The IESG has received a request from the Transport Area Working Group WG (tsvwg) to consider the following document: - 'Network Transport Circuit Breakers' <draft-ietf-tsvwg-circuit-breaker-11.txt> as Best Current Practice The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-02-09. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document explains what is meant by the term "network transport Circuit Breaker" (CB). It describes the need for circuit breakers for network tunnels and applications when using non-congestion- controlled traffic, and explains where circuit breakers are, and are not, needed. It also defines requirements for building a circuit breaker and the expected outcomes of using a circuit breaker within the Internet. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-circuit-breaker/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-circuit-breaker/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
