The Amazon Web Services outage on October 20, 2025, has virtually impacted numerous apps and services.

From Snapchat to Venmo, and even two airlines, the AWS outage on October 20, 2025, caused widespread disruption worldwide. Although Amazon said it had identified the problem, multiple online services and apps remained inaccessible for many users, heightening concern for those trying to make or receive payments via Venmo.

AWS experienced widespread operational disruption, causing errors & latency across services. The issue stemmed from DNS resolution failures and affected major websites & apps globally.

An AWS service disruption highlights the financial sector's dependency on cloud providers and the critical importance of having resilience plans in place

What triggered the Amazon AWS outage today and why did it affect so many apps? Find out what happened and get the latest updates on the situation.

Amazon's AWS faced a major outage, disrupting global websites and services, including Snapchat and Reddit. The incident highlighted the world's reliance on cloud services and fragile infrastructure. AWS worked to resolve the issue from an internal EC2 network problem,

AWS experienced an Outage in the early morning hours of Oct. 20, that downed more than a dozen websites. What happened?

Maybe we rely on Amazon Web Services a little too much. Dozens of sites and apps went dark this morning. Here's why.