Missing route that is shown in filter used by eBGP

Maximilian Wilhelm max at rfc2324.org
Fri Nov 21 13:37:57 CET 2025


Hi folks,

Anno domini 2025 Maria Matejka via Bird-users scripsit:

> > - b) filter output vs. export reality
> >   Independent of whether we filter on "all best" or "all routes", in the
> >   CLI the filter output shown does include the route - if the filter
> >   does not match, it also should not print it
> 
> Well, if you do `show route filter xyz`, then you get all routes
> matching that filter. Some protocols pick them. You can do `show route
> export bgp_to_internet.ipv6` to explicitly re-run the export filter in
> that context.
> 
> I know that it is kinda confusing, and we should probably improve our
> documentation to show this properly.

A `show route primary filter xyz` should also be equivalent to what's
actually exported, right?

Kind regards,
Max


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