BGP/RIPE RIS¶

BGP routing data from RIPE RIS (Routing Information Service) provides visibility into global routing changes and anomalies.

Overview¶

Property	Value
Type	Network incidents
Coverage	Global
Update Frequency	Real-time
Confidence Score	0.5
Source Identifier	`bgpstream`

Data Provided¶

BGP route withdrawals
Prefix announcements
AS path changes
Routing anomalies

API Endpoints¶

Country Resources¶

https://stat.ripe.net/data/country-resource-list/data.json?resource={country_code}

BGP Updates¶

https://stat.ripe.net/data/bgp-updates/data.json?resource={asn}

Incident Fields¶

Field	Source
`id`	Generated: `bgp-{country}-{asn}-{timestamp}`
`kind`	Always `"network"`
`asn`	ASN experiencing the event
`region`	Country code
`incidentCause`	`BGP_WITHDRAWAL` or `BGP_UPDATE`

Example Response¶

{
  "id": "bgp-US-AS12345-1705312800",
  "kind": "network",
  "status": "ongoing",
  "startedAt": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "confidence": 0.5,
  "summary": "BGP withdrawal detected for AS12345 in US",
  "region": "US",
  "asn": "AS12345",
  "source": "bgpstream",
  "incidentCause": "BGP_WITHDRAWAL"
}

Detection Logic¶

Fetch ASNs for monitored countries (US by default)
Query BGP updates for each ASN
Detect significant withdrawals or path changes
Generate incidents for anomalous events

Confidence Score¶

The lower confidence score (0.5) reflects that:

BGP events may be routine maintenance
Not all withdrawals indicate outages
Requires correlation with other sources for validation

Limitations¶

High volume of normal BGP churn
May generate false positives
Limited geographic precision
No customer impact estimates