# Fly.io: Major incident: LHR network issues

**Summary:** Fly.io reported a major outage in LHR (London, UK): regional anycast and static egress IPs were nonfunctional, with anycast traffic rerouted to nearby regions. The incident started at 2026-10-08 05:40 UTC and was resolved at 2026-10-08 06:00 UTC, lasting 19 min. Fly.io identified BGP announcement issues and restored BGP before resolution. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-10-08 05:40 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.flyio.net/incidents/01M4D0E2HPJYRMB4DJT4PKYTM5](https://status.flyio.net/incidents/01M4D0E2HPJYRMB4DJT4PKYTM5)
- [Company: Fly.io](https://rewindex.com/company/fly-io.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:186/01M4D0E2HPJYRMB4DJT4PKYTM5@ba87c6c5bb79
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ LHR network issues
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-10-08 05:40 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-10-08 06:00 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-10-08 05:40 UTC

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+ We are working to resolve an issue with our BGP announcements in LHR (London, UK) region. Regional anycast and static egress IPs are currently not functional and anycast traffic is being rerouted to nearby regions.
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**7. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-10-08 05:53 UTC

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+ We have brought BGP back up in LHR and are monitoring recovery.
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**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-10-08 06:00 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-08 05:40 UTC | Major incident: LHR network issues (this change) | outage |

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