Amazon denies AWS outage reports, says ‘operating normally’

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has denied the reports of a new service outage affecting its cloud infrastructure, following a wave of user complaints and social media speculation. The company has clarified that its systems are completely operational and has attributed the confusion to issues stemming from another infrastructure provider. The reports about AWS outage started circulating later Wednesday (October 29) after some users reported connectivity issues on multiple platforms.

Outage tracking website Downdetector too showed several users reporting AWS outage. User reports claiming dusruption in AWS services on Downdetector exceeded 5000. Several posts on Twitter too showed lists of websites and apps impacted by AWS outage.