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A DNS failure at AWS’s US-EAST-1 region on Oct 20, 2025, caused global outages for services like Snapchat, Zoom, and HMRC.
A major outage at Amazon Web Services on October 20, 2025, disrupted global services including Snapchat, Zoom, Roblox, Fortnite, Slack, Signal, and the UK’s HMRC website, stemming from a failure in AWS’s US-EAST-1 region.
The issue, linked to a Domain Name System (DNS) problem, caused widespread connectivity failures and service unavailability, affecting users and businesses worldwide.
AWS acknowledged the incident and confirmed efforts to restore services, though full recovery was delayed due to DNS propagation and server backlogs.
The event highlighted the critical dependence of modern digital infrastructure on major cloud providers.
Una falla de DNS en la región US-EAST-1 de AWS el 20 de octubre de 2025, causó interrupciones globales para servicios como Snapchat, Zoom y HMRC.