Micronesia Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption
The Federated States of Micronesia experienced a disruption to its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane on Wednesday, July 16, 2026. The event began at 15:10 UTC and lasted for approximately 80 minutes, ending at 16:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a degradation in…
The Federated States of Micronesia experienced a disruption to its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane on Wednesday, July 16, 2026. The event began at 15:10 UTC and lasted for approximately 80 minutes, ending at 16:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a degradation in the BGP signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes to the global routing system.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 103. The primary affected metric was the BGP signal, which dropped by 1% from its peak. The BGP control plane provides the routing information that allows networks to find each other on the internet. During the observation window from 10:30 to 16:30 UTC, other connectivity signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability, remained stable.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network routing was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
