Re: BGP Stuck Routes Operational Experience Survey
Bryton Herdes via NANOG <[email protected]>
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Thanks for sharing the survey. In addition to responding, I thought I'd share a blog we wrote late last year detailing our operational experience with stuck routing: https://blog.cloudflare.com/going-bgp-zombie-hunting/ -- Bryton Herdes Principal Network Engineer AS13335 - Cloudflare On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM Iliana Xygkou via NANOG < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear NANOG community members, > > We are researchers from Georgia Tech investigating the phenomenon of BGP > stuck routes (also known as "zombie routes")—prefixes that persist in > routing tables despite being withdrawn by their origin AS. > While recent research using BGP beacons (including our work presented at > IMC 2025 [1]) confirms that zombie routes occur regularly and can persist > for long periods, there is a gap in understanding the operational reality > of this issue. We observe the data, but we need to hear from operators to > understand the real-world impact and their mitigation responses. > > We invite you to participate in a brief, anonymous survey to help us > assess the extent and impact of this phenomenon in operational settings and > to identify common practices for mitigating it. > Survey Link: https://forms.office.com/r/9BuWqN0n0J > Privacy & Data Usage: This survey is anonymous. We are not collecting any > PII (Personally Identifiable Information) data. > > Thank you for your time and for your contributions to this Internet > measurement study. > > [1] I. Xygkou, A. Chariton, X. Dimitropoulos, and A. Dainotti. "A First > Look into Long-lived BGP Zombies". IMC '25. > https://doi.org/10.1145/3730567.3764469 > > Best regards, > Iliana Xygkou > PhD student > Georgia Institute of Technology > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AEBZ3D77IOOZQJMUPFGO6RSOTYQ2TJXK/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6PBWXGLP2BROC7B75FGJ74X6PFXLAJGV/