{"id":506126,"date":"2026-03-05T23:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/506126\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:38:08","slug":"amazon-not-working-for-you-thousands-of-outages-reported-across-the-country-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/506126\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon not working for you? Thousands of outages reported across the country on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &#8211; The Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference in New York on Sept. 28, 2011. (AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan, File) (Mark Lennihan,  Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Thursday, thousands of online shoppers across the country reported outages on Amazon, and as of 5 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/amazon\/\">Downdetector showed that the website was still causing some problems for at least 12,000 users. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the website, most users started reporting issues around 2 p.m. ET, with many stating that they were unable to check out and that various error pages were popping up on their screens. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/health.aws.amazon.com\/health\/status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/health.aws.amazon.com\/health\/status\">has not released any statements on the situation<\/a>, so it is unclear what caused the outages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Internet users around the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/20\/amazon-cloud-computing-outage-knocks-out-zoom-roblox-and-many-other-online-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/20\/amazon-cloud-computing-outage-knocks-out-zoom-roblox-and-many-other-online-services\/\">faced widespread disruption early on an October Monday last year<\/a> because of a problem at Amazon\u2019s cloud computing service that took down dozens of major online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web Services said it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.aws.amazon.com\/health\/status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">starting to recover from the problem.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Amazon later pinned the outage on issues related to their domain name system, an apparatus that converts web addresses into IP addresses so websites and apps can load on internet-connected devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When more information is made available, head back to <a href=\"https:\/\/News4JAX.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/News4JAX.com\">News4JAX.com<\/a> for the latest updates. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorAydian Ahmad headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/aahmad\/\" title=\"View Aydian Ahmad&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aydian Ahmad<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Aydian joined News4JAX as a digital producer in September 2024. 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