US Patent 10977574 Prediction of network device control plane instabilities

In one embodiment, a device in a network receives control plane packet data indicative of control plane packets for a control plane in the network. The device models the control plane using a machine learning model based on the control plane packet data. The device predicts an instability in the control plane using the machine learning model. The device causes performance of a mitigation action based on the predicted instability in the control plane.