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<span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’ve observed a behavior and wanted to check if there’s a recommended approach or configuration to address it.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">When a BFD profile transitions to the shutdown state (admin down), it correctly brings down the OSPF adjacency. However, after a few seconds, the adjacency
is re-established—even though the BFD session remains down. In contrast, BGP has a
</span><span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">‘</span><span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">strict' mode that prevents
session establishment until the BFD session is up.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Is there a similar mechanism or means available in FRR to keep OSPF down as long as the associated BFD session is in the down state?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Menlo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks,<br>
Jagadeesh</span></p>
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