Incident report · 2026040505
Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia: 1.18× baseline latency
Resolved · 4h 59m
What we measured
| Cable | Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia |
| Segment | Changi South, SG → Maruyama, JP |
| Detected | 2026-04-05 04:31 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-04-05 09:31 UTC |
| Duration | 4h 59m |
| Observed latency | 123 ms |
| Baseline | 104.1 ms · 1.18× |
| Increase | +185% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia comes ashore, how much of their submarine diversity this cable represents, and what our measurements into them show.
| Country | Dependence on this cable | Other submarine cables | What the measurements show |
|---|---|---|---|
| China resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 23 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Asia Direct Cable (ADC) +19 more | no measurement today; median 213 ms over 30 days (12 routes) |
| Japan resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 52 cables (2% of submarine diversity) | 5 Villages 6 Islands, APCN-2, Apricot +48 more | median 186 ms today vs 250 ms over 30 days (70 routes) - faster |
| Malaysia resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 33 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Asia Link Cable (ALC) +29 more | median 218 ms today vs 235 ms over 30 days (6 routes) - unchanged |
| Philippines resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Apricot, Asia Connect Cable-1 (ACC-1) +21 more | median 275 ms today vs 273 ms over 30 days (24 routes) - unchanged |
| Singapore resilience index: 78 · resilient |
1 of 46 cables (2% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Apricot, Asia Connect Cable-1 (ACC-1) +42 more | median 107 ms today vs 188 ms over 30 days (81 routes) - faster |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
No usable traceroute data for this window.
Cross-probe verdict. Too few independent vantage points were watching this endpoint to reach a cross-probe verdict.
Timeline
- Alert #48: warning (backfilled)
- Alert #48 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK checks
- Alert #48 improving: 2/3 consecutive OK checks
- Alert #48 resolved: RTT 123ms (baseline 104.07ms)
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 2026040505: Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia. https://geocables.com/incident/2026040505
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