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.

Games of all types, from Fortnite to Wordle to Roblox have been affected by the AWS outage. Problems started at about 7.30am BST (that's 2.30am ET) when gamign services started having huge spikes on the outage-detecting website Downdetector.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a bad day. That's how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that Monday's outage, hitting over 1,000 companies and affecting millions of internet users, had nothing to do with him.

Scores of popular online platforms experienced problems Monday as Amazon Web Services (AWS) grappled with an outage. Amazon’s cloud computing arm, which is a leading provider of cloud

The global AWS outage is affecting popular services like Fortnite, Roblox, Snapchat, and Alexa, leaving millions of people around the world disconnected.

Roblox, along with other games, are encountering server issues due to a global server outage happening this Oct. 20.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is facing a widespread outage disrupting a number of the world's most popular websites, platforms and games. Down Detector reported outages affecting major games including Clash Royale, Roblox, Pokémon Go, and Fortnite.

AWS outage has affected services including Snapchat, Roblox, Duolingo, Zoom, Fortnite, Ring, Venmo, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Perplexity AI.

A major outage has hit the internet just as Brits prepare to head to work for a new week. The issues are disrupting websites, apps, and services across the globe this morning. The problems seem to trace back to an issue with Amazon Web Service (AWS). It has confirmed that it is experiencing issues this morning (October 20).