AWS Global Outage hits Amazon operations; investors stay calm before key earnings report
On October 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a significant global outage, disrupting numerous major online services and platforms. The issue, originating from AWS’s US-East-1 region, led to increased error rates and latency issues, affecting services such as Amazon.com, Prime Video, Alexa, and Ring. Despite the widespread disruptions, Amazon’s stock price remained relatively stable,…