A disruption at Amazon Web Services today (Monday) temporarily affected major platforms including Robinhood and Coinbase, along with Snapchat, Perplexity AI, and Amazon’s own services, according to outage tracker Downdetector.

AWS Failure Hits Robinhood, Coinbase Users

The incident caused trading, social, and cloud-based applications to slow or become inaccessible for several hours. The disruption appeared to originate from Amazon’s cloud infrastructure, which supports a large share of the internet’s backend operations.

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By mid-morning in the United States, Downdetector recorded more than 2,000 reports of AWS-related outages. Users cited difficulties accessing financial platforms, websites, streaming services, and mobile apps.

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Robinhood and Coinbase, both reliant on AWS servers for data and transaction processing, reported temporary slowdowns. The outage limited access for users attempting to trade or view account information.

AWS Failure Hits Global Apps

Amazon.com, Prime Video, and Alexa also faced connectivity issues during the incident, according to Downdetector.

The outage affected multiple industries, including finance, gaming, and media, with platforms such as Venmo, Canva, Roblox, and The New York Times experiencing interruptions.

Many services began to recover later in the day, though some users continued reporting access problems.