elevated error rates with checkout and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this.

    2. August 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. August 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    All clear

    Started June 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTC · 0m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Paymentskickstarter.com
    1. June 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Elevated Error Rate

    Started June 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC · 25m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Paymentskickstarter.com
    1. June 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTCidentified

      We're seeing an elevated failure rate for a variety of request types, due to server timeouts. Users who experience a failed request may find a second try will cause it to succeed. We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!

    2. June 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Issues loading Kickstarter

    Started May 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC · 51m

    OutageCritical incident
    1. May 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

    2. May 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. May 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Users seeing errors on checkout

    Started April 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM UTC · 1h 15m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Paymentskickstarter.com
    1. April 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

    2. April 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM UTCinvestigating

      We've identified the cause of this issue and are working to release a fix as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!

    3. April 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM UTCmonitoring

      This issue has been resolved, and we're keeping an eye on site performance to make sure everything is working smoothly. Please stay tuned for the all-clear.

    4. April 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Some emails and notifications may be delayed

    Started April 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM UTC · 3h 32m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    kickstarter.com
    1. April 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

    2. April 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM UTCidentified

      We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

    3. April 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Degraded site performance

    Started March 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC · 44m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Mobilekickstarter.com
    1. March 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're investigating elevated error rates and slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

    2. March 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Site slow and loading intermittently

    Started March 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM UTC · 17m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Mobilekickstarter.com
    1. March 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM UTCidentified

      We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!

    2. March 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Some campaigns and pledges may not be loading

    Started March 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM UTC · 3h 37m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    MobilePaymentskickstarter.com
    1. March 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM UTCidentified

      An outage with a downstream vendor is causing disruption to some campaign pages and pledging for these projects. We are monitoring the vendor's incident status.

    2. March 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM UTCmonitoring

      This issue has been resolved, and we're keeping an eye on site performance to make sure everything is working smoothly. Please stay tuned for the all-clear.

    3. March 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    New images from creators for story and updates aren't loading

    Started February 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC · 57m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    kickstarter.com
    1. February 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTCinvestigating

      We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!

    2. February 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. February 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Creators are unable to submit their project

    Started February 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTC · 1h 50m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    kickstarter.com
    1. February 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!

    2. February 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM UTCidentified

      We've identified the cause of this issue and are working to release a fix as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!

    3. February 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    4. February 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Some campaign images not displaying

    Started February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTC · 23m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Mobilekickstarter.com
    1. February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're investigating instances where some campaign images are not displaying properly. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

    2. February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Kickstarter is down/slow to load

    Started January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC · 38m

    OutageCritical incident
    1. January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're currently experiencing issues loading Kickstarter.com! We are currently investigating.

    2. January 28, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. January 28, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Kickstarter Outage

    Started December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM UTC · 7m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    MobilePaymentskickstarter.com
    1. December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigation the issue. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

    2. December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM UTCresolved

      The issue has been resolved and we will continue to monitor to make sure things look clear.

    Payouts Delayed

    Started November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM UTC · 9h 9m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Paymentskickstarter.com
    1. November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM UTCmonitoring

      We're currently experiencing an issue with project payouts. Some creators may notice their project payout was delayed. We have fixed the bug cause the delay and are working to ensure that payouts that ought to have been sent over the past 48 hours definitely get sent.

    2. November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM UTCmonitoring

      We released a fix for issue causing a delay in background processing of important tasks such as payouts. Our systems are catching up now, and we are monitoring to make sure that everything gets processed in the right way.

    3. November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM UTCresolved

      The issue with delayed background processing jobs has been resolved.

    Advanced Creator Dashboard Not Loading

    Started October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM UTC · 5h 34m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    kickstarter.com
    1. October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM UTCidentified

      We're currently experiencing an issue with our Advanced Creator Dashboard pages, which are not loading. We're on it!

    2. October 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM UTCmonitoring

      Our Advanced Creator Dashboard pages should now be loading correctly. We will continue to monitor this over the next hour. Thanks for your patience!

    3. October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Creator Backer Report Modal Errors

    Started September 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM UTC · 1h 15m

    Pending
    1. September 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have identified an issue with creator backer reports. We've discovered what's causing this issue and we're working on a fix. Thanks for your patience!

    2. September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. September 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Notifications and updates may be delayed

    Started August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM UTC · 2h 59m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Mobilekickstarter.com
    1. August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM UTCinvestigating

      Notifications and updates may be delayed

    2. August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTCmonitoring

      This issue has been resolved, and we're keeping an eye on site performance to make sure everything is working smoothly. Please stay tuned for the all-clear.

    3. August 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.

    Notifications and updates may be delayed

    Started August 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM UTC · 2h 8m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Mobilekickstarter.com
    1. August 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM UTCinvestigating

      We're working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience!

    2. August 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

    3. August 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM UTCresolved

      All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.