Sandbox Error 500
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Hello,
I am testing the integrating for a webshop with sandbox.paypal,com but I always a "500 internal Server Error".
Attached screenshots of the request. What is the reason for this problem?
kind regards,
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I am facing this issue from 22 Jun 2017. it is not working only show blank screen.
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr with blank screen
POST https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr 500 (Internal Server Error)
Even if i am see button code on your demo account. It is also not working
https://demo.paypal.com/us/demo/navigation?page=merchantHome&device=desktop
Choose sandbox and see.
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I have also been experiencing the 500 error for the last 14 hours. Code was last touched 48 hours ago and was working fine at that time.
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ok see it now, we have an open issue on this on our side, work ongoing. Will update once resolved.
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Thank you MTS_Ciaran, we've just begun setting up our ecommerce and couldn't make heads or tails of it, had just barely gotten our workflow in place before it suddenly stopped.
Keeping tabs on this, thank you for your work!
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Hi @MTS_Ciaran - any ETA on a fix for this? I'm mid-way through a website redevelopment and have had to down tools until the sandbox is back online.
Thanks for your efforts!
Dylan
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MTS_Ciaran, this seems quite a wide-spread and disruptive issue and is preventing my development, please escalate this.
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I have now had this issue for over 2 days and am trying to complete changes before the security changes deadline in 5 days. Do you have any idea when it will be working again?
Thanks

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