Federal Reserve Outage History

FedACH, the Federal Reserve's Automated Clearing House service, experienced a brief degradation. The status page shows FedACH entering a degraded state at 9:27 AM UTC and returning to normal by 9:37 AM UTC, with the service fully restored after roughly ten minutes. The incident was resolved quickly, as reflected in the official updates.

Federal Reserve Account Services experienced a brief degradation affecting the Services / Account Services component. The issue started at 2:32 AM UTC and was resolved by 3:02 AM UTC, lasting roughly 30 minutes, with the status page transitioning from up to a short-lived warn before returning to normal.

FedACH processing experienced a brief degradation that delayed ACH deposits and related transactions. Impact began at Mar 3, 2026 9:02 PM UTC and was resolved by Mar 4, 2026 1:57 AM UTC, lasting roughly five hours. Users across the United States reported deposits not posting or arriving later than expected, with several reports noting payments or deposits missing during the window. For example, a report at 10:42 PM UTC described an ACH deposit not being received, and other observations appeared around 10:14 PM UTC and 1:02 AM UTC.

FedACH, a core component of the Federal Reserve's payments network, experienced a disruption after moving from a warning to a full outage. The issue first appeared as a degraded state at 3:02 AM UTC, escalated to a complete outage at 3:47 PM UTC, and was reported as resolved by 6:43 PM UTC. The outage affected FedACH processing, disrupting electronic payments like payroll deposits, direct deposits, and merchant settlements across the United States.

Users across many states reported delays and missing payments, including payroll deposits, end of day funds, and other ACH transfers not posting as expected. Reports came from places such as Indiana, California, Florida, Virginia, Texas, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, indicating a broad nationwide impact on routine financial operations.

According to the status page, FedACH moved from up to warn at 3:02 AM UTC and from warn to down at 3:47 PM UTC, with service restored by 6:43 PM UTC. The pattern aligns with user reports of widespread ACH delays across the afternoon and into the evening, underscoring a nationwide disruption.

The Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service experienced a brief degradation, moving from normal operation to a degraded state at Feb 20, 2026 11:32 PM UTC and returning to normal by Feb 21, 2026 12:17 AM UTC. The outage lasted approximately 45 minutes and affected payments processing within Fedwire Funds. The Federal Reserve posted two official status updates during the incident, indicating a temporary disruption and subsequent recovery.

The Federal Reserve's FedACH service briefly degraded on 4:32 AM UTC to 4:52 AM UTC, lasting about 20 minutes. The FedACH component moved from up to degraded and back to up, with two official status transitions recorded on the Federal Reserve status page. There were no user reports captured during the incident, suggesting the impact was limited to participants monitoring FedACH and the issue was resolved quickly.

From Feb 10, 2026 2:07 AM UTC to Feb 10, 2026 2:42 AM UTC, the Federal Reserve's Account Services experienced a brief degradation, with the Services / Account Services component moving from normal to degraded and back to normal. The incident lasted 35 minutes and the status page published 2 updates during the incident, noting issues with the Account Services component. The impact was limited to account-related functionality and did not appear to affect other Federal Reserve services.

The Federal Reserve's FedCash component experienced a brief degraded period beginning at 12:17 AM UTC and ending at 3:17 AM UTC. The FedCash service returned to normal after the incident, with the status page index showing an up → warn transition and then a warn → up transition. The Federal Reserve issued two official status updates during the event. For users, FedCash-related operations may have faced brief delays or limited functionality during the window; the outage lasted about 3 hours before full restoration.

The Federal Reserve’s FedACH service briefly degraded, with the FedACH component transitioning from up to warn. The degradation began at 2:57 PM UTC and was resolved by 4:22 PM UTC, lasting about 1 hour and 25 minutes. The Federal Reserve posted two official status updates during the incident, describing the degraded performance and subsequent recovery. Normal FedACH operations resumed after the incident.

The Federal Reserve status page reported a brief degradation affecting the Services / Check 21 component. The issue began at 2:42 PM UTC and was resolved by 3:12 PM UTC, lasting about 30 minutes. The provider posted two status updates during the incident, documenting the temporary degraded state before service was restored. Impact was limited to the Services / Check 21 component; no other parts of the Federal Reserve platform were listed as affected.