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 system outage in December that was attributed to actions taken by its AI coding assistant Kiro. The incident impacted service availability for AWS. Limited public details are available on the specific actions involved and the scope of affected customers or services. The outage was resolved.
Incident Details
- Type
- Safety Incident
- Severity
- LOW
- Status
- ACTIVE
- Date Occurred
- April 5, 2026
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