As of the latest information, a major outage affecting many popular apps and websites has been caused by a disruption at Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud computing platform that supports a large part of the internet infrastructure. Apps and services currently or recently down include Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, Canva, Strava, Zoom, Signal, Slack, and Reddit. Additionally, several banks like Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland, and some financial platforms like Coinbase have faced connectivity or access issues. Some major US airlines and AI companies were also impacted. Amazon has been working to mitigate the issue and reports that most services are recovering, though some may still face intermittent problems or degraded performance. Certain services that launch new cloud instances and databases in the affected region are still experiencing errors. Users may need to flush DNS caches if they have continued connection problems. In summary, many apps and websites dependent on AWS experienced downtime or disruptions due to the AWS outage, with recovery ongoing but not fully completed yet.
