Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage centered on US-EAST-1 (Northern Virginia). Error rates and latency spiked and many apps went offline. AWS said services showed recovery within hours. By about 5:27 a.m. ET, recovery was underway. By around 6:35 a.m. ET, most requests were working again.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage centered on US-EAST-1 (Northern Virginia). Error rates and latency spiked and many apps went offline. AWS said services showed recovery within hours. By about 5:27 a.m. ET, recovery was underway. By around 6:35 a.m. ET, most requests were working again.
What went down
Reports showed problems across social, gaming, finance, and Amazon’s own products. Affected names included Snapchat, Fortnite, Roblox, Signal, Coinbase, Robinhood, Venmo, Prime Video, and Alexa. Several collaboration and AI tools also saw issues.
Major U.S. and U.K. services felt the impact. UK banks and government sites reported trouble, including some airline systems. United and Delta were among those flagged in early coverage.
What AWS said
AWS updates pointed to the issue in US-EAST-1 and noted “increased error rates and latencies.” Status messages later showed “significant signs of recovery” and then broad restoration. The timeline above reflects those updates cited by major outlets.
Was DynamoDB the cause?
DynamoDB showed degraded performance during the incident. Some coverage links the impact to DynamoDB, with one report citing a DNS-related problem affecting its API. AWS has not yet published a formal post-mortem confirming a single root cause.
Why this matters
AWS runs a big slice of the internet. A fault in one popular region can ripple worldwide. The event recalls past high-profile US-EAST-1 outages in 2020–2023 and will renew focus on multi-region design, automatic failover, and vendor diversification.
