Amazon‌ ‌Server‌ ‌Outage‌ ‌Causes‌ ‌Problems‌ ‌Across‌ ‌Numerous‌ ‌Platforms‌

Teodora Dobrilova
Teodora Dobrilova

Updated · Feb 21, 2022

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The outage began around 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday.

Taking Down Half of the Internet

Down Detector reported 11,000+ outages for AWS-run sites. 

The issues affected:

  • Ring 
  • Prime Music
  • Alexa
  • Kindle e-books
  • Chime services
  • Business websites

Reports also show problems with the streaming services Netflix and Disney+, as well as games like League of Legends, PUBG, and Valorant. In addition, owners of Ring and Wyze security cameras encountered difficulties, too. 

Google, Venmo, McDonald's, TicketMaster, and My Social Security also experienced outages.

Richard Rocha, an Amazon spokesperson, confirmed the issue: "There is an AWS service event in the US-East Region (Virginia) affecting Amazon Operations and other customers with resources running from this region.”

The problem with APIs in the US-EAST-1 Region was announced on AWS’s Service Health Dashboard at 9:37 am PST. At 4:35 pm PST the network device issues were resolved and Amazon turned its focus on impaired services.

Making the Most of an Unfortunate Situation

Amazon workers and some Twitter users, however, faced the situation with a sprinkle of humor.

For example, drivers organized a karaoke, as they were unable to make deliveries.

Furthermore, some made fun of their own dependence on technology. 

Sources.

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Teodora Dobrilova

Teodora Dobrilova

Teodora devoted her whole life to words – reading, writing and trying to be original on social media. She got certified in digital marketing but still feels she’s not cool enough to be an influencer. (We all disagree – she influences the team pretty well.) She finished a master’s degree focused in Literature, Publishing, Mass Media. Her hobbies include traveling, and reading. Teddy hopes that yoga will be the thing to finally teach her some patience and show her the path toward world domination. Maybe modern tech can also help her with that.

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