India Experienced Brief Connectivity Degradation on July 18

India experienced a brief but measurable degradation in internet connectivity during the early hours of July 18, 2026. The disruption, centered on IPv4 network reachability, lasted approximately 30 minutes starting at 04:30 UTC. The event registered a severity score of 711 based on observed connectivity metrics.

Technical Details

The primary affected signal was ping-slash24, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 network prefixes. This metric recorded a severity score of 711 during the half-hour observation window, indicating a 26% drop from its peak value. Other network health signals, including BGP control plane visibility and backscatter traffic measurements, showed minimal deviation from their expected baselines during the period.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network conditions were reported as having returned to baseline levels following the brief disruption.