Cook Islands experienced a connectivity disruption on August 21, 2026, affecting the internet’s control plane visibility. The event was centered on the BGP signal and lasted approximately 40 minutes, starting at 08:25 UTC.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 127. The affected BGP signal measures the stability of routing announcements for the country’s internet prefixes. During the event, the BGP visibility metric showed a 3% drop from its peak value. Other network health indicators, including active probing for reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed no significant concurrent degradation. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by 09:05 UTC.
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