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Reddit · Apps and SaaSMay 8, 2026, 00:47 UTC

AWS availability causing degradation in user experiences for various services

MinorNot disclosedUpdated 16h ago
May 8, 00:47 UTCMay 11, 14:26 UTC
Duration
3d 13h
Impact
Minor
Root cause
Not disclosed
Reddit, 90 days
3 incidents
Affected
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Status page

Final update

This incident has been resolved.

Timeline

  1. Resolved · May 11, 14:26 UTC
    This incident has been resolved.
  2. Monitoring · May 9, 16:32 UTC
    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
  3. Identified · May 8, 11:12 UTC
    We have mitigated issues caused by the AWS us-east-1 outage but continue to monitor as AWS has not yet fully recovered.
  4. Identified · May 8, 02:52 UTC
    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
  5. Investigating · May 8, 00:47 UTC
    We are currently investigating some degradation in user experience which are being caused due to AWS issues in us-east-1

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Full history
StartedIncidentDuration
Sep 2300:23 UTCMods Unable to Approve Content1h 4m
Sep 119:51 UTCElevated site errors1h 32m
Jul 2515:05 UTCDegraded performance across the site1h 22m
May 2020:58 UTCInvestigating elevated errors and issues loading comments59m
May 1817:39 UTCInvestigating elevated site errors and issues accessing media3h 25m
May 523:44 UTCSearch experience and subreddit experience is degraded34m

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