Mexico experienced a brief disruption to its internet control plane on Tuesday, August 19, 2026. The event was recorded between 06:35 and 06:50 UTC, lasting approximately 15 minutes. The primary impact was observed on the network’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 27. The affected bgp.median signal measures the stability and visibility of routing announcements for the country’s IP address prefixes. During the event, the signal showed a 2% drop from its peak value. Other key internet health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, remained stable throughout the observation window from 02:30 to 08:30 UTC.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored following the brief event.
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