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100% uptime · 0 incidentsWhat Amazon RDS does - and how it fails
Amazon RDS runs managed relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, and more). RDS incidents hurt disproportionately because databases sit at the bottom of every request path - a few minutes of connection failures cascade into full application outages upstream.
- Intermittent connection failures to a subset of instances
- Failovers taking longer than expected on Multi-AZ deployments
- Storage or IOPS degradation making queries slow, not failed
- Maintenance-window reboots surprising teams that missed the notification
Amazon RDS questions
Is RDS down right now?
Check the live status above. If RDS shows Operational but your database is unreachable, look at your instance’s events tab, security groups, and whether a Multi-AZ failover just changed your writer endpoint.
Does Multi-AZ protect me from RDS outages?
Multi-AZ handles single-AZ failures with automatic failover (typically 60–120 seconds of interruption). It does not protect against region-level control-plane incidents or storage-layer issues affecting both AZs.
What SLA does RDS carry?
Multi-AZ RDS deployments carry a 99.95% monthly uptime SLA; falling below pays tiered credits from 10% up to 100% of the month’s RDS charges, on claim.
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