Mauritius experienced a network connectivity disruption on August 31, lasting approximately one hour. The event began at 19:30 UTC and concluded by 20:30 UTC, with a severity score of 1,469. The primary impact was observed in active network probing metrics.
Technical Details
The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 prefixes, recorded a severity score of 1,469 and a 40% drop from its peak value. The gtr-norm signal, indicating deviation from an expected traffic baseline, showed a 63% drop. The merit-nt signal, a proxy for aggregate connectivity, recorded a 54% drop. The border gateway protocol (bgp) control plane signal remained stable, showing no significant degradation.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored following the one-hour event.
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