Update: Some of these sites are now accessible again. On itsstatus page, Fastly said “The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.”
A bunch of websites are unaccessible right now, including Reddit, Twitch, Amazon UK, and Paypal. All of these sites are showing some kind of connection failure.
Basically, half of the internet is down. But thankfully, our site is up (jinx)
Half of the internet is down (503 error blabla) but not us so enjoy:https://t.co/BV4ajjP2WH
— TNW (@thenextweb)June 8, 2021
Fastly edge platform is having problems, which means a big part of the internet is having problems. This includes Twitter. Evenhttps://t.co/DPssWnrDVsitself is unavailable in many locations.pic.twitter.com/bKpeWrp4xt
— @mikko (@mikko)June 8, 2021
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just catching up on the news hbupic.twitter.com/UaDXu1pU8L
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion)June 8, 2021
Apparently besides Amazon store images, Fastly also delivers Twitter emojis, which is why my and everyone else’s tweets look like this:https://t.co/QqjT7wS4qb
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi)June 8, 2021
Also, BuzzFeed News, NYT, the BBC, among the ones I checked.https://t.co/3KdmJFDjB1
— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@PranavDixit)June 8, 2021
Down Detector,a website that tracks outages tells me that Twitter, CNN, NYT, Twitter, Hulu, and Target websites are also down.
The product manager at the Financial Times noted that,Fastly, a CDN provider, is having a massive outage. We’ll keep an eye on for more details.
Story byIvan Mehta
Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.”
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