What is Amazon SES current status?

Amazon SES is currently operational. You can check Amazon SES status and current incidents and outages on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the issues affecting customers.

How to monitor or check Amazon SES status?

You can use IsDown service or go to AWS official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when Amazon SES is having issues or undergoing maintenance?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when Amazon SES has issues. AWS official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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Q: Is Amazon SES down today?

Amazon SES was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the AWS status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest Amazon SES outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

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Current Amazon SES status

Amazon SES is working normally

Updated from AWS official status page 1 minute 8 seconds ago

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Amazon SES service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

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Amazon SES recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 4 incidents for Amazon SES since started monitoring AWS status in May 2020. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Amazon SES outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Date	Incident	Duration
Oct 20, 2025 05:31 AM EDT	Minor Increased Error Rates and Latencies - N. Virginia We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST...	about 13 hours
Oct 20, 2025 03:11 AM EDT	Minor Increased Error Rates and Latencies - N. Virginia We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST...	about 16 hours
Feb 13, 2025 06:35 PM EST	Minor Increased Error Rates and Latencies - Stockholm We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for AWS Services in the EU-NORTH-1 Region.	about 5 hours
Jun 13, 2023 03:08 PM EDT	Minor Increased Error Rates and Latencies We are investigating increased error rates and latencies in the US-EAST-1 Region.	about 4 hours

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User comments about Amazon SES status

See what users are saying about Amazon SES issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage. You can see if other users are experiencing the same issues and if there are any workarounds or solutions.

2 days ago

Matt - I was getting "454 Temporary service failure" but now it's just flat out connection timed out.
3 days ago

SES in us-east-1 not working.
5 months ago

Janos - SES not sending emails anymore.
about 1 year ago

jack - email stopped sending as of 7pm pst.
over 1 year ago

Nelson - Cannot send emails.

Amazon SES components or services current status

Component	Status
Amazon Simple Email Service (Montreal)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (N. California)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (N. Virginia)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Ohio)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Oregon)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Sao Paulo)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Frankfurt)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Ireland)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (London)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Milan)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Paris)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Stockholm)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Cape Town)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Mumbai)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Osaka)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Seoul)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Singapore)	OK
Amazon Simple Email Service (Sydney)	OK

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Amazon SES down today?

Amazon SES isn't down. You can check Amazon SES status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Amazon SES official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Amazon SES status?

Amazon SES is currently operational. You can check Amazon SES status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Amazon SES outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Amazon SES down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Amazon SES being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Amazon SES outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Amazon SES official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Amazon SES having an outage right now?

Amazon SES last outage was on October 20, 2025 with the title "Increased Error Rates and Latencies - N. Virginia"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring AWS?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if AWS is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about AWS's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

Amazon Simple Email Service (Tokyo)	OK	View details
Amazon Simple Email Service (Bahrain)	OK	View details
Amazon Simple Email Service (Jakarta)	OK	View details
Amazon Simple Email Service (Canada-Central)	OK	View details
Amazon Simple Email Service (Tel Aviv)	OK	View details
Amazon Simple Email Service (US-West)	OK	View details