Is Square down right now?
Square reports normal operation and user reports are at a normal level. This page updates itself every few minutes.
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Official status
Square reports normal operation. All Systems Operational
User reports
People press this button when Square is not working for them. A spike here usually shows up before the official status changes.
Last 24 hours, one bar per 15 minutes. 0 in the last 15 minutes, 0 in the last hour, 0 in 24 hours.
While Square is down
- Take another payment method: a second terminal, bank transfer, or pay later.
- Write down every manual payment so you can match it to the settlement later.
- Do not keep retrying a card; a stuck payment can settle twice.
The full guide: what to do when a service you rely on is down
Recent incidents
- Service Disruption, resolved after 45 minutes
- Service Disruption, resolved after 3 hours
- Service Disruption, resolved after 5.5 hours
- Service Disruption, resolved after 4.4 hours
- Service Disruption, resolved after 12 minutes
- Service Disruption, resolved after 2 days
- Service Disruption, resolved after 3.9 hours
- Transfers Disruption, resolved after 15.1 hours
- Service Disruption, resolved after 34 minutes
- Service Disruption, resolved after 1 hour
- Availability, 30 days
- 100% by official status
- User-report spikes, 30 days
- 0
- Businesses watching
- 0
Common questions
Is Square down right now?
As of 2 Nov 2026, 5:52 am, Square reports normal operation. 0 user reports in the last 15 minutes.
Is it just me or is Square down for everyone?
Compare the official status above with the user reports. Many reports from different places means it is Square; none means check your own internet, sign-in or browser first.
What should I do while Square is down?
Take another payment method: a second terminal, bank transfer, or pay later.
How do I get told when Square goes down?
Add Square to your free account. You get an email when its official status changes; Fast Tool Alerts adds two-minute checks, SMS, and alerts on spikes in user reports.
Get an alert when Square goes down
Official status changes by email, free. Add Fast Tool Alerts for two-minute checks, SMS, and user-report spikes before the vendor admits it.