Macedonia Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption

Macedonia experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility on Friday, July 18, 2026. The event lasted for approximately two hours, beginning around 07:55 UTC and concluding by 09:50 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a degradation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal.

Technical Details

The event recorded a severity score of 136. The primary affected metric was the BGP median signal, which measures the control plane visibility of internet routing prefixes. During the disruption, the observed number of BGP routes dropped by approximately 1% from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor fluctuations but were not the primary signals of the event.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.