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Plaid incident: Delayed Transactions Update Webhooks

Plaid reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 13, 2026, 20:55 UTC. It has since been resolved.

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Oct 13, 2026, 20:55 UTC
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Oct 13, 2026, 08:50 UTC
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updates from Plaid's status page ↗
  1. resolvedOct 13, 2026, 08:50 UTC

    This incident has been resolved and the backlog of delayed transaction updates has cleared. Some customers may have observed elevated `SYNC_UPDATES_AVAILABLE` webhook volume while processing caught up. We did not observe an abnormal increase in webhook delivery failures, and no customer action is required.

  2. identifiedOct 13, 2026, 07:40 UTC

    We identified an issue causing delays in Transactions update processing. During this time, some customers may have received fewer `SYNC_UPDATES_AVAILABLE` webhooks than expected. We applied mitigation and transaction updates began processing normally, including delivery of the accumulated backlog.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Plaid's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Plaid have incidents?

Plaid reported 10 incidents in the last 90 days, 5 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 34m. See Plaid's uptime and incident history

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