Kiribati Experiences Brief BGP Disruption on July 16

Kiribati experienced a brief internet connectivity disruption on July 16, 2026, primarily affecting the network control plane. The event lasted approximately 40 minutes, beginning at 18:40 UTC and concluding by 19:20 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 75. The primary affected metric was the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal, which measures the visibility of network routing prefixes on the global internet. The BGP median value dropped by 25% from its peak during the event window. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed less pronounced deviations but remained stable overall.

The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.