Iran Experiences Brief BGP Disruption on August 9

Iran experienced a brief disruption to its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane on the morning of August 9, 2026. The event lasted approximately 25 minutes, beginning at 06:20 UTC and concluding by 06:45 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption was characterized by a degradation in the BGP median signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes in the global routing table. The event recorded a severity score of 27. During the same observation window, other connectivity metrics, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor fluctuations but no significant correlated outages.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network control plane activity was reported as stable following the brief disruption.