US EditionAmazon's AWS struggles to recover after major outage disrupts apps, services worldwide
- Amazon Web Services on Monday experienced a mass outage that knocked many websites and apps offline for over two hours, disrupting banks, HMRC, Roblox, Zoom and Xero.
- Engineers traced the fault to the Domain Name System failing to communicate with databases, and Amazon said one core database product caused the issue in the US‑EAST‑1 Region.
- AWS first logged increased error rates at 12:11 a.m. PT, identified a potential root cause by 2:01 a.m. PT, and rolled out mitigations by 2:22 a.m. PT as DownDetector peaked at 5,816 reports.
- AWS controls around one‑third of cloud infrastructure, while Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud hold large shares, prompting debate over reliance on US providers and the European Union’s tech stack plans.
- Past incidents show similar Amazon Web Services outages in 2023, 2021 and 2020, and the 2024 CrowdStrike glitch caused $5 billion losses, raising resilience questions amid internet decentralization concept challenges.
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What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage
Amazon Web Services has faced a major outage, affecting users worldwide trying to connect to various online services. On Monday, AWS began recovering from the disruption but continued to address significant errors and connectivity issues. The problem was traced to…
What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage
Amazon Web Services has faced a major outage, affecting users worldwide trying to connect to various online services. On Monday, AWS began recovering from the disruption but continued to address significant errors and connectivity issues. The problem was traced to…
What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage
Amazon Web Services has faced a major outage, affecting users worldwide trying to connect to various online services. On Monday, AWS began recovering from the disruption but continued to address significant errors and connectivity issues. The problem was traced to…
What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage
Amazon Web Services has faced a major outage, affecting users worldwide trying to connect to various online services. On Monday, AWS began recovering from the disruption but continued to address significant errors and connectivity issues. The problem was traced to…
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