AWS Down: Major Outage Hits Amazon Web Services; Snapchat, Perplexity, Canva, Coinbase Among Affected Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly down, causing widespread disruptions across platforms like Perplexity, Snapchat, Fortnite, Canva, and Amazon. Users reported issues on X (formerly Twitter), noting outages in services like EC2 and DynamoDB.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly down, causing major disruptions across several popular platforms. As per a post of Downdetector on X (formerly Twitter) on October 20, users have reported problems on AWS outage. Many took to the social media platform X to share their experiences. One user said, “AWS Outage in one region taking down everything. us-east-1. Affected services are currently Amazon EC2 and DynamoDB.” Another wrote, “AWS is down. Perplexity, Snapchat, Fortnite, Airtable, Canva, Amazon, Slack,... Half of the internet is affected." The AWS impact has reportedly spread, disrupting access to many online platforms. Coinbase support team said, "We're aware many users are currently unable to access Coinbase due to an AWS outage." Perplexity Down: Perplexity AI Services Not Working for Users Worldwide, CEO Aravind Srinivas Says ‘Root Cause Is an AWS Issue’.
AWS Down
AWS is down. Perplexity, Snapchat, Fortnite, Airtable, Canva, Amazon, Slack, ... Half of the internet is affected pic.twitter.com/KGIeXdLS7r
— Pierre-Baptiste Borges (@pierbapt) October 20, 2025
AWS Outage
🚨 AWS Outage in *one* region taking down everything. us-east-1. Affected services are currently Amazon EC2 and DynamoDB pic.twitter.com/x2TsaTPhOR
— Ananay (@ananayarora) October 20, 2025
AWS Outage
When #AWS goes down... Yikes!#PulseChain unaffected by the outage pic.twitter.com/BSI6p0QOZy
— bretep (@bretep) October 20, 2025
Coinbase Down
We're aware many users are currently unable to access Coinbase due to an AWS outage.
Our team is working on the issue and we'll provide updates here. All funds are safe.
— Coinbase Support (@CoinbaseSupport) October 20, 2025
AWS Down
User reports indicate problems with Amazon Web Services since 3:05 AM EDT.
How is it affecting you? #AmazonWebServicesDownhttps://t.co/gtjcTxuBcO
— Downdetector (@downdetector) October 20, 2025
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