Hi Sue and others,

 

1.      I think that draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags and
draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize should be merged together. The latter
is just adding a new flag to the first one which is the defining the
container. draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize has a lot of test about
dataplane that should not be in the IDR draft as dataplane behavior is
defined by SPRING, the only required piece for IDR is the flag definition
with reference to SPRING draft. As draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags
(which defines the container) is still early stage, it makes sense to define
all required flags in this document.

 

2.      draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution is different as
it relates to BGP-LS and not "BGP SRTE", I would keep it separate mainly
because people working on BGP LS and BGP SRTE are usually not the same and
BGP-LS usually have its own set of drafts. My preference would then to keep
it separate from the two others.

 

3.      On draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags, I have a bit of concern that
we are defining flags here and there in protocols (like the S flag) while
not having a clear data model (protocol agnostic) defined by SPRING,
especially in what "attribute" relates to policy, CP or SL. Coordination of
this should come from SPRING so then the various protocols could encode them
(PCEP, BGP SRTE, BGP LS.). While for some flags in the draft we have a clear
reference from SPRING, it's not the case for all of them, especially the S
(admin shut) flag.

 

4.      I'm not convinced about the name "Admin Flags", eligibility is
probably more an operational state. We could debate about this naming.

 

 

Brgds,

 

Stephane

 

 

From: Susan Hares <[email protected]> 
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 12:28 PM
To: Aijun Wang <[email protected]>; 'idr@ietf. org' <[email protected]>;
'spring' <[email protected]>
Cc: 'pce-chairs' <[email protected]>; 'srv6ops-chairs'
<[email protected]>
Subject: [spring] Re: [Idr] [SR-TE]Adoption call for 3 drafts: 1)
draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags, 2)
draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize, 3)
draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt (6/22/2026 to
7/14/2026

 

Aijun: 

 

This is a good idea I can discuss with the authors.  However, the first step
toward this combination is a decision on whether the WG wants to adoption
(any or all of these drafts). 

 

Cheerily, Sue 

 

From: Aijun Wang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> > 
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 11:57 PM
To: Susan Hares <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'idr@ietf. org'
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'spring' <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Cc: 'pce-chairs' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >;
'srv6ops-chairs' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: RE: [Idr] [SR-TE]Adoption call for 3 drafts: 1)
draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags, 2)
draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize, 3)
draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt (6/22/2026 to
7/14/2026

 

Hi, Sue:

 

If these three drafts are interrelated, I would like you to encourage the
authors of these drafts to combine into one draft, not three separate
documents.

Should we try to decrease the "fragmentation" of IETF standards?

 

I have reviewed all three documents and think they can be combined into one
document.

And, It seems that the "IFN (Install Final Node-sid) - 1 bit (Bit Position
TBD1):" in draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt, is
actually defined in draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize-06.txt, then why
the WG adoption call
draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt?
 

 

Best Regards

 

Aijun Wang

China Telecom

 

From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Hares
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 12:46 AM
To: idr@ietf. org <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; spring
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Cc: pce-chairs <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >;
srv6ops-chairs <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: [Idr] [SR-TE]Adoption call for 3 drafts: 1)
draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags, 2)
draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize, 3)
draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt (6/22/2026 to
7/14/2026

 

Greetings: 

 

This is an adoption 3 week WG adoption call sent to IDR and Spring for the
following 3 drafts:

1. draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flag-05.txt - 

2. draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize-06.txt 

3. draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt 

 

Both WGs must agree that these drafts are useful and appropriate. 

 

The authors of these three drafts should respond to this email with an IPR
Statement specifying the following: 

1) draft you are a co-author on, 

2) Whether you know of any IPR on that draft. 

 

Background for the WG and Spring. 

 

 [I-D. draft-ietf-spring-srv6-policy-sid- list-opt] specifies procedures to
indicate whether the endpoint's node SID needs to be included or excluded
when installing the SRv6  Policy.

 

1) draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags specifies as Segment List
Administrative Flags as segment list SubTLV. Flags include: 

S- admin shutdown, B- backup ineligible, I-Ignore service route's Prefix
SID, D- drop upon invalid (section 8.2, RFC9256), and E - eligible. 

2)
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__datatracker.ietf.org_d
oc_draft-2Dliu-2Didr-2Dsr-2Dsegment-2Dlist-2Doptimize_&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTD
llvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=rEoy_H4r-c4UNUr3jSF-7Q&m=RjntOQpE0PTOmyN
9aktQ2Swdw2n9KkMaab5dO_bRoNPQbJdQYV5cBJEfNcJbuuOI&s=rwc-kio_SJHar0SdViNs5UMj
P6RG_m8-s8v6at9IV5o&e=> draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize =  adds a
flag of flag INF-Flag to Segment list administrative flags specified by
draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags.  The value (1) for INF-Flags indicates
endpoint node SID is included in installing SID list(s) of the Candidate
Path (CP) when set.

3) draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt -  send
INF-Flag in BGP-LS 

 

Why 3 drafts in 1 call? 

As you can see from the description, if draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flags
is not adopted - then the other two drafts cannot be adopted. 

Similarly, if draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimized is not adopted, then
draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution cannot be adopted. 

 

Questions for Spring WG: 

1) Do these drafts correct implement
[draft-ietf-spring-srv6-policy-sid-list-opt] concepts?> 

2) Do you see any problem with the adoption of any of these three drafts: 

(draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-admin-flag-05.txt,
draft-liu-idr-sr-segment-list-optimize-06.txt,
draft-ali-idr-bgp-ls-sr-policy-sl-opt-distribution-00.txt) 

 

Question for IDR:

1) Are there any problems in the technology descriptions? 

2) Does the status and setting of this flag work?  Are the "delays" inherent
in BGP distribution a concern? 

3) Does this draft help operators deploy SRv6? 

 

Question for Spring and IDR: 

1)  Does this draft open any error issues? 

 

Please include in your comments - Support or No support for adoption. 

 

Cheerily, Susan Hares 

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