Maintaining a set of links associated with a link aggregation group to facilitate provisioning or updating of a customer edge device

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a provider edge device, cause the provider edge device to:
• route one or more packets to or from a consumer edge device via a link;
• determine, after routing a packet to or from the consumer edge device via the link, that the provider edge device or another provider edge device is receiving link aggregation control protocol data units (LACPDUs) from the consumer edge device;
• and
• cause, based on determining that the provider edge device or the other provider edge device is receiving LACPDUs from the consumer edge device, the link to cease having a maintain link aggregation group (LAG) status,
• wherein causing the link to cease having the maintain LAG status causes the provider edge device to cease keeping up the link and to maintain the link according to a receiving link aggregation control protocol (LACP).

A first provider edge device comprising:

• one or more processors to:
• determine that the first provider edge device and a second provider edge device are not receiving link aggregation control protocol data units (LACPDUs) from a consumer edge device,
• wherein the first provider edge device is connected to the consumer edge device via a link of a link aggregation group (LAG);
• cause, based on the determination, the link to maintain LAG status,
• wherein causing the link to maintain the LAG status causes the first provider edge device to keep up the link and to cease maintaining the link according to a receiving link aggregation control protocol (LACP);
• and
• route, based on causing the link to have the maintain LAG status, one or more packets to or from the consumer edge device via the link.