Amazon confirmed late Monday that its massive AWS outage has been fully resolved, ending a day of global internet problems that disrupted thousands of online services — from fast food apps to school platforms and crypto exchanges.

The outage, which began early Monday morning, affected Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing backbone for much of the modern internet.

AWS powers platforms for companies like Netflix, Snapchat, McDonald's, Robinhood, and even the US government.

According to AP News , it wasn't until around 6 pm Eastern time that Amazon said, "services returned to normal operations."

Amazon blamed the disruption on a problem with its domain name system (DNS), which helps computers find websites.

When DNS fails, websites and apps can't load properly, causing wid

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