Incident report · 2026070401
Gulf2Africa (G2A): 1.3× baseline latency
Resolved · 2h 58m
What we measured
| Cable | Gulf2Africa (G2A) |
| Segment | Berbera, SO → Salalah, OM |
| Detected | 2026-07-04 03:02 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-07-04 06:00 UTC |
| Duration | 2h 58m |
| Observed latency | 138.3 ms |
| Baseline | 106 ms · 1.3× |
| Increase | +123% |
| Severity | warning |
Path analysis
Traffic changed route while latency was elevated. A reroute of this kind usually follows a fault somewhere on the original path.
Cross-probe verdict. Too few independent vantage points were watching this endpoint to reach a cross-probe verdict.
Timeline
- Alert 2026070401: warning — ratio 2.23x
- Alert #143 resolved: RTT 138.32ms (baseline 106ms), 8 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 2026070401: Gulf2Africa (G2A). https://geocables.com/incident/2026070401
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