Worked out from the incidents Square reported, so it is an estimate and not a measurement.
Square reliability, last 90 days
14Incidents reported
0Full outages
1 h 47 minTypical duration
6 d 5 hLongest incident
Last incident: “Service Disruption”, 6 days ago.
Recent incidents
Service Disruption
Degraded
We recently experienced a disruption that impacted some Square services. We understand how important it is for all of our services to be running for your business, and our Engineering team is actively discussing how to prevent future disruptions like this one. Thank you for your patience with us as we worked to resolve this issue.
Service Disruption
Degraded
The issue preventing some sellers from adding their Square Credit Card to digital wallets such as Apple Pay is now resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against similar incidents. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.
Service Disruption
Degraded
Services have now recovered. Reporting in Dashboard may be delayed. Tip Adjustments that were previously failing can now be entered. We recommend doing so today.
Service Disruption
Degraded
JCN card processing has been restored to full functionality. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against similar incidents. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.
Service Disruption
Degraded
The issue affecting order creation on Square Point of Sale has been resolved. Your business operations are essential to us, and our Engineering team has implemented measures to strengthen our systems against similar incidents. We appreciate your patience throughout this resolution process.
Questions
Is Square down right now?
Square’s official status page says: All Systems Operational. This page checks it again when you load it, at most every 5 minutes.
When was Square last down?
The most recent incident Square reported was “Service Disruption”, 6 days ago (2026-10-18 04:37 UTC). None of its incidents in the last 90 days were a full outage.
What should I do if Square is down?
Do not retry a payment that may have gone through; check the dashboard first, and keep orders pending until the provider confirms.
Square's status page shows no component rows — why?
issquareup.com reports incidents only, without a component grid — each incident's text names the product hit (Payments, POS, online checkout).
Square payments down — can I still take cards?
Yes, partially: Square POS apps support offline payments, which queue card transactions locally and submit them once connectivity returns — within the limits documented in Square's offline-payment settings.
How do I tell if Square is down for everyone or only for me?
If the status above is operational but Square still fails for you, the cause is probably on your side: try another network, clear the cache, or check your own connection. If it shows a degradation or an outage, others are affected too.
How can I get alerted when my own site goes down?
OpenUptime checks your site every minute and sends an alert to Slack, Telegram, email or a webhook the moment it stops responding. It is open source and free to start.