Guatemala’s internet routing infrastructure experienced a control plane disruption on Thursday, August 21, 2026. The event began at 08:25 UTC and lasted for approximately four hours, concluding by 12:30 UTC. The primary impact was observed in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 285. The affected BGP signal measures the control plane visibility of internet routing prefixes, indicating a period of reduced routing stability. Other monitored signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume measurements, showed minimal to no deviation from their normal baselines during the event window.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Internet routing for the country was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
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