Re: [Netconf] notification replay question

[Martin Bjorklund <mbj at tail-f.com>]

Hi,

Andy Bierman <andy at netconfcentral.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It is not clear whether or not <replayComplete> and
> <notificationComplete> eventTypes are saved in the
> global replay buffer, and replayed to subsequent
> replay subscriptions.  RFC 5277, sec.3 doesn't say
> one way or the other, but it does imply that only
> one is expected on the subscription ('the'
> replayComplete text + flow diagram shows 1 also).
> 
> Obviously, if either of these notifications is
> replayed, the manager may get confused and think
> the notification was for its subscription,
> not for another session.  The eventTime could
> be checked, but this is too complicated.
> 
> So, are these notifications saved or not?

IMO they are not saved.  They represent meta information which happen
to be sent in-band.

> IMO, they are not the same as system events
> like 'startup' or 'config change', and MUST NOT be saved.

I agree.


/martin