US Patent 9853882 Dynamic path switchover decision override based on flow characteristics

In one embodiment, a device in a network receives a switchover policy for a particular type of traffic in the network. The device determines a predicted effect of directing a traffic flow of the particular type of traffic from a first path in the network to a second path in the network. The device determines whether the predicted effect of directing the traffic flow to the second path would violate the switchover policy. The device causes the traffic flow to be routed via the second path in the network, based on a determination that the predicted effect of directing the traffic flow to the second path would not violate the switchover policy for the particular type of traffic.