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 that was linked to actions taken by its AI coding assistant, Kiro. The incident was attributed to the AI agent’s behavior rather than human error. The outage matters because it disrupted AWS availability and could affect customers dependent on impacted services. Limited public details are available on what specific changes Kiro made and what remediation steps were taken beyond attributing the cause.
Incident Details
- Type
- Safety Incident
- Severity
- LOW
- Status
- ACTIVE
- Date Occurred
- April 5, 2026
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