Re: RFC 9978 on Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Stability

[Mahesh Jethanandani <[e-mail]>]

And thank you to the chairs/Shepherd for nudging us forward. 

> On Jun 29, 2026, at 6:55 PM, Reshad Rahman <reshad=[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> I was hoping we'd get RFC10000 :-)
> 
> Very very glad that the 3 BFD auth documents have gone through, thank you everyone who helped get them over the finish line!
> 
> Regards,
> Reshad,
> 
> On Monday, June 29, 2026 at 09:02:45 PM EDT, Jeffrey Haas <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Congratulations authors and working group! Another document with a long path to completion, but worth the effort.
> 
> -- Jeff
> 
> 
> > On Jun 29, 2026, at 19:04, [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> >
> >        RFC 9978
> >
> >        Title:      Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Stability
> >        Author:    A. Mishra,
> >                    M. Jethanandani,
> >                    A. Saxena,
> >                    S. Pallagatti,
> >                    M. Chen
> >        Status:    Experimental
> >        Stream:    IETF
> >        Date:      June 2026
> >        Mailbox:    [e-mail],
> >                    [e-mail],
> >                    [e-mail],
> >                    [e-mail],
> >                    [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
> >        Pages:      19
> >
> >
> >        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-bfd-stability-21
> >
> >        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9978
> >
> >        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9978
> >
> > This document describes extensions to the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol to measure BFD Stability. Specifically, it describes a mechanism for the detection of BFD packet loss.
> >
> > This document is a product of the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Working Group of the IETF.
> >
> > EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the
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Mahesh Jethanandani
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