Massive AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps; DNS Issue in us-east-1 Blamed A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage temporarily took many popular apps and sites offline or made them sluggish, including Alexa, Venmo, Lyft, Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite, Reddit, Disney+, Apple Music, Pinterest, Roblox, banks, airlines, and news outlets. The disruption centered on the heavily used US-EAST-1 (N. Virginia) region. AWS identified the trigger as DNS resolution issues for DynamoDB API endpoints. While that DNS problem was mitigated early in the day, cascading dependencies caused lingering issues—especially with EC2 instance launches—leading AWS to temporarily rate‑limit new launches in the region to aid recovery. Amazon later said services were restored, with backlogs clearing over time. Root cause: DNS resolution issues affecting regional DynamoDB endpoints in us‑east‑1. Timeline (ET): Errors began overnight; DNS…

Massive AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps; DNS Issue in us-east-1 Blamed A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took many apps and sites offline or made them sluggish, including Alexa, Venmo, Lyft, Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite, Reddit, Disney+, Apple Music, Pinterest, Roblox, banks, airlines, and news outlets. The incident centered on the heavily used US-EAST-1 (N. Virginia) region. AWS identified the trigger as DNS resolution issues for DynamoDB API endpoints. While the DNS problem was mitigated early in the day, cascading dependencies led to lingering issues—most notably with EC2 instance launches—as AWS temporarily rate-limited new launches in us-east-1 to aid recovery. Amazon later said services were restored, with backlogs clearing over time. Root cause: DNS resolution issues affecting regional DynamoDB endpoints in us-east-1. Timeline (ET): Errors began overnight; DNS mitigated in…

AWS Outage Takes Down Major Apps; DNS Issue in us-east-1 Cited A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage disrupted a long list of apps and sites, including Alexa, Venmo, Lyft, Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite, Reddit, Disney+, Apple Music, Pinterest, Roblox, banks, airlines, and news outlets. The issues centered on the US-EAST-1 (N. Virginia) region and led to increased error rates and slowdowns across multiple AWS services. AWS identified the trigger as DNS resolution problems for DynamoDB API endpoints. While the DNS issue was mitigated earlier in the day, cascading dependencies caused lingering problems—most notably with EC2 instance launches—as AWS rate-limited new launches in the region to aid recovery. Amazon later reported that service operations had been restored, with backlogs clearing over time. Root cause: DNS resolution issue affecting regional DynamoDB endpoints…

Massive AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps; DNS Issue in us-east-1 Blamed A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took major apps and sites offline or made them sluggish, including Alexa, Venmo, Lyft, Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite, Reddit, Disney+, Apple Music, Pinterest, Roblox, banks, airlines, and news outlets. AWS tied the incident to DNS resolution issues impacting DynamoDB API endpoints in the US-EAST-1 (N. Virginia) region. Root cause: DNS resolution problems for regional DynamoDB service endpoints. Timeline (ET): Errors began overnight (around 3:11 AM); DNS issues were mitigated early morning; lingering impacts affected EC2 instance launches into the afternoon; AWS reported full resolution by evening. Knock-on effects: After DNS stabilized, AWS rate-limited new EC2 instance launches in us-east-1 to aid recovery and advised avoiding AZ-specific deployments during restoration. While most services recovered…

Massive AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps; DNS Issue in us-east-1 Blamed A significant Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage impacted a wide range of apps and websites, from Alexa and Venmo to Snapchat, Fortnite, Reddit, Lyft, and Disney+. The incident was tied to DNS resolution issues affecting DynamoDB API endpoints in the US-EAST-1 (N. Virginia) region, one of AWS’s busiest hubs. Root cause: DNS resolution problems for regional DynamoDB service endpoints in us-east-1. Timeline (ET): Error rates began overnight (around 3:11 AM); DNS issue mitigated by early morning; lingering impacts affected EC2 instance launches into the afternoon; AWS reported full resolution by evening. Services hit: Reports included Alexa, Venmo, Lyft, Snapchat, Canva, Fortnite, Reddit, Disney+, Apple Music, Pinterest, Roblox, banks, airlines, and news sites. Knock-on effects: Even after DNS stabilized, AWS…

Apple Stock Hits New All‑Time High Apple’s share price set a fresh record in U.S. trading, reaching an intraday high of $264.38 before closing at $262.24. The move surpasses the company’s prior peak from late December last year and underscores continued investor confidence in Apple’s long-term roadmap. Intraday high: $264.38 Closing price: $262.24 Context: New record above the previous all-time high set late last year While no single catalyst was confirmed for today’s surge, investors have been watching Apple’s expanding services business, ongoing buybacks, and the company’s push to integrate more on-device and cloud-assisted AI features across its platforms. Broader market momentum for large-cap tech has also provided a favorable backdrop. It’s worth noting that record highs don’t guarantee a straight path upward. Macro factors such as interest rates, consumer…

AWS us-east-1 Outage Disrupted Major Apps; Amazon Cites DNS Issue With DynamoDB (Now Resolved) A widespread incident in Amazon Web Services’ us-east-1 region on October 20 (ET) caused increased error rates and latency across multiple services, temporarily disrupting major apps including Snapchat, Venmo, Lyft, Fortnite—and even Amazon’s own Alexa. By the afternoon, AWS said most services had returned to normal, with request backlogs clearing into the evening. Amazon later confirmed the broader resolution of the issue. What happened AWS identified the trigger as a DNS resolution issue impacting DynamoDB endpoints. That meant many apps could not reliably reach their databases, causing timeouts, elevated API errors and cascading failures across dependent services. Timeline highlights (ET) 3:11 AM: AWS reports increased error rates/latencies for multiple services in us-east-1. ~5:01 AM: Root cause…

AWS us-east-1 Outage Disrupted Major Apps; Amazon Cites DNS Issue With DynamoDB (Now Resolved) A widespread incident in Amazon Web Services’ us-east-1 region caused increased error rates and latency across multiple services, temporarily disrupting major apps including Snapchat, Venmo, Lyft, Fortnite—and even Amazon’s own Alexa. AWS attributed the trigger to DNS resolution issues affecting DynamoDB endpoints. Amazon later said services had returned to normal operations, with backlogs clearing through the afternoon and evening. Key timeline 3:11 AM ET: AWS reports elevated errors/latencies in us-east-1. ~5:01 AM ET: Root cause identified: DNS resolution issue for DynamoDB APIs; mitigations begin. 6:35 AM ET: DNS issue mitigated; residual impacts persist (notably new EC2 instance launches). 8:48–10:14 AM ET: Progress continues; AWS rate-limits new EC2 instance launches to aid recovery. 3:01 PM ET: AWS…

AWS us-east-1 Outage Disrupted Major Apps; Amazon Cites DNS Issue With DynamoDB (Now Resolved) A widespread incident in Amazon Web Services’ us-east-1 region on October 20 (ET) caused increased error rates and latency across multiple services, temporarily disrupting major apps including Snapchat, Venmo, Lyft, Fortnite—and even Amazon’s own Alexa. AWS attributed the trigger to DNS resolution issues affecting DynamoDB endpoints. Amazon later said services had returned to normal operations, with backlogs clearing through the afternoon and evening. Timeline highlights 3:11 AM ET: AWS reports elevated errors/latencies for multiple services in us-east-1. ~5:01 AM ET: Root cause identified: DNS resolution issue for DynamoDB APIs; mitigations begin. 6:35 AM ET: DNS issue mitigated; residual impacts persist (notably with new EC2 instance launches). 8:48–10:14 AM ET: Continued progress; AWS rate-limits new EC2 instance…

AWS us-east-1 Outage Disrupts Major Apps; Amazon Cites DNS Issue With DynamoDB (Now Resolved) A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) incident in the us-east-1 region caused increased error rates and latency across multiple services, temporarily disrupting apps like Snapchat, Venmo, Lyft, Fortnite—and even Alexa. AWS attributed the trigger to DNS resolution issues on DynamoDB endpoints. Services gradually recovered through the day, with Amazon later confirming normal operations had been restored. Key timeline 3:11 AM ET: AWS reports elevated errors/latencies in us-east-1. ~5:01 AM ET: Root cause identified: DNS resolution issue for DynamoDB APIs; mitigations begin. 6:35 AM ET: DNS issue mitigated; residual impacts persist (notably new EC2 launches). 8:48–10:14 AM ET: Progress continues; AWS rate-limits new EC2 instance launches to aid recovery. 3:01 PM ET: AWS states services have returned…