Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortniteand much more. Checking AWS Status reports that several services are “impacted” by operational issues and that the company is “investigating increased error rates and latency for several AWS services in the US-EAST-1 region,” although the outages are also impacting services in other regions around the world.
Users on Reddit The Alexa smart assistant is reported to be down and unable to respond or complete requests, and in my own experience, I've found that routines like preset alarms don't work. The problem with AWS also appears to be affecting platforms running on its cloud network, including Perplexity, Airtable, Canva and the McDonalds app. The cause of the outage has not been confirmed and it is unclear when regular service will be restored.
“Perplexity is down right now,” Perplexity CEO. Aravind Srinivas said on X. “The root cause is an issue with AWS. We are working to resolve it.”
The AWS Dashboard first reported issues affecting the US-EAST-1 region at 3:11 a.m. ET. “We are actively involved and working to mitigate the issue and understand the root cause. We will provide an update in 45 minutes, or sooner if we have additional information to share,” Amazon said in an update posted at 3:51 a.m. ET.
