Georgia Experiences Brief BGP Control Plane Disruption

Georgia experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Wednesday morning. The event, affecting the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, lasted approximately 45 minutes starting at 07:10 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 356. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes. During the event, the BGP signal showed an 8% drop in observed routes. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic measurements, recorded more minor concurrent fluctuations but were not the primary signals of the disruption. The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by 07:55 UTC.