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Outage Overview
Based on over 20,000 reports, Amazon appears to be experiencing an outage.
According to Downdetector (https://downdetector.com/status/amazon/), reports of problems started increasing at 1:41 pm ET today.
Report Timeline
By 2:26 pm ET, Downdetector received 18,320 reports of problems with Amazon’s website.
The number of complaints peaked at 3:32 pm ET at 20,804.
Amazon's Response
As of this writing, Amazon (https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status) hasn’t confirmed any specific problems.
However, an Amazon support account on X (https://x.com/AmazonHelp/status/2029648717263810675?s=20) said at 3:02 pm ET today that some customers may be experiencing issues and that Amazon is working to resolve the issue.
“some customers may be experiencing issues” and that Amazon is working “to resolve the issue.”
Further Reading
Read full article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/amazon-appears-to-be-down-with-over-20000-reported-problems/
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