AI Coding Tool Kiro Disrupts Amazon Web Services Operations

AI Coding Tool Kiro Disrupts Amazon Web Services Operations

First seen 20 Feb 2026, 18:17 UTC ArstechnicaTheregister 26.3

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In December 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a 13-hour service outage attributed to its AI coding tool, Kiro. The disruption occurred after engineers allowed Kiro to make changes, although AWS stated that the ultimate cause was user error rather than an AI malfunction.

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2025-12-01
AWS service outage caused by Kiro tool
2026-02-20
AWS reports incident, cites user error