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OutageWednesday 4 November 2026Ended 05:04

American Express outage on 4 November 2026

Problem reports about American Express rose to outage level at 04:15 Central European time on Wednesday 4 November 2026 and stayed there for 49 min.

They peaked at 245 reports in 15 minutes at 04:27, about 245 times the usual level for that time of day, and 129 reports came in while the outage lasted.

Reports reached outage level in the US.

12 other services had an outage spike at the same time.

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Started
04:15
Wed 4 Nov, Central European time
At outage level
49 min
Ended 05:04
Busiest 15 minutes
245
reports, at 04:27
Reports during the outage
129
Peak about 245× the usual level
Timeline

Reports from Tue 22:15 to Wed 11:15

One bar per 15 minutes, Central European time. Red bars are the outage; the dashed line is what a usual day sees at that time.

Problem reports about American Express rose to outage level at 04:15 Central European time on Wednesday 4 November 2026 and stayed there for 49 min. They peaked at 245 reports in 15 minutes at 04:27, about 245 times the usual level for that time of day, and 129 reports came in while the outage lasted. Reports reached outage level in the US. 12 other services had an outage spike at the same time.
Around the world

Where people reported it that day

Each country's reports on 4 November, against the usual level there. Outage means reports stayed at outage level for half an hour or more; above usual, for an hour or more.

CountryThat dayReports
The USOutage425
CanadaNormal28
AustraliaNormal22
The UKNormal14
GermanyNormal5
IndiaNormal5
ColombiaNormal3
MexicoNormal3
The UAENormal2
New ZealandNormal2
SwedenNormal2
HungaryNormal1
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Their reports also reached outage level while American Express's did. Many services failing together can point to a shared cause, such as a network or cloud provider, but reports alone cannot show it.

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