Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday denied reports that its services had faced an outage in some areas impacting some online platforms. “No, that’s false. AWS services are operating normally today, but an event elsewhere on the internet has prompted some inaccurate speculation on social media,” AWS Newsroom account posted on X.
@KobeissiLetter No, that's false. AWS services are operating normally today, but an event elsewhere on the internet has prompted some inaccurate speculation on social media. The only resource on the internet that provides accurate data on the availability of our services is the…
— AWS Newsroom (@AWSNewsroom) December 25, 2025
Earlier, data from Downdetector indicated that over 4,000 users reported issues, with platforms like Fortnite, Steam, ARC Raiders, and the Epic Games Store among the most commonly cited.
This surge in complaints sparked speculation that the disruptions were connected to problems within AWS’s infrastructure, which AWS stated were incorrect.
Earlier this month, Cloudflare—which safeguards millions of websites from cyber threats—experienced a short-lived disruption that impacted services such as Zerodha, Groww, Canva and Downdetector.
