Current AWS Outage Overview (October 20, 2025)
As of October 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is experiencing a significant outage originating in its US East (N. Virginia) region (us-east-1). The issue began around 12:11 AM PDT (3:11 AM EDT) and is causing increased error rates and elevated latencies across multiple AWS services. AWS has confirmed that an investigation is underway, with the next update expected within 30-45 minutes from the latest report.
Key Affected Services
According to the AWS Health Dashboard, the outage impacts several core services in us-east-1, including:
- Amazon DynamoDB: Database service for high-performance NoSQL workloads.
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Core virtual server infrastructure, which many applications rely on for computing power.
These disruptions are cascading to a wide range of consumer-facing websites and apps hosted on AWS, leading to widespread downtime.
Notable Impacted Websites and Apps
User reports and news confirm outages for:
- Amazon (e-commerce and Prime Video).
- Snapchat (messaging and social features).
- Disney+ (streaming service).
- Reddit (social platform).
- Fortnite (Epic Games’ battle royale, affecting login and gameplay).
- Alexa and Ring (Amazon’s smart home devices, with voice commands and camera access down).
- Venmo (payment app).
- Coinbase (crypto exchange).
- Roblox (gaming platform).
- Canva (design tool).
- HMRC (UK tax service).
The outage appears global in reach due to AWS’s role as a backbone for internet services, though the root cause is isolated to the us-east-1 data center.
Status and Resolution
AWS is actively working on mitigation, but no estimated time to resolution (ETTR) has been provided yet. For real-time updates, check the AWS Service Health Dashboard. If you’re affected, monitor Downdetector for user-reported issues or try alternative services where possible. This event highlights the dependency of much of the internet on AWS infrastructure.