# Stripe: Elevated declines on Mastercard

- Provider: [Stripe](https://outages.cc/stripe.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Operational
- Started: 2026-08-15 04:49 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-08-15 06:21 UTC (lasted 1 h 32 min)
- Components: Acquirers and payment methods
- Official update: https://stspg.io/w3mvhm1w3yck

## Updates from Stripe

### resolved, 2026-08-15 06:21 UTC

Between 04:01 and 05:42 UTC, we saw elevated error rates and response times with Mastercard payments. This is now resolved. Our engineering teams will continue to monitor.

### monitoring, 2026-08-15 06:04 UTC

As of 05:42 UTC, elevated error rates and response times with Mastercard payments have began to recover. Stripe teams will continue to monitor until fully resolved.

### identified, 2026-08-15 05:25 UTC

We're currently seeing elevated error rates and response times with Mastercard payments. We have confirmed the outage is external to the Stripe infrastructure.

### investigating, 2026-08-15 04:49 UTC

We're currently investigating elevated error rates and response times with Mastercard payments. We'll post an update soon.