Service updates

A snapshot of the giffgaff service

Monitoring - The technical team have resolved this particular issue and we will continue to monitor for any further issues.

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34229882-receiving-sms-while-roaming-23-december-2024

Dec 24, 2024 - 17:37 GMT
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Dec 23, 2024 - 17:08 GMT
Investigating - We have noticed an issue where some members are experiencing some issues with receiving text messages while roaming. This is currently being investigated by our technical teams. Read more here
Dec 23, 2024 - 16:19 GMT
Monitoring - We can confirm that this issue has now been resolved and we will continue to monitor over the weekend.

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34207002-resolved-receiving-calls-over-volte-and-vowifi-22-november-2024

Nov 22, 2024 - 21:23 GMT
Investigating - We have seen some reports on the community of members being unable to receive phone calls. This issue does not appear to be effecting all members and is only impacting calls received over VoLTE/VoWiFi, the technical team is aware and they are currently looking into the issue.

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34207002-receiving-calls-over-volte-and-vowifi-22-november-2024

Nov 22, 2024 - 18:46 GMT
Monitoring - Recently we confirmed that the issue causing physical SIM’s and eSIM’s not to activate is no longer occuring. Over the last few days our technical teams have been working to clear the small backlog of members who have still been impacted by this issue, and we’re glad to confirm the remaining SIMs that were impacted have now been activated.
Dec 12, 2024 - 17:18 GMT
Update - We can confirm that the issue causing physical SIM’s and eSIM’s that was impacting activations from November 25th is no longer occurring.

There are still some members who are stuck in the activation stage and after further investigation from our technical team have confirmed that these are unrelated to this issue. The affected member’s activations are being worked on in an individual basis and any members impacted by this have been informed of the delay. Read more here

Dec 10, 2024 - 11:44 GMT
Identified - Our technical team are continuing to work on the activation of SIMs from over the last few days, however new activations for today have been restored,

This means SIMs ordered from November 25th through November 28th are still impacted, however SIMs ordered on another date can now be activated. Our technical team are working through the backlog of SIMs ordered between the 25th and 28th. You can learn more about this Service Issue via our community - https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34210460-sim-activation-delays-27-november-2024

Nov 29, 2024 - 14:05 GMT
Update - Our technical teams are continuing to work hard on a resolution for this issue. As part of the fix the team are working on, there will be a temporary hold on SIM activations. This means all SIM activations will currently be impacted. You can learn more about this Service Issue via our community - https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34210460-sim-activation-delays-27-november-2024
Nov 29, 2024 - 11:16 GMT
Investigating - We’re currently seeing an issue impacting SIM activations from the 25th of November, meaning that some requests to activate SIM cards from this date are taking longer to process. We are currently investigating the cause of this and will keep you updated here. Read more here
Nov 27, 2024 - 17:52 GMT
Investigating - We have been made aware this evening of an issue that appears to be affecting sim swaps for some members. Those impacted may see the message “oops something went wrong error” appear when trying to perform a sim swap to a physical sim, e-Sim and via the app. This doesn’t appear to be impacted all members and the technical team are aware and currently looking it.

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34219572-sim-swap-issue-09-december-2024

Dec 09, 2024 - 18:12 GMT
Update - We have been informed of delays in phones delivery. The team is actively investigating the issue and we will provide further updates as soon as possible. Read more here
Dec 06, 2024 - 14:44 GMT
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Dec 06, 2024 - 14:42 GMT
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue.
Dec 06, 2024 - 14:39 GMT
Investigating - We have been informed of delays in phones delivery. The team is actively investigating the issue and we will provide further updates as soon as possible. Read more here
Dec 02, 2024 - 12:51 GMT
Update - Following a systems upgrade we’ve been made aware that some of our members are now experiencing delays when trying to transfer their numbers. We’re really sorry about this. The team is aware and working hard to get it resolved as soon as possible.

We can identify members that have been impacted by delays, so anyone impacted will be notified on their account dashboard and receive an email from us. The email will provide impacted members with more details about the issue as well as next steps the member can follow. You can learn more about this Service Issue via our community - https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34189666-delays-for-some-members-transferring-their-numbers

Oct 30, 2024 - 17:13 GMT
Investigating - We are aware of potential delays impacting some of our members when transferring their numbers in or out of our network. The team is on the case and working hard to get this resolved. You can learn more about this Service Issue via our community - https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34189666-delays-for-some-members-transferring-their-numbers
Oct 29, 2024 - 12:05 GMT
Investigating - We have been informed of some issues with members experiencing delayed status updates when booking a phone repair, replacement or return. This is currently being investigated by our technical teams. Read more here
Oct 02, 2024 - 16:42 BST

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Past Incidents
Dec 26, 2024

No incidents reported today.

Dec 25, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 24, 2024

Unresolved incident: Receiving SMS while roaming - 23 December 2024.

Dec 23, 2024
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Dec 23, 11:28 GMT
Investigating - We are currently experiencing an issue with our provisioning service specifically impacting eSIM activations from December 15th, meaning members who tried to activate their eSIM on that date may be experiencing a delay in having their eSIM activated. Our technical team are currently investigating this issue. You can learn more about this Service Issue via our community - https://community.giffgaff.com/d/34227720-issue-with-esim-provisioning-15-december-2024
Dec 20, 10:56 GMT
Dec 22, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 21, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 20, 2024
Dec 19, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 18, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 17, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 16, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 15, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 14, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 13, 2024

No incidents reported.

Dec 12, 2024

Unresolved incident: SIM Activation Delays - 27 November 2024.