Overview
- AWS reported connectivity problems in its US‑West‑2 (Oregon) region on July 24, 2026, after outage trackers showed user reports starting around 6:40 a.m. ET.
- The company said the incident impacted multiple platform and networking components, expanding its list to seven services including Direct Connect, Global Accelerator, Internet Connectivity, IoT Core, API Gateway, EC2, and ECS.
- AWS categorized the event as an “impacted” incident, told customers there was no indication of data loss, and said connectivity was restored shortly after 9 a.m. ET on the same day.
- Cloudflare separately reported network‑performance problems across Western North America and is investigating whether those issues were related to the AWS event.
- The disruption showed how failures in cloud networking and platform layers can ripple into payment apps and delivery services such as Apple Pay and DoorDash, prompting calls for AWS post‑mortems and stronger multi‑region resilience.