LOWSafety IncidentACTIVE
AI Incident Database: Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake
April 5, 2026
Incident Summary
Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour outage in December. The outage was attributed to actions taken by its AI coding assistant Kiro rather than human employees. The incident matters because an AI agent’s mistake was linked to a prolonged service disruption for users of AWS. The available information does not specify which AWS services were affected or what safeguards failed, and limited public details are available beyond the attribution and duration.
Incident Details
- Type
- Safety Incident
- Severity
- LOW
- Status
- ACTIVE
- Date Occurred
- April 5, 2026
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