Service impact: Increased Connectivity Issues and API Error Rates

Update timeline

1. monitoring Mar 03, 2026, 06:27 AM UTC

   We continue to work towards restoring power in the affected Availability Zone (mes1-az2) in the ME-SOUTH-1 Region. We have no updated guidance on expected recovery times, and still expect this to take at least a day to fully restore power and connectivity. AWS infrastructure is designed to be highly resilient, but given the uncertainty of the current situation, we encourage our customers to replicate Amazon S3 and critical data from the ME-SOUTH-1 Region to another AWS Region. For customers requiring guidance on alternate regions, we recommend considering AWS Regions in the United States, Europe, or Asia Pacific, as appropriate for your latency and data residency requirements. We will provide another update by March 3 at 3:00 AM PST, or sooner if new information becomes available. For more information on Cross-Region Replication, refer [1]. For more information on S3 Batch Replication, see [2]. For a simple script to quickly set up and start S3 Replication, see [3]. If you have questions or concerns, please contact AWS Support [4]. [1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/replication.html [2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-batch-replication-batch.html [3] https://github.com/awslabs/aws-support-tools/blob/master/S3/Setup_Replication/setup_replication.py [4] https://aws.amazon.com/support