Stefano,

> Subject: QUIC connection migration to an IPv4-only network when connected to 
> a server's IPv6 address
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm trying to solve the following common scenario: a client has a QUIC 
> connection to a server's IPv6 address and has to migrate the connection to an 
> IPv4-only network.
>
>
> Currently, our implementation will attempt to connect to the server's IPv6 
> address via the IPv4-only network and will (expectedly) fail.
>
>
> I can think of two main solutions, the client could instead migrate to the 
> IPv4:
>
> Provided in the preferred_address extension, during the initial TLS handshake
>
> Returned by the A query, that was sent alongside the AAAA query that 
> contained the IPv6 address currently being used by the client
>


The best approach is to standardize a QUIC extension that indicates
that the server has several IP addresses. This would be an excellent
use case for
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-piraux-quic-additional-addresses-04


Olivier

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