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Operational Management of Loop-Free Alternates
RFC 7916

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['IGP', 'LFA', 'policy', 'FRR', 'fast reroute', 'network planning']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "P. Sarkar": changed name from "Pushpasis Sarkar" to "P. Sarkar", changed order from "-1" to "6"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "M. Horneffer": changed name from "Martin Horneffer" to "M. Horneffer", changed order from "4" to "5"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "K. Raza": changed name from "Kamran Raza" to "K. Raza", changed order from "3" to "4"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "C. Filsfils": changed name from "Clarence Filsfils" to "C. Filsfils", changed order from "2" to "3"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "B. Decraene": changed name from "Bruno Decraene" to "B. Decraene", changed order from "1" to "2"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "S. Litkowski": changed name from "Stephane Litkowski" to "S. Litkowski", changed is_editor from "False" to "True", changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2018-12-20
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'Loop-Free Alternates (LFAs), as defined in RFC 5286, constitute an IP Fast Reroute (IP FRR) …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'Loop-Free Alternates (LFAs), as defined in RFC 5286, constitute an IP Fast Reroute (IP FRR) mechanism enabling traffic protection for IP traffic (and, by extension, MPLS LDP traffic). Following early deployment experiences, this document provides operational feedback on LFAs, highlights some limitations, and proposes a set of refinements to address those limitations. It also proposes required management specifications.

This proposal is also applicable to remote-LFA solutions.')
2018-11-27
Alvaro Retana Downref to RFC 6987 approved by Last Call for rfc7916-11
2017-05-16
(System)
Changed document authors from "Martin Horneffer, Stephane Litkowski, Bruno Decraene, Clarence Filsfils, Kamran Raza" to "Martin Horneffer, Stephane Litkowski, Bruno Decraene, Clarence Filsfils, Kamran Raza, …
Changed document authors from "Martin Horneffer, Stephane Litkowski, Bruno Decraene, Clarence Filsfils, Kamran Raza" to "Martin Horneffer, Stephane Litkowski, Bruno Decraene, Clarence Filsfils, Kamran Raza, Pushpasis Sarkar"
2016-07-11
(System) RFC published