Clover outage, August 2026: [NA] Clover merchants experiencing issues with payment processing

Clover reported and resolved an incident: [NA] Clover merchants experiencing issues with payment processing. It lasted 1.9 hours.

Resolved

From Clover's official status page, in their words.

What happened

Started
Resolved
Duration
1.9 hours
Impact
minor
Affected
North America - Payment Authorization Services

Why it happened

Clover has not given a cause in its updates. We never guess one.

This incident on the Clover status page

Timeline

Newest first. From Clover's official status page, in their words.

  1. resolved

    The issue has been resolved, and all Clover systems are working as expected. If you need further assistance, please contact Clover support at 1-877-273-8191. Thank you again for your patience while we worked through this issue.

  2. investigating

    We are investigating an issue affecting payment processing for some merchants. Our engineering teams are actively working on a fix. We will provide updates here as soon as more information is available. Thank you for your patience.

  3. investigating

    We are investigating an issue affecting payment processing for some merchants. Our engineering teams are actively working on a fix. We will provide updates here as soon as more information is available. Thank you for your patience.

What this means for a business (and what to check now)

  • Retry anything that failed during the 1.9 hours.
  • Enter any payments, bookings or jobs you took another way.
  • If a deadline fell inside the window, keep this page as your record of the outage.

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