Are AWS and Cloudflare facing an outage?
18 Feb 2026

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Cloudflare have been hit by service disruptions, according to user reports.

Downdetector, an outage tracking website, noted that over 1,100 US users reported problems with AWS since 8:20pm EST yesterday night (6:50am IST today).

However, Amazon denied the claims in a post on X. "AWS services are operating normally today," it said.

'Inaccurate speculation on social media'
Official statement

Responding to Downdetector's post, Amazon clarified that "an event elsewhere on the internet has prompted some inaccurate speculation on social media."

The company also emphasized that the only reliable source for real-time information about its services is the #AWS Health Dashboard.

This clarification comes after a similar incident in January when users had reported AWS issues but Amazon had denied any service disruption.

Outage incidents in the past
Historical context

The recent report of an AWS outage comes just a day after global user reports of similar issues.

In October 2025, a major AWS outage had impacted several popular platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Perplexity AI, and Snapchat.

Other services like Roblox, McDonald's, Coinbase, Canva, and Goodreads were also affected by the disruption.

Cloudflare also facing service disruptions
User reports

Alongside AWS, Cloudflare has also been facing service disruptions.

Downdetector noted that around 405 US users reported issues with the content delivery network provider since 8:28pm EST last night (6:58am IST today).

Most complaints were related to the DNS, server connection, and API.

However, unlike Amazon, Cloudflare said it is looking into the issue.