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> While we have seen improvements in error rates since 10:40 AM PDT, recovery has stalled and we do not have a clear ETA on full recovery. For customers that have dependencies on API Gateway and are experiencing error rates, we do not have any mitigations to recommend to address the issue on the customer side.
My job application at amazon.jobs today got interrupted by this, I think. I hope they don't get a malformed application :/
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you ask that like you are challenging my idea of not ever using smart locks on my home. instead, you're bringing up another reason to support that decision. so, which direction were you attempting to move the needle?
Batteries going out have never locked me out of my home. Seems like you're putting way too much thought into something that probably won't happen, being 2022 with notifications and all. I don't justify my choices with 0.1% chances.
There's a joke about it:
Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!
Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
People, I've just started setting up API GW and deploying my code to another region. Rest assured the outage will normalize itself before I finish migrating. ETA: 15min-ish
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i wonder if any smart locks are down, people being locked in or out of their AirBNBs would be pretty funny.
of all things to connect to a smart home, the locks to my house would be the absolute bottom of the list. i hate coming home when the power is out and cannot open the garage door. i couldn't imagine not being able to get in at all. as far as not getting out, any lock unable to be unlocked from inside seems like something should not be allowed to be made. ever.
1. I'm not aware of any smart lock that cannot be locked and unlocked manually from the inside. This would violate fire code for residential structures in a lot of US jurisdictions.
2. Electronic locks in general are either line-powered or battery-powered. Line-powered locks are unusual in residential environments because of the higher complexity of installation (they're more often strikeplates than actuators, although in-door actuators are available).
Battery-powered locks take one of two approaches to resolving power issues: most commonly on residential locks, there is still a key cylinder on the outside to manually lock and unlock. Less commonly on residential locks but more typical of commercial ones, there may be no key cylinder but instead an external connector that allows the programming tool (very common on commercial systems) or a 9v battery (common on residential units) to be connected to provide external power.
3. Cloud-reliant smart locks are pretty rare for practical reasons. Most are still fully functional (often minus remote control via app, but not always) without internet service. Even most commercial systems fall back to cached credentials in the door controller when the connection to the access server is lost, although annoyingly some of the newer "smarter" systems don't.
My job application at amazon.jobs today got interrupted by this, I think. I hope they don't get a malformed application :/
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i wonder if any smart locks are down, people being locked in or out of their AirBNBs would be pretty funny.
of all things to connect to a smart home, the locks to my house would be the absolute bottom of the list. i hate coming home when the power is out and cannot open the garage door. i couldn't imagine not being able to get in at all. as far as not getting out, any lock unable to be unlocked from inside seems like something should not be allowed to be made. ever.
Coincidentally that's two months in a row of a us-west-2 outage on the 4th Wednesday of the month. See you all back here on Oct 26?
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of all things to connect to a smart home, the locks to my house would be the absolute bottom of the list. i hate coming home when the power is out and cannot open the garage door. i couldn't imagine not being able to get in at all. as far as not getting out, any lock unable to be unlocked from inside seems like something should not be allowed to be made. ever.
Just a few notes: 1. I'm not aware of any smart lock that cannot be locked and unlocked manually from the inside. This would violate fire code for residential structures in a lot of US jurisdictions. 2. Electronic locks in general are either line-powered or battery-powered. Line-powered locks are unusual in residential environments because of the higher complexity of installation (they're more often strikeplates than…