Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

RainCaster

(13,221 posts)
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:23 PM Monday

Amazon Web Services struggling to recover from global web outages

Source: Al Jazeera

Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS has said it is still working to stabilise operations after a major outage that led to widespread connectivity issues for businesses, popular websites, and apps around the world.

In an update on its status page on Monday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it continued to “observe recovery across all AWS services” but that some customers could continue to face issues after the major global internet disruption, which hit big names like Zoom, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, Canva, and Wordle.

The website of the outage tracker Downdetector showed that many apps and websites such as Reddit and Xfinity have stabilised, but Downdetector said it had received more than 11 million reports of connectivity issues around the world since the beginning of the outage, with hundreds of businesses impacted.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/20/amazon-cloud-problems-spur-outage-of-global-websites-and-apps



Placing to much emphasis (or $) on one small part of the interwebs can lead to problems. Notice that DownDetector didn't go out because they do not rely on such services.
2 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Amazon Web Services struggling to recover from global web outages (Original Post) RainCaster Monday OP
Ancestry JUST came back obamanut2012 Monday #1
I have now learned my lesson. I couldn't read last night because my books Teacher of the Year Monday #2
2. I have now learned my lesson. I couldn't read last night because my books
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:23 PM
Monday

were all from Amazon and it was down. Gotta download them into my own kindle just in case!

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Amazon Web Services strug...