If you were struggling to connect to your work apps, you aren't alone - Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage. After an issue in one of its US regions overnight, users were unable to access services such as Zoom, Slack and Canva - all of which run on AWS systems - before the issue spread to the US.

Vice President Bob Wambach of Dynatrace says global economy's dependence on cloud providers creates risk of systemic outages lasting hours or days.

Canva outage hits 220M users amid AWS failure—login errors, edit crashes and download blocks. Freelancers and businesses face chaos; top alternatives listed.

According to the AWS service health page, Amazon was looking into "increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services" in the US-EAST-1 region (i.e. data centers in Northern Virginia) as of 3:11AM ET on Monday.

Canva users reported problems ranging from login failures to stalled design saving and publishing. The problem seems to stem from AWS outage. | Latest News India

A global outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on 20 October 2025 disrupted major services like Snapchat, Canva and Roblox, underscoring the fragility of modern digital infrastructure.

The cloud-based design app went dark for a few hours on Oct 20 and 21. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An Amazon Web Services outage on Monday disrupted Canvas learning software used by local school districts, forcing educators to adapt their teaching methods.