Kosovo experienced a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane disruption on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The event began at 09:30 UTC and lasted for approximately three hours, concluding around 12:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a significant reduction in the visibility of network routing information.
Technical Details
The primary affected signal was the BGP control plane, which measures the global visibility of a country’s internet routing prefixes. The event recorded a severity score of 328. The BGP signal showed a 2% drop from its peak visibility during the observation window. Concurrent measurements for active reachability and traffic volume did not indicate a corresponding major degradation in data plane connectivity.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network conditions were reported as stable following the event’s conclusion.
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