Is Instacart down right now? Live status and outage tracker

Instacart outages and problems

In the past 24 hours, 215 user reports came in for Instacart. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.

The busiest 15-minute window had 10 reports, about 2 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.

Instacart in October 2026

Problem reports in October (since 27 October)

236

Monthly report for October 2026

What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for Instacart, as a share of those reports:

• 90% App
• 3% Checkout
• 3% Ordering
• 3% Website

Where Instacart problem reports come from

Recent reports came from 65 areas. The most came from around Lakeland, FL, Orlando, FL and Los Angeles, CA. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:

• 4% Lakeland, FL
• 4% Orlando, FL
• 4% Los Angeles, CA
• 3% Minneapolis, MN
• 3% Philadelphia, PA
• 3% New York City, NY

From 219 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.

Instacart problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 27 October, Instacart had no outage spikes, but 1 period of elevated reports.

• Elevated reports
  Wed 28 Oct, 19:44–19:59

  Lasted 15 min
  15peak reports

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

How to fix Instacart not working

Instacart is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

1. Refresh the Instacart cart

   If an item will not add or the checkout button stays grey, close the app from the app switcher and open it again. Remove that item from the cart. Add it back from the store aisle; a stale cart can keep the old total.

2. Recheck payment

   Open Account, then Payments, and switch to another saved card or re-enter the same card when checkout says it cannot process your payment. Check that the billing ZIP and card expiry match; a mismatch can block the order before it reaches the store.

3. Reset delivery address

   In Account, open Addresses and confirm the apartment or suite number is on the default delivery address, since a missing unit can hide delivery windows. If no slots show, add the address again and set the new copy as default. The older copy can stay until the new one works.

4. Clear Instacart app data

   On iPhone, open Settings, scroll to Instacart, and turn on Cellular Data if the app fails only on mobile data; then delete and reinstall the app to clear a damaged cache. On Android, open Settings > Apps > Instacart > Storage and tap Clear cache. Use Clear storage only after you know you can sign back in because it removes saved carts and local data.

While Instacart is down: what to use instead

• Instacart website Use the browser version when the app stalls; your account and saved addresses still work there.
• DoorDash DoorDash handles grocery and convenience delivery from local stores.
• Uber Eats Try Uber Eats when a nearby store appears in its grocery section and you can wait for a different courier.
• Walmart Grocery Use Walmart Grocery for pickup when the store is close and you can collect the order yourself.

Problems at the same time as Instacart

Since 27 October, Instacart's only spike in problem reports overlapped a spike at another service.

When several services get problem reports at once, something they share, such as a cloud host or a network, can be the real cause. Matching times alone do not prove it.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, as the live pages showed it. Times are Central European time.

When people report Instacart problems

The busiest hour for reports about Instacart is 20:00 to 21:00 Central European time, and the busiest day is Wednesday.

Each bar is the average number of user reports in that hour, or on that day of the week, from 21 days of reports since 5 October 2026. The busiest bar is highlighted. Spikes in reports are left out, so one outage does not set the pattern.

What happens when Instacart goes down

Instacart IP address, servers and network

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