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AWS Outage Hits Major Apps as US‑East‑1 Issue Resolves for Most Services

The incident underscores how widely used platforms rely on a small number of cloud providers for essential functions.

Overview

  • AWS reported increased error rates and latency tied to DynamoDB in the US‑EAST‑1 region, with a separate DNS problem now fully resolved.
  • By mid‑day, AWS said mitigations were in place and that most operations had returned to normal, with root‑cause analysis continuing.
  • Outage trackers logged thousands of user reports as services such as Snapchat, Instagram, Airbnb, Fortnite, Roblox, Signal, Perplexity, and Amazon platforms experienced disruptions.
  • Companies issued updates to reassure users, including Coinbase stating access issues were due to the AWS incident and confirming that all funds were safe.
  • The disruption, first noted around 07:11 GMT, affected multiple countries and sectors, with reports also citing impacts on UK banking services and French telecom operators.