Xbox Party Chat, AWS, Twitch, PlayStation Network, and more are down right now
It's not just you, AWS, Xbox Party Chat, Twitch, and several other popular services appear to be down right now.

Updated December 15, 2021: Outage reports appear to be trending downward for major internet services. This likely means that the outage is over or being fixed, but we'll have to wait for official confirmation.
What you need to know
- Several major services on the web appear to be down, including AWS, Twitch, and PlayStation Network.
- Xbox Party Chat also seems to be affected by the outage.
- This is a developing story, and we'll update it as more information becomes available.
AWS, Twitch, PlayStation Network, and several major internet services appear to be down at the moment. Many of the services are powered by Amazon's technology, but there are outages that don't appear to be connected to AWS. Microsoft's Xbox Live also saw a spike in outage reports on Downdetector.
The outage affects a wide range of services and industries, including gaming through PlayStation Network and several businesses like Doordash.
🔎 We are aware of several issues affecting Twitch services.
Our team is aware and hard at work fixing them - we'll continue to update you, here.🔎 We are aware of several issues affecting Twitch services.
Our team is aware and hard at work fixing them - we'll continue to update you, here.— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
Xbox Party Chat is also having issues for some, so the outages seem to be bigger than AWS alone https://t.co/ILeaC79A1X pic.twitter.com/ALyfM1WqV5Xbox Party Chat is also having issues for some, so the outages seem to be bigger than AWS alone https://t.co/ILeaC79A1X pic.twitter.com/ALyfM1WqV5— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
⚠️ There is a widespread outage of internet services, caused by Amazon Web Services being down.
If you can't connect to Apex Legends, this is why. pic.twitter.com/4Pn8zwhQmX⚠️ There is a widespread outage of internet services, caused by Amazon Web Services being down.
If you can't connect to Apex Legends, this is why. pic.twitter.com/4Pn8zwhQmX— Alpha Intel (@alphaINTEL) December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
This is a developing story. We will update it as more information becomes available. As the cause of the outage is determined and addressed, it may take time for services to return for all users.
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