AWS is down. Here’s how you can track outage progress

As of this afternoon, cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is headquartered in Virginia, is reporting an outage for multiple services in the US-EAST-1 Region.

At 3:08 EST, AWS said that it was experiencing error rates and latencies that it was investigating. Approximately 20 minutes later, it reported that it had determined a root cause for the AWS Lamda outage. US-East-1 is the code name for Northern Virginia and includes six availability zones and 10 local zones of coverage.

“We are continuing to work to resolve the error rates invoking Lambda functions,” the latest update said. “We’re also observing elevated errors obtaining temporary credentials from the AWS Security Token Service, and are working in parallel to resolve these errors.”

Several large entities are reporting outages as a result of the AWS issues. Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City’s public transit agency, reported that its service status information was unavailable due to the outage. Meanwhile, sneaker and apparel marketplace StockX also said users were having trouble accessing the platform.

“You may be having a hard time accessing StockX right now due to an Amazon Web Services outage affecting several platforms,” a tweet from the company reads. “We’re working closely with their team to get things back up and running and will update you here once the issue is resolved.”

Service status info on our website and MYmta app is temporarily unavailable because of an Amazon Web Services outage.

You can still check train and bus departure times at https://t.co/8rwbuwle0p, and we will continue to post alerts about service disruptions here. pic.twitter.com/O0mLjOyWGn

— MTA (@MTA) June 13, 2023

You may be having a hard time accessing StockX right now due to an Amazon Web Services outage affecting several platforms.

We’re working closely with their team to get things back up and running and will update you here once the issue is resolved.

— StockX (@stockx) June 13, 2023

Several other companies and agencies of varying sizes reported that they and their users or customers were impacted by the outage, as well:

Due to an outage with Amazon Web Services, IronVest web and mobile apps are currently down. We are monitoring the situation and will update here as we learn more. Thanks for your patience.

— IronVest (@IronVestHQ) June 13, 2023

Amazon Web Services is experiencing an outage, which has affected digital publishing operations at the Globe since around 2:45 p.m. EDT.

We’ll let you know when https://t.co/fq53E8JpcL is running normally again.

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) June 13, 2023

🚨 We are aware of a service interruption impacting activations, the mobile app, and other systems. We're working quickly to restore these systems and apologize for the inconvenience. For the latest information ⬇️ https://t.co/bXEsFcmcUu

— Roku Support (@RokuSupport) June 13, 2023

Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services is experiencing an outage, affecting publishers including The Associated Press. They suddenly found themselves unable to operate their sites as former President Donald Trump appeared in court in Miami. https://t.co/wNY3Y9sP2r

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 13, 2023

AWS’ East Coast headquarters is located in Herndon, Virginia. According to the company’s latest Economic Impact Statement, the company invested $51.9 billion in Virginia from 2011 to 2021.

Those interested in tracking the outage’s progress may do so via the AWS Health Dashboard.

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The outage takes place as Amazon Web Services holds its cloud-focused AWS re:Inforce conference in Anaheim, California.