You Can’t Use Snapchat, Fortnite, or Alexa Right Now — Here’s Why
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently facing a massive outage that’s knocking out some of the biggest apps and services online, including Amazon itself, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more.
### The Internet Feels the Hit: Major Apps Are Down Everywhere
Many of the world’s most popular apps have suddenly stopped working properly, and users everywhere are feeling it. Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, Alexa, and Canva are all struggling right now. The root of the issue appears to be AWS.
According to Amazon’s own status tracker, several AWS services are “impacted” by operational issues. The company says it’s “investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 Region.” While the problem is reported in the US, users around the world are experiencing issues.
Platforms running on AWS’s cloud network, like Perplexity, are also feeling the heat. The exact cause of the outage is still unknown, and there’s no word yet on when things will return to normal.
### When AWS Goes Down, the Internet Feels It
AWS powers a massive part of the internet, and when it stumbles, everything that relies on it starts to fall apart. AWS provides cloud computing, databases, storage, and other essential infrastructure to companies, developers, and even governments worldwide.
So when AWS experiences an issue, a big part of the web experiences disruptions too. From your favorite apps to the systems that run businesses behind the scenes, everyone is feeling the ripple effect of this outage.
### Are You Experiencing Issues?
– Yep, some of my apps are down.
– A few things are lagging.
– Not noticing anything.
– Didn’t even know AWS was behind this.
### There’s No Quick Fix in Sight
Right now, there’s no estimated time of arrival (ETA) for a full restoration. AWS says its engineers are actively working on the problem, but given the scale of the outage, it could take a while.
For now, patience is your best bet—and a reminder of just how much of the internet quietly depends on one company’s cloud services.
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