Kosovo experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility on Tuesday, September 2, 2026. The event began at 06:55 UTC and lasted for approximately one hour and thirty-five minutes, concluding by 08:30 UTC. The primary impact was observed on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal, which governs the global routing of internet traffic.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 173. The affected BGP signal measures the stability and visibility of network routing announcements. During the observation window from 02:30 to 08:30 UTC, the BGP median measurement showed a 2% drop from its peak value. Concurrently, other network health indicators showed more significant deviations: the Merit Network Telescope (merit-nt) backscatter measurement, a proxy for overall connectivity, fell 43% from its peak, and active probing for IPv4 reachability (ping-slash24) dropped 38% from its peak.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network conditions were reported as restored by the end of the observation period.
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