Looks like PayPal started having some service disruptions this afternoon:
https://www.paypal-status.com/history/eventdetails/10081
Update: Impact to Multiple Products
Impacted Products/APIs: REST APIs, SOAP & NVP APIS, Payflow, Online Checkout, Retail Checkout, Payflow APIs
Incident Start Time: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:00 GMT
Update:
Our technical teams are fully engaged and are actively troubleshooting the issue. We will provide an update as soon as we have more information.
Affected Regions: Global
Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:23 GMT
Initial Notification:
We are experiencing an issue which may be affecting REST APIs,SOAP & NVP APIS,Payflow,Online Checkout,Retail Checkout,Payflow APIs on the Production. PayPal Merchants may be encountering an elevated number of the following errors:
- 10001 Internal Error for SOAP and NVP API calls.
- HTTP 500 error for REST API calls
PayPal users may be experiencing "Sorry - your last action could not be completed" errors accessing the PayPal website (www.paypal.com) or when making a payment.
Our technical teams are actively working towards resolving the issue.
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:38 GMT