Armenia Experiences Brief BGP Disruption Affecting Control Plane Visibility

Armenia experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet control plane on July 24, 2026. The event, affecting Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) visibility, lasted approximately 50 minutes starting at 19:05 UTC. The disruption registered a severity score of 477, with the primary impact observed in the BGP signal.

Technical Details

The event was characterized by a degradation in the BGP signal, which measures the stability and visibility of routing announcements for the country’s IP address prefixes. The signal recorded a drop of 9% from its peak value during the observation window. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability (ping-slash24) and traffic volume forecasts (gtr.sarima), showed minimal to no deviation from normal baselines. The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by 19:55 UTC.