Democratic Republic of the Congo experiences BGP connectivity disruption
The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) connectivity disruption on Tuesday, July 15, 2026. The event began at 08:10 UTC and lasted for approximately four hours and twenty minutes, concluding around 12:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a significant…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) connectivity disruption on Tuesday, July 15, 2026. The event began at 08:10 UTC and lasted for approximately four hours and twenty minutes, concluding around 12:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a significant degradation in the BGP control plane signal.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 452 on the BGP.median signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes in the global routing system. A lower score indicates reduced routing information availability. The event was isolated to the BGP control plane; other network signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed only minor concurrent fluctuations.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
