# LlamaIndex: Major incident: AWS outage - some llamacloud services may be degraded

**Summary:** _summary pending_
## Part of an outage event

- [AWS us-east-1 outage, Oct 20, 2025: 141 vendors, 181 incidents](https://rewindex.com/events/2025-10-20-aws-us-east-1)
- This incident blames AWS as the cause. (hop 1, posted +2 h 21 min vs AWS’s own post)
- Evidence: “…AWS outage - some llamacloud services may be degraded This incident has been resolved. AWS is still not 100% up, but LlamaCloud seems to be running smoothly now. We're still waiting on AWS to confirm…”

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  root["AWS us-east-1<br/>posted 07:11 UTC"]:::root
  before["Posted before AWS did<br/>5 vendors, 4 blamed AWS<br/>Salesforce, Descope, Ashby +2"]:::blames
  root --> before
  h1["Within an hour<br/>18 vendors, 17 blamed AWS<br/>Asana, Firebolt, Monday.com +15"]:::blames
  root --> h1
  h4["1 to 4 hours later<br/>30 vendors, 29 blamed AWS<br/>SingleStore, Loops, Buildkite +27"]:::blames
  root --> h4
  later["Later<br/>45 vendors, 44 blamed AWS<br/>RudderStack, Airbyte, Unbounce +42"]:::blames
  root --> later
  p0["Twilio<br/>posted +15 min"]:::blames
  root --> p0
  k0["BigCommerce<br/>+2 h 46 min"]:::hop2
  p0 -->|"blamed Twilio"| k0
  p1["Webflow<br/>posted +4 h 37 min, did not name AWS"]:::timing
  root -.-> p1
  k1["Rootly<br/>+10 h 23 min"]:::hop2
  p1 -->|"blamed Webflow"| k1
  p2["Baseten<br/>posted +4 min"]:::blames
  root --> p2
  k2["Zed<br/>+26 h 20 min"]:::hop2
  p2 -->|"blamed Baseten"| k2
  me["LlamaIndex (this incident)<br/>posted +2 h 21 min"]:::me
  h4 --- me
```

_Detected automatically from incidents that started together and named the same provider; a link means one incident named another vendor, not a confirmed cause._

- Kind: Major incident · Label: major (vendor)
- Changed: 2025-10-20 09:31 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-19 17:03 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/t4j0tzvwtk5f](https://stspg.io/t4j0tzvwtk5f)
- [Company: LlamaIndex](https://rewindex.com/company/llamaindex.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:680/lknwrcl4pv9r@bf2ed4ea1b18
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [AWS outage - some llamacloud services may be degraded](https://rewindex.com/company/llamaindex/incidents/lknwrcl4pv9r.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ AWS outage - some llamacloud services may be degraded
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2025-10-20 09:31 UTC
```

**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2025-10-20 12:20 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ LlamaCloud - LlamaCloud Public API, LlamaCloud - LlamaParse, LlamaParse API
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-10-20 09:31 UTC

```diff
+ We are currently investigating this issue.
```

**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2025-10-20 10:36 UTC

```diff
+ AWS is still not 100% up, but LlamaCloud seems to be running smoothly now. We're still waiting on AWS to confirm everything is solved on their side.
```

**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2025-10-20 12:20 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been resolved.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-20 09:31 UTC | Major incident: AWS outage - some llamacloud services may be degraded (this change) | major |

All LlamaIndex changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/llamaindex/changes.md)
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