Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, and Snapchat. fortnite, ChatGPT, Epic Games Store, Epic Online ServicesAnd more. the AWS Status Checker It says multiple services are “affected” by operational issues, and that the company is “investigating increased error rates and latency for multiple AWS services in the US-East-1 region” — though the outage is also affecting services in other regions globally.
users on Reddit We reported that Alexa’s smart assistant is down and unable to respond to queries or complete requests, and from my own experience, I’ve found that routines like preset alarms don’t work. The AWS issue also appears to affect 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 normal service will be restored.
“Perplexity has now been discontinued,” CEO Perplexity said Aravind Srinivas said on X show. “The root cause is an AWS issue. We are working on it.”
The AWS Dashboard first reported the issues affecting the US-East-1 region at 3:11 a.m. ET. “We are actively engaged 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.
AWS outages in the US East 1 region led to widespread disruptions in 2023, 2021, and 2020, forcing many websites and platforms offline for several hours before normal service was restored.