Summary
On Thursday afternoon, many Amazon users reported problems with services like shopping and Kindle readers. Downdetector, a website that tracks online service issues, recorded a high number of complaints. Amazon previously experienced a large outage in October.
Key Facts
- Users began reporting issues with Amazon services on Thursday afternoon.
- Problems affected services like Amazon shopping and Kindle readers.
- Downdetector received about 21,000 outage complaints at its peak.
- By 4:45 p.m. ET, there were still around 14,500 outage reports.
- The surge of outage reports started at 2 p.m. ET.
- Amazon's last major outage occurred in October due to issues at an AWS data center in Virginia.
