BIRD Masters, BIRD 1.2.5 I recently updated my route server configuration to include a new set of BGP export filters when one peer wants to exclude routes to another peer. The filter is only applied to those selecting to exclude one another. When I pushed the new config with only two BGP sessions having the added filers, the rest untouched, and two new pipes were added, BIRD restarted all PIPE/BGP sessions after a 'configure soft'. Is this the expected behavior? Without export filter: protocol bgp RXXXXX { local as myas; neighbor xx.xx.xx.xx as XXXXX; import filter bgp_in_ASXXXXX; export all; route limit 500; table TXXXXX; rs client; start delay time 30; } With export filter: protocol bgp RYYYY { debug { filters }; local as myas; neighbor yy.yy.yy.yy as YYYY; import filter bgp_in_ASYYYY; export filter bgp_out_ASYYYY; route limit 1000; table TYYYY; rs client; start delay time 30; } Much Appreciated, Stephen