Skype service coughs up a hairball
Don't bother troubleshooting your Skype installation if you're experiencing trouble today, chances are it has nothing to do with you. The voice and app messaging service acknowledged that there's "an issue that is affecting Skype in a number of ways," including an inability to sign into the service.
For those who were already signed in when the bug hit, their contacts would show as offline, making it so they couldn't place calls. In addition, Microsoft noted that a "small number of messages to group chats are not being delivered," though otherwise messaging was still working.
"We are working to fix an issue which is preventing some users from logging in and using Skype. We apologize for any inconvenience," Skype stated in a Twitter post.
So what's going on? Skype didn't say, though in a followup post this morning, the service announced that it has "identified the network issue" preventing users from logging in. It's also "focused on restoring full service."
Skype isn't the only service having issues today. As reported by The Next Web, Amazon Web Services is experiencing a server issue in Virginia that's disrupting products and services including Netflix, Product Hunt, Medium, SocialFlow, Buffer, GroupMe, Pocket, Viber Amazon Echo, and others.
I haven't tested any services linked to AWS, though I did experience the Skype glitches first hand this morning. Having already been signed in, it showed I was offline along with all of my contacts. After signing out, I was unable to sign back in. That's still true as of this writing.
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