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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.
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Ask HN: Is AWS down again?
Downdetector is also recording failure reports: https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/ · https://updog.ai/status/amazonaws More on news.ycombinator.com
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Worldwide AWS Outage?
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How is the global Amazon AWS outage affecting you today?
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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
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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
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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
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AWS status. Is AWS down? | IsDown
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StatusGator
statusgator.com › services › 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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IsDown
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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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Downdetector
downdetector.com › status › 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
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Largest Outages of 2025: A Downdetector Analysis | Ookla®
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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Tom's Guide
tomsguide.com › computing › internet
AWS was not down — Amazon disputed service outage reports linked to Microsoft
October 31, 2025 - It’s important that we make this clear. We serve you. Our readers, and nobody else. That is why we are led by a combination of three things: user outage reports on platforms like Down Detector, user-submitted emails documenting their own experiences, and company service status pages.
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Ynetnews
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Widespread service disruptions reported as major platforms go down worldwide
1 month ago - A sweeping wave of outages affected a range of major digital platforms Wednesday evening, with real-time data from monitoring site Downdetector showing disruptions across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, Xbox Live and more.
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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/ · https://updog.ai/status/amazonaws
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AWS
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Downdetector Enhances Resilience with AWS Multi-Region Serverless Architecture | Amazon Web Services
August 15, 2024 - Downdetector by Ookla, provides real-time insights into the status of services, enabling professionals, in various industries, to quickly identify and respond to potential disruptions.
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Awsight
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AWS Service Down Detector - Free Real-Time Health Status Monitor | AWSight
Monitor AWS service health across all regions in real-time. Get instant alerts on AWS outages, service disruptions & maintenance updates. Always free.
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Mashable
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AWS outage update: What happened and why? | Mashable
It's been a tremendously turbulent Monday for AWS. The popular cloud platform saw a major outage in the early morning hours, briefly recovered, and then experienced new problems around midday. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same parent company as Mashable.)
Published   October 21, 2025
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The Independent
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Huge Amazon internet outage leaves Snapchat, Reddit, banks and more not working: Latest updates | The Independent
October 21, 2025 - via signal or slack) are both currently stymied by the AWS outage,” he said. ... Down Detector, the tracking website for outages, has been an alarming red all day.
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Tom's Guide
tomsguide.com › computing › internet
AWS was down — live updates following massive outage that broke the internet | Tom's Guide
October 21, 2025 - So far, according to the Reddit status page, the infrastructure of the service is undergoing "degraded performance," which is backed up by nearly 5,000 outage reports on Down Detector! ... Roblox is back to normal levels, Epic Games Store service seems to be back online (and Fortnite by extension), Dead by Daylight has resumed, and Steam, Rocket League and Pokémon GO are almost back to normal. PlayStation Network is showing no issues too. Looks as if the fix has resolved some of the anti-cheat issues that seem to have caused the blockages due to AWS.
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CNN
cnn.com › business › live-news › 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 site’s parent company Ookla told CNN via email.
Published   October 21, 2025
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The Economic Times
economictimes.indiatimes.com › business news › news › international › us news
Amazon Web Services down? DownDetector shows widespread issues across apps and websites - The Economic Times
October 20, 2025 - Thousands of users in the United States experienced disruptions on Monday as Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported outages across multiple platforms. Many users attempting to access the site or connected gaming platforms noticed interruptions. According to DownDetector at 3:44 a.m.
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CBC News
cbc.ca › news › world › amazon-web-services-outage-9.6944889
Amazon restores cloud services unit AWS after massive outage hits major apps, websites | CBC News
October 20, 2025 - By 2:20 p.m. ET, outage tracking website Downdetector had received more than 13 million reports from users related to the incident, including more than 351,000 from Canada. "The scale is very, very unique. And I suppose it points to the foundational role of AWS in the entire internet infrastructure and ecosystem," said Luke Kehoe, an industry analyst with Ookla, the website's parent company.