Saint Lucia experienced a brief, localized connectivity disruption on the morning of August 21, 2026. The event lasted approximately 40 minutes, centered around 08:25 UTC. The primary technical indicator affected was the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane.
Technical Details
The disruption was recorded with a severity score of 48. The BGP signal, which measures the stability of routing announcements and network visibility, showed a median value drop of 1% from its peak during the event window. The active probing signal for IPv4 reachability, ping-slash24, showed a 15% decline in observed reachable networks. The Merit Network Telescope (merit-nt) signal, a proxy for aggregate connectivity based on backscatter traffic, recorded a complete, 100% drop to zero during the period. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by 09:05 UTC.
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