Live status & reliability report

Xero status, outages & reliability

#5 of 7 accounting software toolsOperational

Xero is a Wellington, New Zealand-founded cloud accounting platform for small businesses and their advisors.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 90 days Xero had 98.61% effective uptime across 27 status page incidents (11 partial or major outages), resolving them in 5h on average.

48.6/100Reliability scoreVisit Xero ↗

Is Xero down right now?

No, Xero is up and running.

  • Xero's status page reports all systems operational. Checked .
  • All 3 Xero pages we check are responding. Checked .

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Uptime (90d)98.61%1d 5h weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)276.2 per 30 days
Major / partial outages11
Avg time to resolve5h
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 99.81% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026: no incidentsAug 28, 2026: 98.45% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026: no incidentsAug 30, 2026: 94.88% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 31, 2026: 96.62% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 1, 2026: 97.87% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 84.11% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026: no incidentsSep 7, 2026: 92.30% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 8, 2026: 95.54% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 12, 2026: no incidentsSep 13, 2026: 99.53% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 14, 2026: 86.41% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 15, 2026: 91.03% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 16, 2026: 86.68% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026: no incidentsSep 23, 2026: 93.29% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026: 91.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026: no incidentsSep 28, 2026: 95.55% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Sep 29, 2026: 97.48% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026: 97.74% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 1, 2026: 98.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: 99.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 8, 2026: no incidentsOct 9, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 99.12% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 15, 2026: 99.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026: no incidentsOct 26, 2026: 99.46% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026: 99.03% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 95.77% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.617% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
  • Degraded
  • Partial outage
  • Major outage
  • No data

Key facts about Xero's reliability

  • Since May 7, 2026, the earliest date its published history covers, Xero published 50 incidents on its status page, 15 of them partial or major outages.
  • Its longest outage on record in that time was “Global: Resolved – Platform stable, Post Incident Summary to follow” on May 7, 2026, which lasted 3d.
  • The part of Xero most often affected was Xero Platform and Settings (10 of 50 incidents).
  • Incidents most often began on a Wednesday (13 of 50, UTC).
  • Xero's 90-day uptime of 98.61% is above the average for accounting software tools (98.51%).

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
28
98.617% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
21
6.17 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
66
5h average
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

0481216DecJan ’26FebMarApr1 partial outage incident3 degraded performance incidents4May2 partial outage incidents6 degraded performance incidents3 informational incidents11Jun1 partial outage incident6 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident8Jul2 partial outage incidents2 degraded performance incidents4Aug2 major outage incidents5 partial outage incidents7 degraded performance incidents2 informational incidents16Sep1 major outage incident1 partial outage incident5 degraded performance incidents7OctNov
  • Major outage
  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of Xero's public pages, measured by our probes.

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Xero incident history (last 90 days)

Source: Xero status page · last checked

Our independent monitoring

We check these public Xero pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
Login pageUp 100%469 ms
App entry (redirects to login)Up 96.61%1826 ms
US homepageUp 100%927 ms

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Xero status FAQ

Is Xero down right now?

No, Xero is up and running. Xero's status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 3 of the Xero pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is Xero?

Xero has a reliability score of 48.6 out of 100, ranking #5 of 7 accounting software tools. Over the last 90 days it had 98.61% effective uptime.

How often does Xero have outages?

Xero published 27 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (11 partial or major outages) and 50 in the past 12 months.

How long do Xero outages last?

Xero resolves incidents in 5h on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 3d, on May 7, 2026.

Does Xero have a status page?

Yes. Xero's official status page is status.xero.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.