Authorize.net outage on Aug 8, 2026

What happened

Authorize.net reported a partial outage starting Aug 8, 2026, 18:19 UTC, affecting Vantiv. It was marked resolved at Aug 9, 2026, 04:59 UTC.

• The incident lasted 10h 40m from first report to resolution.
• Authorize.net had reported 2 other partial or major outages in the 90 days before it.
• 6 other vendors we track reported a significant incident within 12 hours of it.

Latest update from Authorize.net

The issue affecting Vantiv transaction processing has now been fully resolved. <b>Reported Start Time:</b> 21:14 GMT on August 03, 2026 <b>Reported End Time:</b> 01:15 GMT on August 09, 2026 <b>Impact:</b> Users are now able to use Vantiv transaction processing as normal. <b>Next Update:</b> No further updates, issue resolved. Please do not hesitate to contact the Authorize.net support team if you have any questions or concerns. <a href="https://support.authorize.net" target="_blank">Authorize.net Support Center</a> <b>Incident #:</b> INC26672537

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What our independent monitoring saw

Our independent monitoring of Authorize.net started after this incident, so this report is based on Authorize.net's status page.

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