AWS is Now Back Online After Causing Significant Crash to Most of the Internet

Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 13 June 2023, 09:06 pm

Many websites, services, and platforms were seemingly inaccessible earlier today and it was because of the recent Amazon Web Services crash which significantly affected access to many online platforms. AWS remains one of the most used cloud computing platforms which serves as a foundation for some websites, and this small problem can massively affect the internet as we know it.

The recent outage of Amazon's AWS was immediately resolved by the company and restored services to most websites that rely on it, with most issues already resolved earlier tonight.

AWS is Now Back Online After its Recent Outage

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Reports of problems came flooding through Downdetector's website earlier today, as AWS showed a significant outage that affected those that rely on the service from the cloud platform. From the company that recently experienced an outage because of the disapproval of its API changes, Reddit, down to McDonald's, and more, users have raised their complaints to Downdetector.

According to reports, it was the US East-1 cloud region that saw massive problems which affected the service's features and operations in the slur of problems earlier today. Amazon's dashboard which determines the operations of AWS has also revealed that it AWS Lambda was among the affected platforms in this outage.

Amazon's Swift Acknowledgement of the Crash

The said dashboard was quick to determine the problem and what happened to AWS in the most recent crash, and this led to the company's swift resolution which made services come back online after several hours.

By early tonight, most of AWS' problems were resolved and a massive part of the internet was on track to regain its features and bring its offers to the public.

Amazon Web Services and Previous Issues

AWS remains to be one of the most trusted web services and cloud-based platforms which bring websites, apps, and other online experiences accessible to the public. However, it had its fair share of ups and downs through the years, and among its most grueling was a major issue back in 2021 where it faced three consecutive crashes in December.

The cloud computing platform is known to bring its services to the likes of Disney Plus, Alexa, Slack, the Epic Games Store, and more, proving to be one of the most significant platforms there is. A lot of services rely on AWS and throughout the years, it proved to be one of the most trusted cloud platforms there is, with crashes immediately addressed by the company.

In the fast-paced online world that we live in, everything is crucial, from internet connections to ensuring that devices are working as they should for continued access to what people need. AWS' recent outage only shows that while everything is advanced now, a simple problem may bring down infrastructure and highly affect those that rely on it.