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TL;DR
- Users on a variety of websites and services are reporting outages and connectivity issues today.
- The problem seems to be due to issues with Amazon Web Services.
- Affected services include Snapchat, Grammarly, Prime Video, Signal, Asana, and Slack.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) powers many websites and online services around the world, but it looks like the infrastructure provider is suffering major issues right now.
Users of numerous websites and services are reporting outages or connectivity issues right now via social media, Reddit, and Downdetector. Affected services include Prime Video, Snapchat, Asana, Slack, Grammarly, and the PlayStation Network. Signal has also confirmed that it’s suffering from connectivity woes.
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The number of affected services suggests that it’s an infrastructure issue, and the AWS Health Dashboard indeed indicates a significant problem.
“We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 Region,” read an excerpt of Amazon’s notice earlier today.
“We can confirm significant error rates for requests made to the DynamoDB endpoint in the US-EAST-1 Region,” read the excerpt of a later update. “We will continue to provide updates as we have more information to share, or by 2:00 AM (PT).”
In any event, we hope this issue doesn’t last too long. Are you noticing any issues with other services? Let us know in the comments below!
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