@misc{rfc8326, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8326, howpublished = {RFC 8326}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8326}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8326}, author = {Pierre Francois and Bruno Decraene and Cristel Pelsser and Keyur Patel and Clarence Filsfils}, title = {{Graceful BGP Session Shutdown}}, pagetotal = 12, year = 2018, month = mar, abstract = {This document standardizes a new well-known BGP community, GRACEFUL\_SHUTDOWN, to signal the graceful shutdown of paths. This document also describes operational procedures that use this well-known community to reduce the amount of traffic lost when BGP peering sessions are about to be shut down deliberately, e.g., for planned maintenance.}, }