Dozens of websites stopped working due to a crash on the Fastly servers.
A widespread fall Affecting some of the most habitual websites on the web, including Amazon, Brand, Twitch, Twitter, Spotify and even Google plus itself. The fall comes from a problem in the fast serversthe content delivery network that serves most websites.
The number of affected websites and services is not known. On websites like descubridor belowUsers have reported errores with all types of platforms including Twitch, Reddit, Google plus, Twitter, StackOverflow, Amazon, GitHub, PayPal, Spotify, Pinterest, or Tidal.
The average internet goes down due to problems with Fastly servers
While it’s not common for such a large number of services and platforms to be affected by outages, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen such a situation. Not long ago we saw that many aplicaciones stopped working due to Fb crash. On this occasion, the problems lie in the Fastly network, as confirmed by the company itself and some of its customers.
A technical problem at technology giant Fastly, a provider of CDN services for major media, prevents access to the websites of EL MUNDO and the rest of Unidad’s editorial titles, as well as many international media outlets such as the Financial Times or the New York Times
— THE WORLD (@elmundoes) June 8, 2021
After a few minutes of downtime, Fastly confirmed on its website that it was aware of the issues. After that, he said recognized the fallo and to work on a repair that should arrive as soon as possible. So it will gradually return to habitual over the next few minutes.
We identified a service configuration that was causing disruptions to our POPs worldwide and disabled that configuration. Our global network is back en línea. Continuous status is available at https://t.co/RIQWX0LWwl
– Fast fast) June 8, 2021