AWS outage disrupts online shopping, gaming, and more
On Monday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage that threw a wrench into thousands of people's day across the US.
Many users experienced issues with apps not loading, websites glitching, and shopping carts malfunctioning—making everything from gaming to online shopping unexpectedly tricky.
Outage affected mobile apps and websites
By 3:44am ET, over 14,000 outage reports poured into DownDetector.
Most folks struggled with mobile apps (53%), but website home pages and shopping carts were also significantly affected.
E-commerce sites, games, and cloud services that depend on AWS all felt the impact.
Daily life disruptions
It wasn't just big businesses—regular users noticed issues with online games, Amazon Relay for drivers, school tools like Canvas, plus streaming music and smart home devices.
Social media was full of people venting about delays and glitches.
When AWS stumbles, it's a reminder of how much daily life quietly relies on the cloud.