Upgrades in Critical Checkout Databases in the UK

Scheduled for May 6, 16:00 - 19:00 PDT

Scheduled

We will be performing scheduled database maintenance beginning 4 PM PT on May 6, 2026. This work involves several production database clusters that support Checkout in the UK region to ensure adequate capacity and performance.

The total maintenance window is expected to last 3 hours with an expected downtime of up to 1 minute. Actual user impact is expected to be minimal, as failovers typically complete in under one minute and application retries will mitigate transient errors.

Posted Apr 24, 2026 - 16:46 PDT

This scheduled maintenance affects: UK - Platforms / Payment Gateways (UK - Shop Pay Installments), Affirm Checkout (UK), Affirm.com (UK), Affirm Purchase API (UK), Affirm Transactions API (UK), Affirm Charges API (UK), Affirm Virtual Card Network (UK), Affirm Promotional Services (UK), and Merchant Operations (UK).