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authorMark Stapp <mjs@voltanet.io>2020-07-07 14:55:31 +0200
committerMark Stapp <mjs@voltanet.io>2020-07-07 14:55:31 +0200
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doc: add note about generous BGP topotest timeouts
Add note blocks to the topotest and topotest-json dev docs to emphasize the need for generous BGP retry/convergence timers. Signed-off-by: Mark Stapp <mjs@voltanet.io>
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@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@ This is the recommended test writing routine:
- Format the new code using `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_
- Create a Pull Request
+.. Note::
+
+ BGP tests MUST use generous convergence timeouts - you must ensure
+ that any test involving BGP uses a convergence timeout of at least
+ 130 seconds.
+
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"""""""""""""""""""""""