Chad experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet control plane on August 29, 2026. The event, which lasted less than an hour, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a key mechanism for routing traffic across networks. The disruption was observed between 11:45 and 12:30 UTC.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 51. The affected BGP signal measures the stability and visibility of network routing announcements in the global control plane. During the event, the BGP median value showed a 1% drop from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, also recorded minor concurrent deviations but were not the primary signals of the event.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network conditions were reported as stabilized following the event.
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