Federal Reserve Outage History

FedACH, the Federal Reserve's automated clearing house service, was listed as degraded from Aug 3, 2025 10:12 PM UTC to Aug 4, 2025 3:52 AM UTC. The FedACH component moved from up to warn and then back to up, indicating temporary disruptions or slower processing for ACH-related transactions during that window. The incident lasted approximately 5 hours and 40 minutes.

During the incident, the Federal Reserve's status page issued two official updates documenting the transition to degraded and the subsequent restoration. The issue appeared limited to the FedACH service with no broader system-wide impacts reported.

The Federal Reserve reported a brief degradation of the Fedwire Funds component. The issue began at 10:37 PM UTC and was resolved by 11:52 PM UTC, lasting about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The Fedwire Funds service was listed as degraded during this window and subsequently returned to normal after two official updates on the Federal Reserve status page. The disruption was confined to the Fedwire Funds component.

The FedMail component within Federal Reserve's Access Solutions experienced a brief degradation affecting mail services. The issue began at Jul 25, 2025 4:17 PM UTC when FedMail moved to a degraded state and was resolved by Jul 25, 2025 4:37 PM UTC, for an approximate duration of 20 minutes. The Federal Reserve's status page posted updates showing a transition from degraded to normal, with FedMail returning to up status at Jul 25, 2025 4:37 PM UTC. The issue appeared limited to the FedMail component.

An outage affected Federal Reserve services, impacting Access Solutions / FedLine Web and Services / Central Bank. The incident began at 10:17 AM UTC when FedLine Web went down, and central bank services reported issues by 10:42 AM UTC. Both components were restored by 11:42 AM UTC, resulting in a total outage duration of approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes. The disruption likely prevented customers from accessing FedLine Web and related central banking functions during this window.

The Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service experienced a brief degradation. The Fedwire Funds component entered degraded status at 10:52 PM UTC and returned to normal at 11:17 PM UTC, lasting about 25 minutes. The Federal Reserve issued two status updates during the incident describing the degraded performance and the subsequent recovery. This short disruption could have caused temporary delays in Fedwire funds transfers during the outage window.

The Fedwire Funds service briefly degraded on 10:39 PM UTC and was restored by 11:32 PM UTC. The Fedwire Funds component moved from up to a degraded state (warn) for about 53 minutes before returning to full operation. This short window could have caused delays in wire transfers and settlement processing during that period. The Federal Reserve status page posted two updates during the incident, and there were no Early Warning Signals or user reports recorded. The service is now fully available.

The Federal Reserve reported a brief degraded performance affecting Account Services. The issue began at 1:07 AM UTC when Services / Account Services moved from up to warn, and it was resolved by 1:37 AM UTC, lasting approximately 30 minutes.

The Federal Reserve issued two status updates during the incident describing the degradation and recovery. The impact appeared limited to Account Services, with no reports of wider outages or regional effects, and no user reports were recorded during the event.

The Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service experienced a brief degraded state starting at Jul 14, 2025 10:42 PM UTC and was restored by Jul 15, 2025 12:37 AM UTC, lasting approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes. During this window, Fedwire Funds transactions may have faced delays. The Federal Reserve status page issued two updates about the incident, noting the degradation and subsequent restoration of the Fedwire Funds component.

The Federal Reserve experienced a brief degradation affecting two services components. Account Services entered a degraded state at 12:52 PM UTC, impacting account-related operations. At 1:04 PM UTC the Check 21 component also showed degraded performance, while Account Services recovered to normal. Check 21 remained degraded until 2:17 PM UTC, after which all affected components returned to normal. The incident lasted approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Official status updates documented a progression from degraded to normal across the affected components, with two components involved (Account Services and Check 21). The incident was resolved by 2:17 PM UTC.

Federal Reserve's Fedwire Funds service experienced a brief degradation, moving from normal operation to a degraded state and back within about 57 minutes. The incident began at 10:37 PM UTC and was resolved by 11:34 PM UTC. The Fedwire Funds component transitioned from up to warn and then back to up, indicating a short disruption in processing. The provider issued two status updates during the incident, and the impact was limited to the Fedwire Funds service.