While this is probably not a big deal for ASH, the issue should be considered 
for other capabilities in the future.

Tony


> On Sep 18, 2026, at 2:09 PM, Tony Przygienda - tonysietf at gmail.com 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> we could but it won't express the full semantics we may want here. if the 
> adjacency shows L1/L2 but we want to say specifically let's say ASH works 
> only in L1 we cannot do that on P2P right now. 
> 
> -- tony 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM Acee Lindem <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hey Tony, 
>> 
>> > On Sep 18, 2026, at 4:42 AM, Tony Przygienda <[email protected] 
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> > 
>> > here's an interesting observation. the capability does not distinguish 
>> > L1/L2 and on P2P we have a single IIH so it's implicitly "capability is 
>> > for both levels" and that presents implications for e.g. ASH where on 
>> > broadcast it will separate per level but on P2P both levels are implied. 
>> > 
>> > not sure we should do anything about it but just factual observation 
>> 
>> Wouldn't the capability scoping just follow the IS-IS adjaceny, L1, L2, of 
>> L1/L2? 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Acee
>> 
>> 
>> > 
>> > -- tony 
>> > 
>> > On Sun, Sep 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM Tony Przygienda <[email protected] 
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> > Plus one obviously here and it was Les’ suggestion to pull that out from 
>> > the ash  draft which I fully support. this will prove useful for lots of 
>> > other stuff I can imagine
>> > 
>> > I’m working currently on something else, but we’ll rewrite the ash draft 
>> > to point to that one
>> > 
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> > 
>> >> On 3 Sep 2026, at 20:31, Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) 
>> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>  Acee -
>> >>  The immediate driver for this draft comes from  
>> >> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-prz-lsr-ash-packets/ which needs 
>> >> to signal support for the new PDUs.
>> >> That draft currently proposes a mechanism specific to that use case.
>> >> But I had commented - and Tony P agreed - that it would be more forward 
>> >> looking to define something more generic - which is what this draft does.
>> >>  I absolutely do NOT want to include the ash-packet use case in this 
>> >> draft as that would create a circular dependency between the two drafts.
>> >> I would hope you see the wisdom in that.
>> >>  I also have another use case in mind - but that draft has yet to be 
>> >> written.
>> >>  But if you are worried that we are defining something that will never 
>> >> get used - relax - not the case. 😊
>> >>     Les
>> >>    >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: Acee Lindem <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2026 11:17 AM
>> >> >To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <[email protected] 
>> >> ><mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >Cc: lsr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >Subject: Re: [Lsr] New Version Notification for draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-
>> >> >capability-00.txt
>> >> > > > >> On Sep 3, 2026, at 2:12 PM, Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) 
>> >> > > > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >> >> Acee -
>> >> >> >> Nothing is being hidden. There are no features defined as of yet.
>> >> >> >> That said, in the context of other drafts - some existing - some 
>> >> >> >> yet to be
>> >> >published - use cases will be defined.
>> >> >> >> This draft is intentionally just the "plumbing".
>> >> > >And in that sense, this is the "pipe to nowhere"... I wouldn't think 
>> >> > >we'd adopt a
>> >> >draft without at least one compelling use case.
>> >> > >Acee
>> >> > > > >> >>    Les
>> >> >> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >>> From: Acee Lindem <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2026 11:05 AM
>> >> >>> To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <[email protected] 
>> >> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >>> Cc: lsr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >>> Subject: Re: [Lsr] New Version Notification for 
>> >> >>> draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-
>> >> >>> capability-00.txt
>> >> >>> >>> Speaking as WG member:
>> >> >>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2026, at 10:33 AM, Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)
>> >> >>> <[email protected] 
>> >> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >> >>>> >>>> Folks -
>> >> >>>> >>>> Tony P and I have posted a new document defining a new TLV to be
>> >> >included
>> >> >>> in hellos. The new TLV  supports advertisement of optional features 
>> >> >>> useful in
>> >> >>> establishing/maintaining adjacencies.
>> >> >>> >>> It seems the draft should include these useful optional features 
>> >> >>> >>> that need to
>> >> >>> discovered prior to establishing an adjacency.
>> >> >>> >>> Thanks,
>> >> >>> Acee
>> >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Comments welcomed.
>> >> >>>> >>>>  Les
>> >> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >>>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
>> >> >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2026 7:30 AM
>> >> >>>> To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <[email protected] 
>> >> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>; Tony Przygienda
>> >> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> >> >>>> Subject: New Version Notification for 
>> >> >>>> draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-capability-
>> >> >00.txt
>> >> >>>> >>>> A new version of Internet-Draft 
>> >> >>>> >>>> draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-capability-00.txt
>> >> >has
>> >> >>>> been successfully submitted by Les Ginsberg and posted to the
>> >> >>>> IETF repository.
>> >> >>>> >>>> Name:     draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-capability
>> >> >>>> Revision: 00
>> >> >>>> Title:    IS-IS Hello Capability
>> >> >>>> Date:     2026-09-03
>> >> >>>> Group:    Individual Submission
>> >> >>>> Pages:    6
>> >> >>>> URL:      
>> >> >>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-capability-
>> >> >>> 00.txt
>> >> >>>> Status:   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-
>> >> >capability/
>> >> >>>> HTMLized: 
>> >> >>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ginsberg-lsr-hello-
>> >> >>> capability
>> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> Abstract:
>> >> >>>> >>>>  Advertisement of capabilities in Hellos is useful to allow 
>> >> >>>> >>>> support of
>> >> >>>>  optional features in establishing and maintaining adjacencies.  This
>> >> >>>>  document defines a new TLV to be sent in hellos to advertise such
>> >> >>>>  capabilities.
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