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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Communicationsdaily
communicationsdaily.com โ€บ news โ€บ 2025 โ€บ 12 โ€บ 18 โ€บ October-AWS-Outage-Was-the-Largest-of-the-Year-Downdetector-2512170016
October AWS Outage Was the Largest of the Year: Downdetector
4 days ago - Amazon Web Services was responsible for the largest global outage in 2025, with an incident generating more than 17 million reports, Downdetector said Wednesday. A single AWS point of failure on Oct.
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Amazon Web Services
health.aws.amazon.com
Service health - Dec 21, 2025 | AWS Health Dashboard | Global
View the overall status and health of AWS services using the AWS Health Dashboard.
Discussions

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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Another AWS/O365 Outage
Microsoft discovering the pain of relying upon their own support. More on reddit.com
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Worldwide AWS Outage?
who else is on-call? let's goooo More on reddit.com
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How is the global Amazon AWS outage affecting you today?
Rate limitโ€ฆ taking a couple min โ€ฆ stand by for answerโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ More on reddit.com
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Is AWS down today?
AWS was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the AWS status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest AWS outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.
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isdown.app
isdown.app โ€บ all services โ€บ aws
AWS status. Is AWS down? | IsDown
What is AWS current status?
AWS is currently operational. You can check AWS status and current incidents and outages on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the issues affecting customers.
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isdown.app
isdown.app โ€บ all services โ€บ aws
AWS status. Is AWS down? | IsDown
How to monitor or check AWS status?
You can use IsDown service or go to AWS official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.
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isdown.app
isdown.app โ€บ all services โ€บ aws
AWS status. Is AWS down? | IsDown
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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
1 week 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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Ookla
ookla.com โ€บ articles โ€บ largest-outages-of-2025
Largest Outages of 2025: A Downdetector Analysis | Ooklaยฎ
1 week ago - AWS (Oct 20, 2025): The largest global incident of 2025 was the result of an AWS outage that received over 17 million Downdetector reports across Amazon and all other impacted services.
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StatusGator
statusgator.com โ€บ services โ€บ amazon-web-services
Amazon Web Services Status. Check if Amazon Web Services is down or having an outage. | StatusGator
November 18, 2025 - Explore our interactive AWS outage map to monitor real-time incidents and service issues across the globe. This dynamic map highlights regions around the world affected by recent Amazon Web Services outages, giving you a clear view of performance and downtime trends.
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GV Wire
gvwire.com โ€บ home โ€บ amazon web services says itโ€™s running perfectly fine
Amazon Web Services Says It's Running Perfectly Fine - GV Wire
October 29, 2025 - The only resource on the internet that provides accurate data on the availability of our services is the AWS Health Dashboard,โ€ a company spokesperson said. ... Amazon Web Services experienced an outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.
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Amazon
health.aws.amazon.com โ€บ health โ€บ status
Service health - Dec 21, 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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IsDown
isdown.app โ€บ all services โ€บ aws
AWS status. Is AWS down? | IsDown
November 18, 2025 - Is AWS down? Check real-time AWS status, official outages, and user reports.
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CNN
cnn.com โ€บ business โ€บ live-news โ€บ amazon-tech-outage-10-20-25-intl
AWS global outage, Amazon, Snapchat, Roblox and Fortnite down | CNN Business
Downdetector, a website that aggregates user-submitted reports of disruptions to online services, said it received 6.5 million global reports related to the outage, a spokesperson for the siteโ€™s parent company Ookla told CNN via email.
Published ย  October 21, 2025
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CBS News
cbsnews.com โ€บ moneywatch โ€บ amazon web services outage finally resolved
Amazon Web Services outage finally resolved - CBS News
October 21, 2025 - Thousands of Venmo users reported difficulties at about 1:30 p.m. ET, while people also reported problems with AI chatbot Claude, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon services like Alexa around the same time, according to Downdetector. Some companies and apps posted on social media to alert their users that the AWS outage was impacting their services.
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CNBC
cnbc.com โ€บ 2025 โ€บ 10 โ€บ 20 โ€บ amazon-web-services-outage-takes-down-major-websites.html
AWS services recover after daylong outage hits major sites
October 20, 2025 - By Monday evening, the company said "all AWS services returned to normal operations." Downdetector previously showed user reports of problems at sites including Amazon, Snapchat, Disney+, Reddit and Canva.
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Courier-Journal
courier-journal.com โ€บ story โ€บ news โ€บ local โ€บ 2025 โ€บ 10 โ€บ 20 โ€บ amazon-aws-outage-today-is-reddit-snapchat-down-see-affected-websites โ€บ 86798401007
Amazon AWS outage today? Is Reddit, Snapchat down? See affected websites
October 20, 2025 - An Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is causing widespread issues for numerous websites and services. The problems are primarily concentrated in the U.S. East region, according to DownDetector.com.
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Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com โ€บ item
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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Ookla
ookla.com โ€บ articles โ€บ aws-outage-q4-2025
Revealing the Cascading Impacts of the AWS Outage | Ooklaยฎ
October 22, 2025 - Downdetector captured 17M+ outage reports globally across 60+ countries, with the US (>6.3M) and UK (>1.5M) leading outage volumes. Services with the most reports included Snapchat (~3M), Roblox (~716k) and Amazon retail (~698k), and spanned ...
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BBC
bbc.com โ€บ news โ€บ live โ€บ c5y8k7k6v1rt
Amazon web services return to 'normal operations' after mass outage, tech giant says - BBC News
October 21, 2025 - Though Amazon Web Services (AWS) has said it has fixed the underlying issue that has disrupted numerous apps and websites today, some users are still reporting issues. Downdetector now says users have been reporting issues with Grok, Lyft, Claude AI, Hulu and Reddit in updates posted on its X account., external
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Reddit
reddit.com โ€บ r/sysadmin โ€บ another aws/o365 outage
r/sysadmin on Reddit: Another AWS/O365 Outage
October 29, 2025 -

Here we go again. Midwest USA here. If you look at AWS and O365 in DownDetector the outage spike is pretty much the same. Glad Amazon's stock prices are up with the most recent round of firings.... /s