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Original story (published on March 29) follows:
Incoming is a service outage alert!
Is GCash down, not working, or throwing a “temporarily unavailable” notification ? Please be informed that the service is seemingly going through an outage which has got the affected users to route to micro-blogging site Twitter to highlight their concern.
Take a look at what some of those affected have to say:
Here’s the error that pops up.
A quick look at Down detector – a service that gives a realtime overview of outages and other issues – reflects GCash is encountering a glitch in some regions. Here’s a live outage map showcasing the same:
Coming to whether there’s an official word on the matter, well, it’s yet to come. But be informed, we’re keeping a continuous tab on the service’s social media and other official channels for more information.
So we’ll update this page with relevant info as and when we catch hold of any. In case you’re facing the problem discussed here, stay tuned for more updates.
Update 2 (Apil 06)
Going by recent reports on Twitter, it appears the service is down again as of writing this. Down detector also conveys the service is having issues in some of the regions as can be seen in the live outage map below:
However, there is yet to come to an official word on the matter.
Update 3 (Apil 06)
Here is the error that users are getting to see – “Sorry about this! We’re just fixing a few things. GCash is temporarily unavailable. We’re working on fixing this as soon as possible.”
Update 4 (April 06)
GCash support on Twitter has finally acknowledged the problem. Here is what they have to say:
Update 5 (June 16)
The GCash app has now gone down once again and the Down Detector has seen several hundreds of reports. There doesn’t seem to be any sign of an official acknowledgment but stay tuned.
Update 6 (June 28)
Outage alert! Looks like GCash is down and not working for many as of writing this. Apart from the reports on Twitter, the Down detector also conveys the same (as can be seen in the outage map below):
What’s good is GCash support of Twitter has acknowledged the issue:
We’ll let you know once the app is ready for use on our official Facebook page.
Update (August 17)
12:25 pm (IST): New reports from GCash users indicates that the service is down yet again. The platform’s official handle has come out to acknowledge this outage.
Stay tuned to PiunikaWeb to be the first to know more about this developing story…
Update (September 14)
(IST) 11:12 am: If the service is still troubling you, here is what support suggests you to do:
Update (October 15)
(IST) 11:20 am: The service has been hit by an outage as of writing this. Following are some of the reports:
Update (November 10)
(IST) 05:08 pm: Fresh reports on Twitter and other social platforms suggest that GCash is down and not working again.
Update (November 11)
(IST) 04:06 pm: It seems GCash users can’t catch a break as the service is down again and not working. Here are some reports for reference:
There’s no official word on the outage at the time of this update.
(IST) 05:15 pm: GCash has acknowledged the outage and has confirmed that they are working to restore the service as soon as possible.
Update (November 16)
(IST) 10:25 am: The service is down and not working as of writing this. What’s good is that the team has at least officially acknowledge the problem while responding to a user.
Update (January 11, 2022)
05:09 am (IST): Fresh reports now indicate that some users are having issues with the GCash app. As per reports, the service is down or not working for many users.
Luckily, GCash support has acknowledged the outage and said that they are working to fix it. Meanwhile, users are asked to try restarting the app for a smoother experience.
Update (February 15, 2022)
06:02 pm (IST): Many users are reporting issues with the GCash app. The service is either down or not working for them.
Fortunately, GCash support has acknowledged the issue and said that they are working to restore the service as soon as possible.
Update (February 16, 2022)
05:29 pm (IST): It appears GCash users can’t catch a break as the service is once again facing an outage as it’s down and not working for many. Fresh reports have flooded Twitter.
The service provider has acknowledged the problem via its official Twitter handle.
Update (July 20, 2022)
04:42 pm (IST): According to fresh reports on Twitter, GCash is currently down or not working for many. Luckily, GCash support has acknowledged the issue and said that they are working to resolve it.
Update (July 21, 2022)
06:05 pm (IST): The recent outage with GCash app has now been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports on Twitter.
Update (July 29, 2022)
03:50 pm (IST): GCash service syncing with PayPal is currently down, so users are unable to use PayPal to cashout or make deposits.
Update (August 1, 2022)
11:46 am (IST): Although there is no official confirmation, recent reports suggest that GCash and PayPal sync is working properly again (1, 2).
Update (August 10, 2022)
10:00 am (IST): Many users have taken to Twitter to report that GCash is currently down or not working for them. Unfortunately, the support team hasn’t yet acknowledged the outage.
06:00 pm (IST): It appears that the recent outage with GCash has been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports on Twitter.
Update (September 30, 2022)
05:15 pm (IST): Many users have taken to Twitter to report that Gcash is currently down or not working for them.
07:26 pm (IST): The recent outage with GCash app has now been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports.
Update (November 18, 2022)
12:08 pm (IST): Many GCash users (1,2,3,4) have been reporting an issue where they are not getting the OTP for the Black Pink presale.
Fortunately, the support has acknowledged the issue and said that the team is working on a fix.
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