[CCWG] Re: [iesg] Re: Éric Vyncke's Discuss on draft-ietf-ccwg-ratelimited-increase-06: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

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Thread-Topic: [iesg] Re: Éric Vyncke's Discuss on draft-ietf-ccwg-ratelimited-increase-06: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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Subject: [CCWG] Re: [iesg] Re: Éric Vyncke's Discuss on draft-ietf-ccwg-ratelimited-increase-06: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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Hello Gorry and authors,

I have elided some text of the original email to allow focus on the text under DISCUSSion. See below for EV> (sorry my corporate MacOS Outlook does not allow easy indenting)

Regards

-éric


From: Gorry Fairhurst <gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, 3 August 2026 at 18:16
To: Eric Vyncke (evyncke) <evyncke@cisco.com>; The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
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Subject: [iesg] Re: Éric Vyncke's Discuss on draft-ietf-ccwg-ratelimited-increase-06: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

On 03/08/2026 09:04, Éric Vyncke via Datatracker wrote:
> Éric Vyncke has entered the following ballot position for
> draft-ietf-ccwg-ratelimited-increase-06: Discuss
>
> ### Section 3.2.1
>
> Why not a "MUST" (or lowercase "should") in `Therefore, congestion control
> algorithms SHOULD implement a behavior that is equivalent to Rate-Limited
> Increase, irrespective of whether they use a cwnd variable or not.` See also
> the IESG statement about providing guidance when SHOULD is used
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-clarifying-the-use-of-bcp-14-key-words/

Yes, good catch. Rate-based congestion control is more difficult to
define than other approaches, but this text can be strengthened. We suggest:

"Rate-based congestion control algorithms MUST NOT result in an
unconstrained situation where a sender would increase the maximum
permitted rate even when there is no additional application data to
send. This behavior SHOULD be equivalent to Rate-Limited Increase,
irrespective of whether an algorithm uses a cwnd variable or not."

- If that looks like acceptable text, the editors will roll a new
revision of the draft for you to review,

EV> Alas no, as I still fail to see what will happen if the SHOULD is bypassed (if there is any interoperability issue).