Late Sunday night at 11:10 p.m., a major outage at Amazon’s Web Service triggered widespread disruptions across digital platforms and the ripple effects were felt well into Monday.

From classrooms to consoles, students, teachers, and gamers alike experienced technical difficulties as key services relying on Amazon Web Services were knocked offline. The outage lasted through most of the school day Monday and was officially resolved at 2:00 p.m., after nearly 15 hours of intermittent access and complete service blackouts.

Canvas, a popular learning management system used by schools across the country, was among the most severely impacted. Students couldn’t access their classes, turn in assignments, or even check their schedules. Meanwhile, teachers struggled to upload materials, post announcements, or adjust due dates.

The outage also caused problems for students outside of school hours. Gaming platforms such as Fortnite, Roblox, and Dead by Daylight all reported downtime or severe lag, leaving gamers unable to log in or stay connected. Social media platforms like Snapchat also experienced glitches, causing message delays and content not loading.

Amazon has not yet provided a full technical explanation, but early statements point to a failure in a key data center related to warehouse operations, which had cascading effects on AWS-hosted platforms. Engineers worked overnight and throughout Monday to restore access, with most major services stabilizing by mid-afternoon.

For now, many schools have extended assignment deadlines and adjusted schedules to account for the disruption. Still, the incident highlights how deeply connected daily life from education to entertainment has become to invisible infrastructure powered by the cloud.

As the digital world returns to normal, one thing is clear: when Amazon’s servers go down, the rest of the internet feels it.