Venezuela experienced a disruption in its internet control plane visibility on the evening of August 17, 2026. The event, which lasted approximately one hour and twenty-five minutes, was characterized by a degradation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal. The disruption began at 23:05 UTC and concluded by 00:30 UTC.
Technical Details
The event recorded a severity score of 89, with the primary impact observed on the BGP signal. This signal measures the stability of routing announcements and withdrawals for internet protocol prefixes, reflecting control plane visibility. The BGP median value dropped by approximately 1% from its peak during the observation window. Other network health indicators, including active probing reachability (ping-slash24) and traffic volume (gtr-norm), showed minor concurrent fluctuations but were not the primary signals affected.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
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