"AWS said in a statement Monday morning that the issue had been "fully mitigated" but that some "requests may be throttled while we work toward full resolution." In a later update, it said that it was "continuing to work towards full recovery for EC2 launch errors." EC2, or AWS' Elastic Compute Cloud, provides the computing power many apps and websites use to run."
"Corinne Cath-Speth, the head of digital at free expression advocacy group Article 19, said in a statement the disruptions represent more than just technical mishaps. Rather, she said, "they're democratic failures." She urged diversification in cloud computing, saying, "When a single provider goes dark, critical services go offline with it - media outlets become inaccessible, secure communication apps like Signal stop functioning, and the infrastructure that serves our digital society crumbles.""
AWS experienced EC2 launch errors that led to throttling of some requests and prevented new EC2 launches while recovery efforts continued. The company reported the issue had been fully mitigated but warned that some requests might be throttled during resolution and pledged updates, including a promised notice by 5:30am PDT. Major consumer, social media, financial, and travel sites including Canva, Lloyds Bank, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Reddit, Coinbase, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines registered large spikes in outage reports. Downdetector tracked the incidents, and Coinbase reported early signs of recovery. Advocacy groups urged diversification of cloud providers to reduce systemic risk to critical services.
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