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Internet disruptions tied to Amazon’s cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for work, social media and video games. About three hours after the outage began,
Roblox, along with other games, are encountering server issues due to a global server outage happening this Oct. 20.
More than 1,000 companies had 6.5 million reports of disruption, including Snapchat, Reddit, Roblox and Lloyds bank.
A problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world. The outage on Monday took down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms.
If you're struggling to log in and play some of your favorite games like Fortnite and Roblox, you're not alone. A massive outage was reported with Amazon's AWS hosting service, impacting various services that make use of the company's cloud services.
Amazon says services including Perplexity and Snapchat are starting to recover after an AWS outage in the US-East-1 region caused failures due to a DNS issue affecting DynamoDB endpoints.
Roblox Corporation reported a 51% year-over-year increase in bookings in its second quarter 2025. Click here to read why RBLX stock is a Hold.