To check if AWS is down or experiencing an outage, you can:
1. Visit the AWS Status Page

2. Use StatusGator to monitor real-time AWS outages, including early warning signals before official announcements are posted.

StatusGator aggregates AWS service status in real-time and can alert you via Slack, Teams, email, or webhook when an AWS region or service experiences downtime. You can also track AWS along with third-party tools like Cloudflare, Azure, and your own SaaS stack.

AWS outages happen from a handful of root causes, including:
- Networking issues (e.g., intra-region traffic failures, DNS problems)
- Code bugs or faulty deployments (often from changes in underlying systems)
- Capacity or resource exhaustion
- Dependency failures within AWS or third-party services
- Physical infrastructure issues (like power or cooling failures)

Because AWS operates at a massive scale, even minor glitches can have cascading effects across multiple services and regions. That’s why it's crucial to have proactive monitoring in place. With StatusGator, you can detect outages before they’re officially acknowledged, helping you respond faster and reduce downtime impact

To check the AWS maintenance history, review the AWS Service Health Dashboard or StatusGator. The AWS official status page shows past events such as service degradations, outages, and maintenance windows. However, AWS only provides limited historical data, and it’s not easy to search or aggregate across services and regions.
A better alternative is using StatusGator, which maintains a searchable history of AWS status changes across all regions and services. You can view historical data on specific services, regions, or your entire AWS footprint in one place.