All articles tagged with #service recovery
Steam experienced a significant outage on December 24 affecting the store, community, and online APIs, impacting access to games like Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, and Counterstrike 2. The platform largely recovered by 6PM ET, though some services remain sluggish or partially functional.
Microsoft Azure experienced a widespread outage affecting all regions, including major services like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Azure's cloud offerings. Recovery efforts are underway, involving reloading configurations and rerouting traffic, with full restoration expected by late October 29. The outage highlights systemic risks associated with reliance on centralized cloud services.
Amazon Web Services experienced a significant outage affecting numerous popular websites and services worldwide, including Snapchat, Facebook, and Fortnite. The issue has been fully mitigated, with most services recovering, though some regions may still face errors. The root cause was linked to a DNS problem, and AWS is working on full resolution. The outage highlights the widespread dependence on cloud infrastructure.
Qatar Airways swiftly managed to rebook and accommodate all 20,000 stranded passengers within 24 hours after a brief airspace closure caused by Iran's missile strike, demonstrating exceptional crisis management and customer service.
OpenAI is working to resolve a widespread outage affecting ChatGPT and related services globally, caused by elevated error rates and latency, with full recovery expected in the coming hours after initial disruptions lasting over 12 hours.