We're expecting a spike on the web and media streams at 10pm BST when the exit poll results are communicated.
Unsure quite how large the spikes will be...that'll depend very much on how close to expectation/prediction the exit polls results are.
There's a good number of us working to cover regular ops but also being available for additional checks/monitoring and escalation paths if needed.
I hope everyone who's working on #GE2024 (and anything else this evening/today) is doing well. 🙌🏻

Just noticed we're at ~1.3k RPS from BBC staff and in-house, on-network monitoring...
Lots of eyes on for sure.

The first main Breaking News Event (BNE) notification just went out...That caused roughly a 2x traffic spike on www.bbc.co.uk & www.bbc.com but nothing to worry about, waaaaay within bounds.
Let's see what happens when the exit poll results are communicated out.

And here's the exit poll: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt

@tdp_org is there a page about the methodology of the exit poll? Just wondered if the forecast is based on national swing

@qux2000 I don't know the detail on that, sorry - it's outside of what I do. It is/was conducted by Ipsos though so I'd hope they publish methodology. Maybe worth a look on their website. I'd assume it's sampled and upscaled but quite how, I don't know.