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🔴 AWS's Frankfurt facility discovered that packets, like tourists, sometimes prefer getting lost. Co-location partner and AWS are having a spirited disagreement about how 'near term' recovery actually works. Spoiler: it's not. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

⏰ Aug 16, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

// The official story

Service impact: Increased Packet loss

// Status page says

We are actively engaged with co-location partner to restore connectivity at Equinix FR5 location in Frankfurt, DEU. Since our last update, we have made incremental progress to restore safe access to the affected area at the Equinix FR5 location in Frankfurt, DEU. In parallel, we have prioritized the order in which critical and high-priority racks will be restored, as part of the mitigation efforts. Based on our current assessment, full recovery is not expected in the near term and may extend bey

🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)

https://status.aws.amazon.com/

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