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by sigjuice 1203 days ago
IPv6 doesn't remove fragmentation. IPv6 fragmentation works differently. See https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8200#section-4.5

The Fragment header is used by an IPv6 source to send a packet larger than would fit in the path MTU to its destination. (Note: unlike IPv4, fragmentation in IPv6 is performed only by source nodes, not by routers along a packet's delivery path -- see Section 5.)