AWS Outage: What To Know As Amazon Says Cloud Service Is Back To Normal

Core Insights - Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced significant connectivity issues affecting thousands of applications and websites, with over 1,200 reports of outages noted by Downdetector on Tuesday morning [1][2][3] - The connectivity problems peaked just before midnight on October 19, leading to 11.3 million user reports of issues, primarily from the United States and the United Kingdom [3][5] - AWS attributed the outage to an error in its EC2 internal network, which is responsible for traffic distribution across servers, impacting various sectors including airlines, restaurants, financial services, and healthcare [6] Connectivity Issues - The connectivity issues began late Sunday night and persisted into Monday afternoon, with reports gradually decreasing by Monday evening [3][4] - By 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the number of connectivity issues reached its lowest point before rising again later that morning [4] Impact on Companies - A total of 2,500 individual companies were reported to be affected by the outages, highlighting the widespread impact of the AWS service disruption [5] - Major platforms such as Snapchat, Canva, Venmo, Coinbase, and gaming services like Roblox and Fortnite were among those impacted [2][6] Recovery Status - AWS announced that all services had returned to normal operations by 3 p.m. on Monday, although some services continued to experience backlogs [6]