On Thursday night, Coinbase users experienced widespread issues with trading, fund transfers, and the mobile app after failures in Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. The exchange traced the problem to failures in AWS Availability Zone use1-az4 within the US-EAST-1 region, which affected multiple availability zones and disrupted core trading services. Downdetector data showed reports spiking around 6 p.m. ET, with about 33% of users reporting fund transfer issues, another 33% citing trading problems, and roughly 29% encountering mobile app difficulties. This outage follows a similar AWS-related disruption in October that temporarily knocked Coinbase and Robinhood offline. Coinbase stated that its systems are designed to recover from a single availability zone outage, but in this case, failures affected multiple zones, leading to an extended outage. AWS worked to restore temperature controls and other managed services to resolve the issue. For wallet and key holders, this incident highlights the risks of relying on centralized exchanges that depend on third-party infrastructure like AWS. While Coinbase has resolved the primary issue, users are advised to maintain control of their private keys and consider using self-custody wallets to avoid being locked out of their funds during exchange outages. The repeated nature of such disruptions underscores the importance of diversifying custody solutions.

关键事实

• Outage began around 8 p.m. ET due to AWS failures in US-EAST-1 region.
• Elevated error rates affected multiple services, causing trading and fund transfer issues.
• Downdetector reports spiked around 6 p.m. ET, with 33% fund transfer, 33% trading, 29% app issues.
• This is the second AWS-related outage for Coinbase in recent months.
• Coinbase said primary issue resolved; full analysis underway.

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