subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. Clients often use this โ€ฆ Wikipedia
Factsheet
Company type Subsidiary
Founded July 2002; 23 years ago (2002-07) (Web services)
March 2006; 19 years ago (2006-03) (Cloud computing)
Factsheet
Company type Subsidiary
Founded July 2002; 23 years ago (2002-07) (Web services)
March 2006; 19 years ago (2006-03) (Cloud computing)
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Downdetector
downdetector.com โ€บ status โ€บ aws-amazon-web-services
AWS live status. Problems and outages for Amazon Web Services | Downdetector
11 hours ago - Real-time AWS (Amazon Web Services) status. Is AWS down or suffering an outages? Here you see what is going on.
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Amazon Web Services
health.aws.amazon.com
Service health - Dec 24, 2025 | AWS Health Dashboard | Global
View the overall status and health of AWS services using the AWS Health Dashboard.
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x.com โ€บ MarioNawfal โ€บ status โ€บ 2004029873241591946
๐ŸšจAMAZON WEB SERVICES JUST CRASHED ON ...
1 day ago - AMAZON WEB SERVICES JUST CRASHED ON CHRISTMAS EVE AWS is down and taking tens of thousands of websites with it. Outage reports spiked from near zero to over 3,200 within minutes. If your favorite site isn't loading right now, this is probably why.
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Ask HN: Is AWS down again?
Downdetector is also recording failure reports: https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/ ยท https://updog.ai/status/amazonaws More on news.ycombinator.com
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Due to AWS being down, multiple biggest online games are being affected severly
This is a crazy outage lol everything is down it feels like. Makes you wonder how crazy things would be if there was a more major outage... More on reddit.com
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Massive AWS outage takes down Snapchat, Reddit, Alexa, Ring and much of the interne
Even took down this title before it could finish More on reddit.com
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AWS is down. Who's laughing right now?
Gonna be โ€œ one of those days โ€œ in work More on reddit.com
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Reddit
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Amazon Web Services (AWS): S3, EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, VPC and more
October 27, 2025 - News, articles and tools covering Amazon Web Services (AWS), including S3, EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, AWS-CDK, Route 53, CloudFront, Lambda, VPC, Cloudwatch, Glacier and more.
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Amazon
health.aws.amazon.com โ€บ health โ€บ status
Service health - Dec 25, 2025 | AWS Health Dashboard
October 20, 2025 - View the overall status and health of AWS services using the AWS Health Dashboard.
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Analytics Insight
analyticsinsight.net โ€บ home โ€บ news โ€บ aws denies christmas outage as gamers worldwide report login and server issues
AWS Crash Shuts Down Games, Apps, and Streaming Worldwide on Christmas Day Disaster
1 day ago - AWS outage caused login failures and connection issues. Many services stopped responding at the same time. Complaints surfaced from multiple countries within minutes. Gaming and streaming platforms appeared to face the most trouble during peak ...
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Livemint
livemint.com โ€บ business news โ€บ news โ€บ trends
AWS Christmas outage? Netizens fume as ARC Raiders, other games stop mid-play โ€” โ€˜Canโ€™t rely on servers that...โ€™
1 day ago - Thousands of users worldwide reported that their favourite gaming platforms, including ARC Raiders, Steam, Fortnite and the Epic Games Store, stopped mid-play due to an alleged outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Christmas Day. Users worldwide, particularly in the United States, have reported difficulties accessing multiple online services. According to Downdetector, more than 4,000 users reported issues around 9:30 PM EST on Wednesday.
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AWS
docs.aws.amazon.com โ€บ aws health โ€บ user guide โ€บ aws health dashboard
AWS Health Dashboard - AWS Health
You can use the AWS Health Dashboard โ€“ Service health to view the health of all AWS services. This page shows reported service events for services across AWS Regions.
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Hindustan Times
hindustantimes.com โ€บ news โ€บ world news โ€บ us news
ARC Raiders, Fortnite, Rocket League - List of games affected in latest outage | Hindustan Times
1 day ago - Several social media users claimed that an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is disrupting multiple online gaming services, including ARC Raiders, Fortnite, Rocket League, and other Epic Games titles. According to Downdetector, a platform that reports online outages, over 4000 users in the US reported issues with AWS.
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The Financial Express
financialexpress.com โ€บ business news โ€บ life โ€บ technology
AWS down: Fortnite, ARC Raiders, Rocket League and several other apps experiencing outages
5 hours ago - AWS services are operating normally today, but an event elsewhere on the internet has prompted some inaccurate speculation on social media,โ€ AWS Newsroom account posted on X.
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Red94
red94.net โ€บ home โ€บ entertainment โ€บ aws servers down last night, fortnite playstation epic games offline during holiday and gamers never saw this outage coming
AWS servers down last night, Fortnite PlayStation Epic Games offline during holiday and gamers never saw this outage coming
1 day ago - AWS servers went down last night, knocking Fortnite, PlayStation, and Epic Games offline during the holiday season. The outage began on December 24, 2025 around 8:41 PM EST, disrupting millions of players just as holiday gaming reached peak ...
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YouTube
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The AWS Outage Uncovered Something EVERY Developer Should Know - YouTube
When AWS goes down, the whole internet feels it. In this video, Sam Newman (author of Building Microservices) breaks down the recent AWS outage โ€” explaining ...
Published ย  October 29, 2025
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Business Standard
business-standard.com โ€บ home โ€บ companies โ€บ news
AWS denies global outage report, says services functioning normally | Company News - Business Standard
1 day ago - (This article has been updated) Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday denied outage reports, stating that the services were functioning normally and that the reliable way to check the status is through the company's health dashboard.
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Hindustan Times
hindustantimes.com โ€บ news โ€บ world news
AWS denies outage reports, says services operating normally: Full statement | World News
1 day ago - The Amazon Web Services (AWS) has clarified that its services are operating normally and there is no outage.
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Benzinga
benzinga.com โ€บ markets โ€บ tech โ€บ 25 โ€บ 12 โ€บ 49588656 โ€บ amazon-web-services-christmas-eve-outage-reignites-concerns-over-cloud-monopoly-risks
Amazon Web Service Says Services Not Hit By Outage As Social Media Buzzes Over Christmas Crash (UPDATED) - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Benzinga
1 day ago - In a post on X, The Kobeissi Letter said "Amazon Web Services has crashed with tens of thousands of websites currently down," adding that it was the "3rd large-scale crash in Amazon Web Services this year." The tweet included a chart showing AWS outage reports spiking sharply over the prior 24 hours, underscoring the sudden and severe nature of the incident.
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x.com โ€บ awscloud
Amazon Web Services (@awscloud) / X
August 18, 2009 - The official account for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Hacker News
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Ask HN: Is AWS down again? | Hacker News
October 29, 2025 - Downdetector is also recording failure reports: https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/ ยท https://updog.ai/status/amazonaws
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Republic World
republicworld.com โ€บ home โ€บ tech news โ€บ amazon web services crashes on christmas, several websites down
Amazon Web Services Crashes On Christmas, Several Websites Down | Republic World
1 day ago - Several reports claim that the Amazon Web Services servers have crashed on the intervening night of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As per Downdetector, a platform that reports online outages, over 3200 users reported crashes in several websites due to the AWS server crash.
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The Economic Times
economictimes.indiatimes.com โ€บ business news โ€บ us โ€บ science & technology
AWS down? Outage disrupts major online gaming platforms during holiday season, hereโ€™s whatโ€™s affected and what to do - The Economic Times
1 day ago - A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is severely impacting popular online gaming platforms, leaving thousands of players unable to access their games. Major titles like Fortnite, Rocket League, and ARC Raiders are experiencing login, matchmaking, and server connection issues.