Micro-loop avoidance provides a mechanism leveraging SR to ensure loop-freeness during the IGP re-convergence process following a link-state change event. Using segment routing, a headend can enforce an explicit path without creating any state along the post-convergence path. As a result, a converging node can enforce traffic on the post-convergence path in a loop-free manner, using a SID list (typically short). So nodes converge over their new optimal path, but temporarily use an SR policy to ensure loop-freeness over that path.