Morpho Restores App and API After AWS CloudFront Incident

• Morpho restored app and API services after a suspected AWS CloudFront disruption.
• The outage affected frontend access only while onchain lending remained operational.
• No user funds were impacted as Morpho’s smart contracts continued functioning normally.

Morpho has restored its application and API after a temporary disruption linked to a suspected Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFront outage. Although services have resumed, the protocol warned that performance could remain affected while engineers continue monitoring the platform.

Morpho Recovers Following Infrastructure Disruption

Morpho confirmed on July 16  that its application and API are operating again after a temporary outage disrupted access for users and developers. 

Earlier, principal engineer Julien reported that app.morpho.org and api.morpho.org were partially unavailable because of a suspected AWS CloudFront incident.

The engineering team immediately investigated the disruption while working to restore traffic through alternative infrastructure. A few hours later, Julien announced that all Morpho services had returned and remained stable despite the possibility of temporary performance issues.

All Morpho services are back and stable. Performance may still be impacted but the app & the api are functioning. https://t.co/2LrnsyDAgp

— Julien | Morpho 🕛 (@Julien_devatom) July 16, 2026

The incident affected Morpho’s frontend and API instead of its underlying decentralized lending protocol. As a result, users experienced difficulty accessing the platform’s interface without any reported interruption to onchain lending operations.

Morpho’s API provides developers and applications with onchain and offchain market data, including vault information and user positions. Meanwhile, the protocol’s smart contracts continued processing lending activity independently throughout the service interruption.

AWS CloudFront serves as a content delivery network that distributes websites, applications, and APIs across global infrastructure. However, Morpho did not confirm that CloudFront caused the disruption, referring only to a potential AWS-related outage.

Frontend Outages Highlight Infrastructure Dependencies

The event also affected other crypto projects relying on similar web infrastructure. YEET co-founder Mando reported that the project’s website became unavailable during the same suspected AWS CloudFront disruption.

Despite the website outage, YEET stated that user funds remained secure because the issue only affected frontend access. This distinction highlights how decentralized protocols can continue functioning even when their web interfaces become temporarily inaccessible.

The incident also underscores the continued reliance of decentralized finance platforms on centralized infrastructure for websites and application programming interfaces. 

Although blockchain networks remain operational, frontend disruptions can temporarily prevent users from viewing portfolios or interacting with protocols through official websites.

Morpho’s infrastructure has become increasingly important across decentralized finance in recent months. Coinbase relies on Morpho infrastructure for its USDC lending products, while Trezor integrates Morpho vaults into Trezor Suite for supported lending strategies.

The protocol has also expanded its institutional presence through an agreement allowing affiliates of Apollo Global Management to acquire up to 90 million MORPHO tokens over 48 months. 

Although the outage briefly disrupted access, Morpho reported no loss of user funds or failures involving its lending smart contracts.