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User Reports Flag Steam and AWS Disruptions Over Two Days

The incidents are drawn from Downdetector complaint tallies without vendor confirmation or identified causes.

Overview

  • Steam users worldwide reported problems on December 24, with Downdetector logging more than 14,000 complaints by 22:08 MSK.
  • Roughly 82% of Steam reports cited loss of server connection, with the highest volumes coming from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
  • U.S. users reported issues with Amazon Web Services on December 25, rising from about 04:35 MSK and peaking at 4,319 complaints around 06:50 MSK.
  • Downdetector still showed 4,310 AWS-related reports at 07:36 MSK, indicating a sustained volume of user complaints in the U.S.
  • AWS underpins widely used services such as S3 storage and EC2 compute, which underscores potential downstream effects when problems occur.