Is PayPal API down?

No. PayPal API is working. Checked 20:55 AEDT, 9 Nov 2026, from Frankfurt, Virginia and Sydney, by our own check of api.

Our own check, every five minutes.

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How we know

Our own check, region by region.

Our check: apiFrankfurt 2 min, Virginia 1 min and Sydney 2 minWorking

Recent API incidents

0 measured by us and 0 listed by the vendor.

Every PayPal incident

No incident recorded for PayPal API yet.

The rest of PayPal

Each part, with whose word it is.

PayPal, as a wholeour checkMain page PayPal checkoutno readingCouldn't check

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Is it just my store?

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How we check

Every 5 minutes, from Sydney, Virginia and Frankfurt, we load PayPal's checkout SDK, its checkout page and its API host. Not a ping. Not their status page.

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Questions

Is PayPal API down right now?

Working, by our own check from Frankfurt, Virginia and Sydney. We check api every 5 minutes.

How do you check PayPal API?

Every 5 minutes from Sydney, Virginia and Frankfurt, as part of loading PayPal's checkout SDK, its checkout page and its API host: the api step answer for PayPal API.

What should I do if PayPal API is down?

Check the incident on this page and on PayPal's own status page, then test your own store: a fault there can look the same to a shopper. Bilby walks your store for free and shows you the screen where it stops.

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