BGP - peer session templates

I had a task to configure bgp timers on R2 for the peering session to R1. I was not to use "timers bgp" or any neighbor commands withe the word "timers". I immediately thought of peer-session templates which was something I came across while reading the DocCD one day. Here is how it works. We are on R2:

R2(config)#router bgp 2456

R2(config-router)#template ?
peer-policy Template configuration for policy parameters
peer-session Template configuration for session parameters

R2(config-router)#template peer-session TEMPLATE-R1

R2(config-router-stmp)#timers 30 90
R2(config-router-stmp)#exit

R2(config-router)#neighbor 150.21.21.1 inherit ?
peer-policy Inherit a peer-policy template
peer-session Inherit a peer-session template

R2(config-router)#neighbor 150.21.21.1 inherit peer-session TEMPLATE-R1

Now we must clear bgp then debug bgp keepalives to verify. Here we can see that R2 is sending keepalives to R1 every 30 seconds, while the other peers are still at 60 seconds.

*Oct 18 18:28:15.486: BGP: 150.21.21.1 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:28:15.486: BGP: 150.21.21.1 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:28:46.166: BGP: 150.21.21.1 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:28:46.166: BGP: 150.21.21.1 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:29:01.166: BGP: 150.20.25.5 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:29:01.490: BGP: 150.20.25.5 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:29:09.946: BGP: 150.20.246.4 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:29:09.950: BGP: 150.20.246.4 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:29:15.654: BGP: 150.20.246.6 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:29:15.654: BGP: 150.20.246.6 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:29:15.654: BGP: 150.21.21.1 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:29:15.654: BGP: 150.21.21.1 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:29:46.166: BGP: 150.21.21.1 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:29:46.166: BGP: 150.21.21.1 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:30:01.166: BGP: 150.20.25.5 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:30:01.490: BGP: 150.20.25.5 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:30:09.946: BGP: 150.20.246.4 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:30:09.946: BGP: 150.20.246.4 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:30:15.654: BGP: 150.20.246.6 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:30:15.654: BGP: 150.20.246.6 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:30:15.654: BGP: 150.21.21.1 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:30:15.658: BGP: 150.21.21.1 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0
*Oct 18 18:30:46.166: BGP: 150.21.21.1 sending KEEPALIVE (io)
*Oct 18 18:30:46.166: BGP: 150.21.21.1 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0