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AWS outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring services

A major Amazon Web Services outage on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, disrupted Snapchat, Ring and other online services nationwide, affecting users in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro. The scope extended across multiple AWS-reliant apps and sites, with service interruptions reported as restoration efforts proceeded.

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📌 Key Facts

  • Date: Oct. 20, 2025
  • Amazon Web Services experienced a major outage
  • Impacted services included Snapchat and Ring, with users in the Twin Cities reporting disruptions

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