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### Instruction:
What is the purpose of BGP soft reconfiguration?
### Response:
BGP soft reconfiguration allows the router to store a copy of the routes received from a neighbor before any inbound policy is applied. If the inbound policy is changed, the stored routes can be re-evaluated without tearing down the BGP session. It is enabled with the neighbor soft-reconfiguration inbound command.
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