GOV.UK Pay Status Page

Jul 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.

Jun 23, 2026 · resolved Jun 23

Worldpay authorisation have now returned to normal levels.

Feb 13, 2026 · resolved Feb 13

There was reduced authentication success rates for payments processed by Stripe between 17:49 and 19:53 UTC on 12 February 2026. We can confirm that authorisation rates returned to normal levels after this and we have monitored normal levels throughout the day today. We’re sorry about the late notification of this issue. Services using Worldpay were not affected.

Jan 30, 2026 · resolved Jan 30

This incident is now resolved and we are operating a normal service on the GOV.UK Pay platform. If you have any questions about this incident please email [email protected].

Dec 4, 2025 · resolved Dec 4

We have updated the card numbers used for testing (https://docs.payments.service.gov.uk/testing_govuk_pay/#mock-card-numbers-and-email-addresses). These card numbers are used for testing accounts that are not live. This is because a card issuer changed the Bank Identification Number (BIN) ranges they use to potentially include numbers we use for testing. This caused an incident. Do not use the card numbers in the range 4000 62** **** 0007 for testing. Use the card number 4111111111111111 instead, which will work the same. If you use the old numbers now, your tests will fail.

Is GOV.UK Pay down right now?

No — GOV.UK Pay is up. All systems operational as of Jul 13, 11:53 PM UTC.

What is GOV.UK Pay's current status?

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