"Amazon's cloud services unit AWS, which provides computing power, data storage and other digital services to numerous companies, governments and individuals, was hit by an outage on Monday, affecting several popular websites and apps. The internet services monitoring platform Downdetector said Amazon's own shopping website, PrimeVideo and Alexa were all facing issues. "We can confirm increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS Services in the US-EAST-1 Region," AWS said in an update on its status page."
"British broadcaster BBC later cited an update from AWS saying "We have identified a potential root cause for error rates for the DynamoDB APIs in the US-EAST-1 Region." Among the websites and apps facing problems are the AI startup Perplexity, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and the trading app Robinhood. Snapchat, Duolingo and several banks have also reported problems."
A significant AWS outage occurred on Monday in the US-EAST-1 region, producing increased error rates and latencies across multiple services. Downdetector reported that Amazon's shopping site, PrimeVideo and Alexa experienced issues. AWS confirmed elevated error rates and latencies and later indicated a potential root cause linked to DynamoDB APIs in US-EAST-1. The outage disrupted numerous third-party websites and apps, including Perplexity, Coinbase and Robinhood. Additional consumer apps such as Snapchat and Duolingo, along with several banks, also reported problems as a result of the outage.
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