Service outage: AWS faces second outage this month; Amazon services hit again
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced its second major outage this month on October 29th, affecting websites, apps, and cloud-based platforms across multiple regions. Thousands of users reported issues accessing AWS-hosted services via DownDetector, impacting companies like Snapchat, Reddit, Slack, Amazon's retail site, streaming services, and enterprise applications relying on AWS EC2, S3, and DynamoDB. While AWS disputes the extent of disruption, it advises using its official Health Dashboard for accurate updates. The outage may be linked to infrastructure stress in the US-EAST-1 region, similar to a previous incident that lasted nearly 15 hours and cost Amazon an estimated $581 million in potential losses. This recurrence has raised concerns about over-reliance on single cloud providers and highlighted the need for multi-cloud strategies and resilience planning.
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