Global Amazon AWS outage disrupts major apps and services

Monday 20 October 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Mon 20 Oct 2025, 10:50pm

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A widespread outage affecting Amazon Web Services has disrupted various websites, apps, and games globally and in New Zealand. Impacted services include Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, and several streaming platforms such as Neon and Sky TV. Organisations have cited the AWS outage as the cause of the widespread issues.

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1. StuffMon 20 Oct 2025, 9:53pm

   Major internet outage throws some of the biggest apps and services into shutdown (opens in new tab)

2. NZ HeraldMon 20 Oct 2025, 10:19pm

   Amazon Web Services outage disrupts major apps and streaming platforms (opens in new tab)

3. RNZMon 20 Oct 2025, 10:50pm

   Many websites, apps go dark as Amazon's cloud unit reports global outage (opens in new tab)