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PayFast outage history
- Incidents, 90 days
- 10
- Last incident
- Sep 29, 2026
- Typical gap
- 6 days
- Most affected
- Aggregation Immediate Payouts
The last 20 incidents PayFast published ran from May 4, 2026 to Sep 29, 2026, 10 of them in the 90 days to Oct 19, 2026. The most recent was "GW Processing Impacted" on Sep 29, 2026. Aggregation Immediate Payouts (5), 3D Secure (3) and FNB involved transactions (3) were named in the most incidents. Incidents came roughly every 6 days. The busiest month was September 2026, with 6. PayFast's status page lists 112 components.
PayFast outage reports
Reports submitted by people using PayFast, over the last 24 hours.
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Service health - last 24 hours
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Component status
PayFast lists 112 components on its official status page.
- Apple PayChecking
- Gateway PayBatchChecking
- Standard BankChecking
- Capitec PayChecking
- Gateway Reconciliation ReportsChecking
- Aggregation WooCommerceChecking
- Aggregation Immediate PayoutsChecking
- Discovery involved transactionsChecking
- ZapperChecking
- Bidvest involved transactionsChecking
- Aggregation Donation Page for NPO'sChecking
- Payfast Aggregation: CardsChecking
Uptime statistics
- Last 7 days
- Last 30 days
- Last 90 days
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Recent incidents and outages
Incidents published on the provider's own status page, most recent first.
| Incident | Started | State |
|---|---|---|
| GW Processing ImpactedAbsa involved transactions, American Express involved transactions, Bidvest involved transactions, Capitec involved transactions, Discovery involved transactions, FNB involved transactions, Gateway PayHost, Investec involved transactions, Gateway PayWeb3, Standard Bank involved transactions | Sep 29, 2026 | Resolved |
| 3D Processing Issues3D Secure, Gateway Processing (non Payment method specific) | Sep 15, 2026 | Resolved |
| Immediate Payouts disabledAggregation Immediate Payouts | Sep 14, 2026 | Resolved |
| Immediate Payouts disabledAggregation Immediate Payouts | Sep 9, 2026 | Resolved |
| FNB EFT problemsFNB, FNB | Sep 2, 2026 | Resolved |
| EFT payments for FnBFNB, FNB | Sep 1, 2026 | Resolved |
| Immediate Payouts disabledAggregation Immediate Payouts | Aug 26, 2026 | Resolved |
| FNB card paymentsFNB involved transactions, FNB involved transactions | Aug 19, 2026 | Resolved |
| Gateway RCS PaymentsStore Cards (RCS) | Aug 13, 2026 | Resolved |
| Immediate Payouts disabledAggregation Immediate Payouts | Jul 31, 2026 | Resolved |
| Mastercard 3D Secure Issues3D Secure, 3D Secure | Jul 15, 2026 | Resolved |
| Capitec Pay OutageCapitec Pay, Capitec Pay | Jul 14, 2026 | Resolved |
| Aggregation testing platform (Sandbox)Aggregation Sandbox (test platform) | Jul 13, 2026 | Resolved |
| RCS (Store cards) on GatewayStore Cards (RCS) | Jun 30, 2026 | Resolved |
| Mobile App issuesAggregation App | Jun 24, 2026 | Resolved |
Source: status.payfast.co.za
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Frequently asked questions
Is PayFast down right now?
The status at the top of this page is checked against PayFast's official status page every few minutes. If PayFast has an outage or degraded performance, it shows there along with the affected components.
When was the last PayFast outage?
The most recent incident PayFast published was "GW Processing Impacted" on Sep 29, 2026, affecting Absa involved transactions, American Express involved transactions, Bidvest involved transactions, Capitec involved transactions, Discovery involved transactions, FNB involved transactions, Gateway PayHost, Investec involved transactions, Gateway PayWeb3, Standard Bank involved transactions. It was one of 10 in the 90 days to Oct 19, 2026.
Which parts of PayFast have the most incidents?
Across the last 20 incidents on record, the components named most often were Aggregation Immediate Payouts (5 incidents), 3D Secure (3 incidents) and FNB involved transactions (3 incidents).
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