Outage in AWS

API Error Rates and Latencies

Resolved Minor
December 15, 2020 - Started over 4 years ago - Lasted over 1 year

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Outage Details

4:27 PM PST We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for the EC2 APIs in the US-WEST-2 Region.

4:40 PM PST We can confirm increased error rates and latencies for the EC2 network-related APIs and elevated launch failures for newly launched instances within the US-WEST-2 Region. We are working to resolve the issue.

4:46 PM PST We are beginning to see signs of recovery with error rates and latencies returning to normal levels for the EC2 APIs in the US-WEST-2 Region. Launches of new instances are once again succeeding, and we continue to work towards full recovery.

4:55 PM PST Between 4:05 PM and 4:39 PM PST, we experienced increased error rates and latencies for the EC2 APIs, and elevated launch failures for new EC2 instances in the US-WEST-2 Region. The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally.
Components affected
Amazon EC2 (us-west-2)

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