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⚪ PayPal's refund, payment, and authorization systems decided to ghost users globally before mysteriously coming back online. The 'Pay with PayPal' button discovered it has performance anxiety. Crisis averted, wallets relieved.
// The official story
Resolved: Impact to Refunds, Payments, Authorizations, Pay with PayPal Integration (PP-LIVE-108078)
// Status page says
Initial Notification: We are currently experiencing Degraded Performance affecting Refunds, Payments, Authorizations, Pay with PayPal Integration. Our team is working on resolving the issue and mitigating the impact. Affected Regions: Global
🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)
https://www.paypal-status.com/history/eventdetails/108078Paypal's Greatest Hits
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