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AWS outage disrupts global websites and services
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A major outage at Amazon Web Services' US-EAST-1 region in northern Virginia caused widespread internet disruptions on Monday morning, October 20, 2025. DNS resolution issues affected numerous platforms, including Amazon's own services and third-party apps. The incident highlighted vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure.
Amazon outage caused by single failure in AWS network
A software bug in Amazon Web Services' DynamoDB DNS management system triggered a 15-hour outage affecting millions worldwide. The failure originated in the US-East-1 region and cascaded to impact services like Snapchat and Roblox. Amazon engineers detailed the root cause as a race condition that led to inconsistent network states.