Live status & reliability report
Wave status, outages & reliability
Wave is a Toronto-based provider of accounting, invoicing and payments software for small businesses, owned by H&R Block.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated
Over the last 90 days Wave had 99.93% effective uptime across 5 status page incidents (1 partial or major outage), resolving them in 1h 41m on average.
Is Wave down right now?
No, Wave is up and running.
- Wave's status page reports all systems operational. Checked .
- All 2 Wave pages we check are responding. Checked .
90-day uptime
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Key facts about Wave's reliability
- Over the past 12 months, Wave published 30 incidents on its status page, 12 of them partial or major outages.
- Its longest outage on record in that time was “1099-NEC Form Availability for Payroll Subscribers” on Jan 26, 2026, which lasted 2d 21h.
- The part of Wave most often affected was Payroll (13 of 30 incidents).
- Wave reported 5 incidents in the last 90 days, down from 8 in the 90 days before.
- Incidents most often began on a Tuesday (9 of 30, UTC).
- Wave's 90-day uptime of 99.93% is above the average for accounting software tools (98.51%).
- It resolves incidents faster than the typical accounting software: 1h 41m on average, against a median of 5h.
Score breakdown
Incidents per month
- Major outage
- Partial outage
- Degraded
- Informational
Response time
Daily average response time of Wave's public pages, measured by our probes.
Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.
Score trend
Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).
Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.
Wave incident history (last 90 days)
- Degraded performanceOct 13, 2026 · resolved in 1h 48m
Affected: Payments
- InformationalOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Error page when trying to access Wave
Affected: Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing +1 more
- InformationalOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 24m
Affected: Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing +1 more
- Major outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 41m
Investigating reports of login errors
Affected: Web Application, Accounting, Invoicing, Payments, Payroll, Receipts Processing +1 more
- Degraded performanceAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 2h 35m
Investigating reports of delayed or failed receipt scan uploads
Affected: Receipts Processing
Source: Wave status page · last checked
Our independent monitoring
We check these public Wave pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.
| Page | Last check | Uptime (30d) | Avg response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web app | Up | 100% | 602 ms |
| Homepage | Up | 100% | 785 ms |
How Wave compares
Wave status FAQ
Is Wave down right now?
No, Wave is up and running. Wave's status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 2 of the Wave pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.
How reliable is Wave?
Wave has a reliability score of 91.1 out of 100, ranking #2 of 7 accounting software tools. Over the last 90 days it had 99.93% effective uptime.
How often does Wave have outages?
Wave published 5 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (1 partial or major outage) and 30 in the past 12 months.
How long do Wave outages last?
Wave resolves incidents in 1h 41m on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 2d 21h, on Jan 26, 2026.
Does Wave have a status page?
Yes. Wave's official status page is status.waveapps.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.