Federal Reserve Outage History

The Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service experienced a degraded state listed on the Federal Reserve status page. The Fedwire Funds component moved from up to warn at Nov 10, 2025 11:37 PM UTC and was returned to up at Nov 12, 2025 2:02 AM UTC. The incident lasted about 26 hours and 25 minutes, during which the Fedwire Funds service was not operating at full normal levels. The status page documented two official updates during the incident, confirming the degraded period and subsequent restoration.

The Federal Reserve reported a brief degradation in the Services / Account Services component, lasting about 10 minutes from Nov 4, 2025 2:12 AM UTC to Nov 4, 2025 2:22 AM UTC. The impact was limited to Account Services with no broader service effects indicated. Users may have experienced intermittent access or slower responses during the window, but normal operations were restored by Nov 4, 2025 2:22 AM UTC.

The Federal Reserve status page documented two official updates during the incident, describing the degradation and its subsequent resolution.

The Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds component experienced a brief degraded state lasting about 20 minutes, with a temporary impact on settlement processing. The issue was limited to this component and did not persist beyond the short degradation period. According to the Federal Reserve status page, the Fedwire Funds component transitioned from up to warn at Oct 29, 2025 10:57 PM UTC and returned to up at Oct 29, 2025 11:17 PM UTC.

The Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service experienced a brief degradation, with the Fedwire Funds component moving from normal operation to a degraded state starting at Oct 20, 2025 10:37 PM UTC and returning to normal at Oct 20, 2025 11:32 PM UTC. During this window, real-time funds transfers and settlement workflows relying on Fedwire Funds could have been impacted. The incident was contained to the Fedwire Funds component and resolved within under an hour.

The provider issued two status updates during the incident, describing the transition from degraded to normal operation and confirming the restoration of service. The outage duration was approximately 55 minutes, and activity returned to normal shortly after the final update.

Federal Reserve's Fedwire Securities briefly degraded, moving from normal to a degraded state on Oct 6, 2025 6:57 PM UTC and returning to normal on Oct 7, 2025 6:32 PM UTC. The incident lasted roughly 23 hours and 35 minutes and affected the Fedwire Securities component, as reflected in the status page updates documenting the downgrade and subsequent recovery.

An outage affected the Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service and FedLine Advantage access, disrupting interbank transfers and customer connectivity for several hours. The Federal Reserve status page shows an initial alert for Fedwire Funds at Oct 2, 2025 2:33 PM UTC, followed by a full outage starting at 3:07 PM UTC that persisted until 6:47 PM UTC. FedLine Advantage entered a degraded state at 3:32 PM UTC and recovered by 6:47 PM UTC. The incident prompted multiple status updates as the systems were restored.

Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service briefly degraded between Sep 30, 2025 10:32 PM UTC and Sep 30, 2025 11:47 PM UTC, lasting about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The Fedwire Funds component moved from normal operation to degraded and back to normal, with two official status updates during the incident. The impact was limited to the Fedwire Funds service and did not appear to affect other Federal Reserve services.

The Federal Reserve experienced a short-lived degradation in the Services / Account Services component, impacting account-related functionality for a brief period. The incident began at Sep 26, 2025 1:07 AM UTC and was resolved by Sep 26, 2025 1:37 AM UTC, lasting about 30 minutes. The Federal Reserve status page showed a transition from up to warn and back to up, indicating a brief partial outage affecting the Services / Account Services component. The incident involved two official status updates during its course.

No Early Warning Signal was detected for this event. Communication from the Federal Reserve noted the degraded state and quick restoration, with the impact limited to the Services / Account Services component and no broader system disruption reported.

The Federal Reserve's Services / Central Bank component experienced a brief degraded period, shown as a warning, starting at 7:22 PM UTC and resolved by 7:42 PM UTC. The incident lasted about 20 minutes and appeared to affect the Central Bank component, with intermittent access during the window. The Federal Reserve issued two official status updates documenting the transition to a degraded state and subsequent recovery.

The Federal Reserve's FedACH service experienced a brief degradation lasting about 30 minutes, from Sep 16, 2025 3:32 AM UTC to Sep 16, 2025 4:02 AM UTC. During this window, users could have experienced intermittent processing delays for FedACH transactions. The issue was limited to FedACH and did not indicate a broader outage affecting other Federal Reserve services. The Federal Reserve published two official status updates during the incident, at Sep 16, 2025 3:32 AM UTC and Sep 16, 2025 4:02 AM UTC, before returning the FedACH component to normal operation by Sep 16, 2025 4:02 AM UTC.