thread Re: Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen in Payments Troubleshooting

Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen

Honeycombbread — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:52:06 GMT

It freezes on this screenHi seller community,

I run the restaurants program on the register.

We recently started having an issue with the software getting stuck on the screen just before payment where you assign a ticket name.

When it works correctly, the guest can insert their card and the text field will auto-populate with their name. However recently, the screen has been freezing instead and they have to remove their card.

It's confusing for the guests because the customer-facing screen prompts them to insert the card, but then freezes when they do so.

Re: Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen

_Violet — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 23:22:45 GMT

Hi @Honeycombbread - I'm sorry to hear that this issue with your Square Register has brought you to the Seller Community! 😥

This does sound off, but it's difficult to pinpoint what may be happening. I recommend starting out by going through the steps to reset your Register listed here. If that doesn't resolve this issue, For this type of issue, you'll want to get in touch with our Support Team so they can file a ticket and have our engineers take a closer look at this behavior.

The best way to reach out is by phone because our team can look at your account with you and help you make adjustments in real-time. You can reach out directly by logging into your Square account and heading here. Just as a reminder, you have 24/7 Phone Support with the Square Register 🙂

I hope this information is helpful but please do let me know if you have any additional questions.

Re: Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen

jessicalynwells — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:37:32 GMT

I am having the same problem, it is truly frustrating. I have spent more hours on the phone with Square troubleshooting (mostly useless, some were helpful) than I have actually been able to use the working register. It has a lot of issues and this is after they had to replace the first one because it arrived unable to turn on. Frustrating, I wish I had gone with Clover...

Re: Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen

_Violet — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 19:39:24 GMT

Hi @jessicalynwells - Thanks for following up on this thread. I'm sorry to hear about your experience.

If you have already tried the troubleshooting steps to perform a factory reset that I mentioned above, the next step would be for you to contact our Support Team about this issue if you haven't already. If the advocate assisting you is unable to resolve the issue themselves, they should file a support ticket so our engineers can investigate further and determine what is needed to resolve this.

Re: Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen

capsicum — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:43:07 GMT

We have had this problem for over a year, where if the customer inserts their card prior when prompted by the customer screen, but the register screen is still at the assign name step, the spinning circle of eternal frustration just spins and spins, and we are forced to restart the system and reenter the entire order. I have spoken with support, I have messaged and emailed, I have searched on here. I don't get it. It is very difficult to stop a customer from trying to pay once they have their card out and ready.

Re: Square Restaurants freezing when guests insert card on assign ticket screen

RobynR — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:35:40 GMT

Hey @capsicum,

I understand this can be frustrating, and I appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

I recommend following the Best Answer from above. Since you've exhausted all support resources, troubleshooting, and contact channels, the next step would be to reach out to Support to get a ticket filed with our Engineering team.