Amazon Web Services experienced a major outage on Monday, causing widespread disruption to numerous online services including Snapchat, Roblox, and Signal. The problem began around 3:11 a.m. Eastern Time, with Amazon reporting increased error rates and latencies in its US-EAST-1 Region. The outage impacted not only third-party services that rely on AWS infrastructure but also Amazon's own products, such as Ring doorbell cameras and Alexa smart speakers.
Amazon attributed the disruption to issues with its domain name system, which is crucial for translating web addresses into IP addresses. The company began to see recovery across most affected services by approximately 6 a.m. Eastern Time and confirmed global services relying on the impacted region had also recovered, aiming for a full resolution. This incident highlights the significant reliance of many popular online platforms and services on a few major cloud computing providers, underscoring the potential ... download the app to read more
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