I'm sure you know this already, but that status page isn't worth the cycles on your CPU, you would be better served asking the toaster if AWS is functioning properly than checking that status page.
Our prod systems seem to be working, but our lower environments seems to be not working. I don't know enough about where these things come from. I wonder if the real problem is regional. Some connections work and some don't.
I never knew this, but I think it makes sense. Is there any documentation that explains why this is the case? I suspect it is to distribute bias to the first option, but I'd love to read about it.