Chad Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption
Chad experienced a significant disruption to its internet control plane on Monday, July 7, 2026. The event, which primarily affected Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) visibility, lasted approximately one hour and forty minutes, starting at 02:50 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a sharp drop in the number of visible network prefixes.
Technical Details
The event recorded a severity score of 4,131. The BGP signal, which measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes, dropped by 42% from its peak. Concurrently, the ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 prefixes, fell by 73%. The gtr-norm signal, an indicator of aggregate traffic volume, also showed a 71% decline from its peak during the observation window.
Reported Cause
The cause of the disruption has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by 04:30 UTC.
