Chad Experiences Brief BGP Control Plane Disruption

Chad experienced a brief disruption to its internet control plane visibility on August 6, 2026. The event lasted approximately 15 minutes, centered around 20:25 UTC. The primary impact was observed on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal.

Technical Details

The disruption recorded a severity score of 51. The affected BGP signal measures the stability of routing announcements for the country’s IP address prefixes. During the event, the signal’s median value dropped by 3% from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed no significant concurrent degradation.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network conditions were reported restored by 20:40 UTC.