Ericsson Verizon Inc. Independent This document describes procedures for using Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for multipoint networks to detect data plane failures in Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) point-to-multipoint Label Switched Paths (LSPs) and Segment Routing (SR) point-to-multipoint policies with SR over MPLS data plane. Furthermore, this document also updates RFC 8562 and recommends the use of an IPv6 address from the Dummy IPv6 range TBA2/64 (Section 7.1) and discourages the use of an IPv4 loopback address mapped to IPv6. It also describes the applicability of LSP Ping, as in-band, and the control plane, as out-band, solutions to bootstrap a BFD session. It also describes the behavior of the active tail for head notification.