Laos experiences BGP control plane disruption
Laos experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility on Monday, August 3, 2026. The event lasted for approximately two and a half hours, beginning at 09:00 UTC and concluding around 11:25 UTC. The disruption was centered on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which…
Laos experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility on Monday, August 3, 2026. The event lasted for approximately two and a half hours, beginning at 09:00 UTC and concluding around 11:25 UTC. The disruption was centered on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which governs how networks announce and route internet traffic.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 157. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes. A drop in this signal can indicate a reduction in the number of network routes being advertised from within the country. Other measurement signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic analysis, showed minor fluctuations but no significant concurrent outages.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
