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The DynamoDB DNS Race That Emptied US-EAST-1A DynamoDB DNS automation race emptied the US-EAST-1 regional endpoint, then cascaded into EC2 launch, NLB, Lambda, and console failures.
AWS
2025-10-19
14h 32m
SEV-1
dnsautomationdynamodb