AWS is down again - everything we know so far

Date:
Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:19:00 +0000

Description:
Everything you need to know about the latest AWS outage.

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Amazon's cloud computing arm, AWS, has suffered yet another outage. This is the fourth time in recent months the service has gone down.

According to data from outage tracking site DownDetector, the outage began at 15:00 GMT / 10:00 ET.

There's nothing on the official AWS status page as yet, so it's unclear precisely which services are affected, but we'll be updating this blog with all the latest updates.

This is a developing story...

So far, the number of DownDetector reports is sitting at around 500, which is relatively low. For a major outage affecting multiple regions, for example, we'd expect a few thousand reports at least. (Image credit: DownDetector)

It's worth noting that Slack is also currently suffering an outage and it's not impossible the two incidents are connected. When AWS went down late last year, it took a whole host of sites and services with it, Slack included.

Last time round, the AWS outage was caused by a loss of power in a single
data center facility in the US, which caused a host of knock-on problems.

Amazon was quick to restore power to the affected facility, but faced network connectivity challenges that delayed the recovery.

This time, it appears the outage is on a smaller scale. There's still nothing on the AWS status page and very little chatter on Twitter, including from official Amazon accounts.



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