Incident report · 2026071402
Kuwait-Iran: 0.75× baseline latency
Resolved · 4h 35m
What we measured
| Cable | Kuwait-Iran |
| Segment | Ganaveh, IR → Kuwait City, KW |
| Detected | 2026-07-14 19:33 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-07-15 00:09 UTC |
| Duration | 4h 35m |
| Observed latency | 145 ms |
| Baseline | 193.3 ms · 0.75× |
| Increase | +354% |
| Severity | critical |
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. Too few independent vantage points were watching this endpoint to reach a cross-probe verdict.
Timeline
- Alert 2026071402: critical — ratio 4.54x
- Alert #150 resolved: RTT 144.96ms (baseline 193.29ms), 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 2026071402: Kuwait-Iran. https://geocables.com/incident/2026071402
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