Venezuela experiences BGP control plane disruption lasting four hours

Venezuela experienced a significant disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Tuesday, with a four-hour event affecting the network control plane. The disruption began at 16:25 UTC and concluded by 20:30 UTC on August 4, 2026.

Technical Details

The event registered a severity score of 246, primarily impacting the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal. BGP provides the control plane visibility for routing internet traffic between networks. The bgp.median signal recorded a drop of 1% from its peak, with the lowest measurement point at 25,406 visible prefixes. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor concurrent fluctuations but were not the primary signals affected.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation window.