Wallis and Futuna Islands Experience Brief BGP Disruption

Wallis and Futuna Islands experienced a brief connectivity disruption early Saturday, July 26, affecting the network control plane. The event began at 02:55 UTC and lasted approximately 15 minutes, ending by 03:10 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 43. The primary affected signal was the BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) median, which measures control plane visibility for network prefixes. The signal recorded a drop of approximately 3% from its peak during the observation window. Other connectivity metrics, including active probing for ICMP reachability, showed no significant degradation during the event.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network conditions were reported as stable following the brief disruption.