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Xero: AWS outage causing intermittent errors when performing tasks in multiple Xero products

No impact listedStatus: resolvedStarted Resolved (29 h)1 updatestatus.xero.com (opens in new tab)
Part of an outage event

AWS outage, Nov 25, 2020 · 28 vendors, 29 incidents

Xero’s incident blames AWS as the cause. (hop 1, posted +1 h 26 min vs the first vendor naming AWS)

“…AWS outage causing intermittent errors when performing tasks in multiple Xero products The AWS team have resolved the outage that was causing errors in multiple Xero products. Please let us know if yo…”

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AWSown incident not archivedWithin an hour1 vendor, 1 blamed AWSPipedream1 to 4 hours later4 vendors, 4 blamed AWSHubSpot, Xero, Lattice, HeapLater2 vendors, 2 blamed AWSConfluent, PipedreamXero (this incident)posted +1 h 26 min
AWSown incident not archivedWithin an hour1 vendor, 1 blamed AWSPipedream1 to 4 hours later4 vendors, 4 blamed AWSHubSpot, Xero, Lattice, HeapLater2 vendors, 2 blamed AWSConfluent, PipedreamXero (this incident)posted +1 h 26 min
Xero is outlined in red. Groups show up to a few vendors each; the event page lists every incident.
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  h1["Within an hour<br/>1 vendor, 1 blamed AWS<br/>Pipedream"]:::blames
  root --> h1
  h4["1 to 4 hours later<br/>4 vendors, 4 blamed AWS<br/>HubSpot, Xero, Lattice, Heap"]:::blames
  root --> h4
  later["Later<br/>2 vendors, 2 blamed AWS<br/>Confluent, Pipedream"]:::blames
  root --> later
  me["Xero (this incident)<br/>posted +1 h 26 min"]:::me
  h4 --- me

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Timeline of updates

  1. resolved

    The AWS team have resolved the outage that was causing errors in multiple Xero products. Please let us know if you still have any issues, and we’ll investigate further

From Xero’s published incident history: for incidents before Rewindex began polling this status page, only the final update text is available.

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