Incident report · 2026052302
Q&E North: 1.7× baseline latency
Resolved · 1h 29m
What we measured
| Cable | Q&E North |
| Segment | Joss Bay, GB → Ostend, BE |
| Detected | 2026-05-23 13:01 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-05-23 14:31 UTC |
| Duration | 1h 29m |
| Observed latency | 95.9 ms |
| Baseline | 56.6 ms · 1.7× |
| Increase | +117% |
| Severity | warning |
Path analysis
Traffic kept the same route. Latency rose without a visible path change, which points at congestion or a fault on the existing route rather than a reroute.
Cross-probe verdict. Only one probe saw it. We treat this as a probable false positive and label it as such.
Timeline
- Alert 2026052302: warning — ratio 2.17x
- Alert #127 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #127 resolved: RTT 95.9ms (baseline 56.57ms), 3 consecutive OK
Detection method
Latency is sampled continuously from our probe network. An alert opens when round-trip time to a monitored endpoint holds above its rolling baseline, and closes automatically once it returns. Full method is described on the methodology page.
How to cite
GeoCables (2026). Incident 2026052302: Q&E North. https://geocables.com/incident/2026052302
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