Is GOV.UK Pay down right now?
No — GOV.UK Pay is up. All systems operational as of Oct 12, 4:57 AM UTC.
Current Status
All Systems Operational
Components
Recent Incidents
Google Pay downtime
minorSep 16, 2026 · resolved Sep 17
Google have resolved the issues, and we are seeing no further issues with Google Pay
Issue with Stripe recurring card payments
noneSep 7, 2026 · resolved Sep 8
Past agreements that were affected have now been fixed. Recurring payments can now be processed for the affected agreements and any new agreements.
Degraded Worldpay authorisation rates
minorAug 19, 2026 · resolved Aug 19
Worldpay authorisation rates have returned to normal
Issue with CSV downloads
minorJul 2, 2026 · resolved Jul 2
The fix has been deployed, and we have seen CSV downloads working as expected, we will continue to monitor this issue this afternoon.
Worldpay outage
criticalJun 23, 2026 · resolved Jun 23
Worldpay authorisation have now returned to normal levels.
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GOV.UK Pay status — frequently asked questions
Is GOV.UK Pay down right now?
No — GOV.UK Pay is up. All systems operational as of Oct 12, 4:57 AM UTC.
What is GOV.UK Pay's current status?
GOV.UK Pay: All Systems Operational. Alert24 checks GOV.UK Pay's status page continuously and can notify you the moment it changes.
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