Hi, Joe and Qin,

Please see inline for some responses to Joe’s first comment…
From: Joe Clarke (jclarke) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 11:34 PM
To: Qin Wu <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Cc: Victor Lopez (Nokia) <[email protected]>
Subject: [OPSAWG]Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05.txt

Thanks for the changes, Qin.

>>The numexecutions leaf is odd to me.  First, I think something like 
>>"execution-count" might read better.  But, more importantly, how does this 
>>factor into recurrence/frequency?  If I choose 3 executions,
>>are they executed simultaneously?  One after the other?  On the frequency 
>>intervals?
[Qin Wu] In the current version, we import “recurrence-basics” grouping from 
RFC9922, in such grouping, only frequency and interval parameters are 
specified, however it doesn’t restrict the number of times the same test 
sequence is executed, therefore we believe numexecutions leaf can be used to 
limit the number of times the same test sequence is executed.
See the PR I have submitted:
https://github.com/vlopezalvarez/draft-contreras-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests/pull/80/changes
Alternatively, we can import “recurrence-utc” grouping, which has “count” 
parameter used to restrict the number of times the same test sequence is 
executed.

[JMC] I appreciate the renaming, but my other questions remain.  Should there 
be some text to explain how each execution specified in that leaf are run?
[Qiufang] Agree that something like the following in the description could help:
Each execution occurs at the scheduled recurrence interval.

I initially interpreted this parameter as a retry count upon failure, but Qin's 
response seems to indicate that it is used to limit how many times the test is 
executed in a recurrence rule.
 I suppose I choose 3 for execution-count and I schedule a frequency of 10 
minutes, but my period-start and period-end only include time for two tests to 
run.  This would then be maximum number of tests iterations to run in the 
scheduled time?
[Qiufang] In my understanding, the module design shows that “period” and 
“recurrence” are different cases inside “schedule-type” choice, and the 
“period” itself implies just one single execution. My assumption is that 
“execution-count” is meant to be used with the “recurrence” schedule type, 
i.e., it might be clearer either to define the “execution-count” inside the 
container recurrence, or to add a when statement to specific this parameter is 
only valid when the schedule type is recurrence.

Nit: the tress diagram says the choice name “schedule-type”, but it should be 
“schedule-class” as per the YANG module definition.
And what if I want tests run indefinitely?
[Qiufang] Suggest adding some text such as:
if no count is indicated, the test is considered to run indefinitely.

Best Regards,
Qiufang
>>I think you should add some text as to why the test-ref list is ordered-by 
>>user.  Does that influence the order in which tests are run?  An implementor 
>>may want some normative text that states tests
>>MUST be run in the set order.
[Qin Wu] I have added some clarification text to justify why Ordered-by user is 
required
https://github.com/vlopezalvarez/draft-contreras-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests/pull/83/changes

[JMC] You’ve described what order-by user does, but not how an implementor 
should handle this.  I was expecting text like, two tests scheduled to start or 
execute at the same time MUST be executed in the order specified by the user.  
Meaning, insert text that explains the order-by user was a deliberate choice by 
the authors and the meaning it has with respect to test execution.

Joe

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From: Qin Wu 
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Cc: Victor Lopez (Nokia) <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [OPSAWG]Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05.txt

Hi, Folks:
v-05 has been posted, the main changes in v-05 and v-04 include:
• Error Cause Indication Support
• Clarify sequencing semantics
• Pre-execution admission control
• Add choice-case statement support for schedule types
• Trigger for state transition (#48)
• Performance impact analysis in the new operational consideration (#49)
See diff:
https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-03&url2=draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05&difftype=--html

-Qin (on behalf of coauthors)
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主题: I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05.txt

Internet-Draft draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05.txt is now available.
It is a work item of the Operations and Management Area Working Group (OPSAWG) 
WG of the IETF.

   Title:   A YANG Data Model for Network Diagnosis using Scheduled Sequences 
of OAM Tests
   Authors: Luis M. Contreras
            Victor Lopez
            Qin Wu
   Name:    draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05.txt
   Pages:   31
   Dates:   2026-03-17

Abstract:

   This document defines a YANG data model to support on-demand network
   diagnosis using Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
   tests.  This document defines both 'oam-unitary-test' and 'oam-test-
   sequence' YANG modules to manage the lifecycle of network diagnosis
   procedures, intended for use by external management and orchestration
   systems (including SDN controllers and network orchestrators), rather
   than by individual network nodes.

The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests/

There is also an HTMLized version available at:
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A diff from the previous version is available at:
https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-opsawg-scheduling-oam-tests-05

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