# Stripe: Elevated declines on Mastercard

- Provider: [Stripe](https://outages.cc/stripe.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Operational
- Started: 2026-10-15 18:35 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-15 20:53 UTC (lasted 2 h 18 min)
- Components: Acquirers and payment methods
- Official update: https://stspg.io/csnmnfc5cgjv

## Updates from Stripe

### resolved, 2026-10-15 20:53 UTC

From 16:50 to 18:27 UTC on October 15, 2026, Mastercard payment processing experienced elevated error rates and response times, resulting in increased authorization declines. Failures were highly concentrated in wallet and tokenized transactions. The issue is resolved.

### monitoring, 2026-10-15 19:51 UTC

As of 18:27 UTC, elevated Mastercard authorization errors have recovered. We're continuing to validate that this issue is fully resolved.

### identified, 2026-10-15 18:35 UTC

We're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times affecting MasterCard payment processing.