A widespread internet disruption affecting a myriad of sites has been the result of a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. Dozens of popular games and websites — including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, and Ring — have been experiencing issues.
Users began reporting problems at approximately 8 AM UK time, with Down Detector showing massive, simultaneous spikes in outage reports for services that rely on Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. The issue for international websites appears to stem from problems faced by Amazon’s massive data center facilities in North Virginia — a critical epicenter that holds key importance for the global internet.
Amazon Confirms the Rising Issues
Amazon has acknowledged the problem on its AWS service status page. The company has confirmed that it is investigating “increased error rates” and delays affecting multiple services across the internet. Specifically, Amazon cited issues with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). These are core services that provide the database and computing power rented by thousands of companies to run their applications, which has led to the cascading, widespread impact of the outage.
The sudden and simultaneous failure of these unrelated service points points directly to a foundational infrastructure problem. Amazon is currently working to resolve the issues and investigate the root cause.
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