An Amazon Web Services outage has caused significant issues for a number of high-profile websites Monday morning, including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood and the McDonald's app.

Experts say the incident revealed what can happen when a such a broad spectrum of companies rely on singular cloud provider.

Internet disruptions tied to Amazon’s cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for

The cloud-computing division of the internet giant is used by thousands of internet customers, many of whom reported disruptions on Monday.

Key Takeaways The world's largest online retailer got a boost from its booming cloud computing business on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, while a soft sales outlook weighed on a medical device firm.Amazon shares climbed to a record high as its Amazon Web Services business helped drive better-than-expected quarterly results.

Amazon Web Services provides behind-the-scenes cloud computing infrastructure to many government departments, universities and businesses.

An Amazon Web Services outage impacting Amazon's own services and as well as apps around the world wasn't resolved until Monday evening.`

Amazon said its cloud computing service was recovering from a major outage that disrupted online activity around the world.

Amazon's cloud computing service provides back-end support to many companies that operate online. When it has problems, so do they.