⚓ Internet shutdown detector
Connectivity drops (per-country IODA signal) correlated with conflict, censorship and war or protest events.
✓ No active shutdowns. Monitoring 238 countries, connectivity is normal.
Recent (30 days)
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~67% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-09 04:30 to 2026-09-09 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~66% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-08 04:30 to 2026-09-08 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~67% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-07 04:30 to 2026-09-07 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~66% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-06 04:30 to 2026-09-06 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~67% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-05 04:30 to 2026-09-05 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~68% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-03 04:30 to 2026-09-03 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~68% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-09-01 04:30 to 2026-09-01 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~68% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-08-31 04:30 to 2026-08-31 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~68% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-08-30 04:30 to 2026-08-30 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~68% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-08-29 04:30 to 2026-08-29 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~67% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-08-27 04:30 to 2026-08-27 05:30 UTC
Iraq🗓 scheduled (exam-hours pattern)connectivity drop ~68% · outage seen at the same hour on many days (about 04:00 UTC, 07:00 Baghdad, never on Fridays): an ordered shutdown for national exam hours. Federal ISPs drop to zero, Kurdistan Region and satellite stay up. Real window is shorter than shown
since 2026-08-26 04:30 to 2026-08-26 05:30 UTC
Major technical outages, last 30 days
Country-wide connectivity losses of 50% or more with no conflict or censorship signal. Not counted as shutdowns; full record on each country page.
Portugalevents: 1 · latest 2026-09-14 17:30 UTC · peak drop ~55%
Senegalevents: 1 · latest 2026-09-09 11:30 UTC · peak drop ~51%
Haitievents: 1 · latest 2026-08-27 05:30 UTC · peak drop ~59%
Zimbabweevents: 2 · latest 2026-08-26 21:30 UTC · peak drop ~51%
How it works: we measure each country reachability and, on a drop, check whether it coincides with an active conflict zone, a censorship regime or a fresh event. Classification: linked to conflict / amid conflict / censorship / technical.