Mozambique Experiences Brief BGP Control Plane Disruption

Mozambique experienced a short-lived disruption to its internet routing control plane on Sunday, August 2. The event, which lasted approximately 50 minutes, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal, indicating a reduction in the visibility of network prefixes.

Technical Details

The disruption began at 15:40 UTC and concluded by 16:30 UTC. The event registered a severity score of 681, with the BGP signal showing a 13% drop from its peak visibility during the observation window. The BGP signal measures the control plane visibility of a country’s internet protocol prefixes. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minimal deviation during the same period.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network conditions were reported as stable following the event’s conclusion.