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# sk183790 - During policy installation, BGP neighborship with peers changes from "Established" to "Idle" and then back to "Established"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk183790 |
| Date Created | 2025-09-04 |
| Last Modified | 2026-03-10 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * During policy installation on the Security Gateway, its BGP neighborship with peers changes from "Established" to "Idle" and then back to "Established".

* The `/var/log/routed_messages` file on the Security Gateway contains these lines during the incident:

  `[routed] NOTICE: bgp_peer_close(XXX): closing peer XXX [eBGP AS XXX (XXX)], state is 6 (Established)`  
  `
  [routed] WARNING: bgp_event: peer XXX [eBGP AS XXX (XXX)] old state Established event PingClose new state Idle`

## Cause

BGP connections may disconnect during / after policy installation.

## Solution

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