Hi All:

Apologies for the duplicate entry. We can reject this in favor of
Errata#9001

Thanks
Anand

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9721,
> "Extended Mobility Procedures for Ethernet VPN Integrated Routing and
> Bridging (EVPN-IRB)"
>
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> https://errata.rfc-editor.org/eid9002/
>
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Anand Narayanan <[email protected]>
>
> Section Abstract says:
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> The extensions are backward compatible with existing EVPN-IRB
> implementations and aim to optimize network performance in scenarios
> involving frequent IP address mobility.
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> The extensions while backwards incompatible, allow EVPN-IRB
> implementations to deterministically handle scenarios involving frequent IP
> address mobility
>
> Notes
> -----
> The mobility procedures defined in RFC9721 does not seem backwards
> compatible with the procedures defined in RFC7432.
>
> Example:
>
> Premise:
>
> 1. An RFC7432 speaker has MAC Mx with sequence number = 1
> 2. An RFC9721 speaker has MAC My with sequence number = 2
>
> Sequence of Events:
>
> 1. The RFC9721 speaker learns a local ARP for IPx-My, and advertised
> MAC-IP route with sequence number 2
> 2. IPx moves to be behind RFC7432 speaker
> 3. RFC7432 speaker would simply advertise IPx-Mx with sequence number 1
> 4. When RFC9721 speaker receives the MAC-IP route advertised by RFC7432
> for IPx-Mx, it will be unable to remove it's local ARP binding because the
> remote route has an inferior sequence number.
>
> This makes the schemes not compatible with each other.
>
> Instructions:
> -------------
> This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". Please
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>
> --------------------------------------
> RFC9721 (draft-ietf-bess-evpn-irb-extended-mobility)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : Extended Mobility Procedures for Ethernet VPN
> Integrated Routing and Bridging (EVPN-IRB)
> Publication Date    : April 2025
> Author(s)           : N. Malhotra, Ed., A. Sajassi, A. Pattekar, J.
> Rabadan, A. Lingala, J. Drake
> Category            : Proposed Standard
> Source              : bess (rtg)
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>
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