> On Feb 26, 2026, at 08:02, Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Let me present how I understood the meaning of this bit. Note that the term 
> "overload" is poorly chosen. 
> 
> Sender is sending Overload == 0  --> Receiver's action: For all matching 
> routes (to sent filter) in Ajd-RIB-OUT withdraw them to the peer. 
> 
> Sender is sending Overload == 1  --> Receiver's action: For all new routes 
> (to sent filter) not yet present in Ajd-RIB-OUT suppress from sending to the 
> peer. 

If that's the intended behavior, I think that's clear.  Essentially, when bit 
is 1, do not withdraw but "send nothing further".

If AIjun agrees about the behavior, we can adjust the English in the draft.


> 
> Yes in that context sequence matters, but this IMO would be really a corner 
> case and pretty ugly way to use sequence numbers. 

This is partially my point.

> 
> Instead draft can mandate to never sent mutually overlapping filters with 
> different overload bits. 

I know that's your personal preference.  And yet, an implementation that 
receives such a conflicting ORF must do something consistent with it.  Ordering 
is a reasonable tie-breaking criteria.

-- Jeff

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