Extension of consultation on a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for RFC Editing and Publication
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Subject: Extension of consultation on a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for RFC Editing and Publication
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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:48:25 +1200
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As previously announced [1] the IETF Administration LLC is seeking feedback on the following: The RFC Production Center (RPC) has had a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for document production for many years. However, the RPC has not met this SLA for some years and an analysis shows that this is primarily due to a significant increase in the work expected of the RPC. Furthermore, the old SLA excluded some key measures as the measurement in place until recently had significant gaps. Given this, the current SLA is no longer fit for purpose and needs replacing. A consultation document has been published that provides an explanation of the old SLA, data of performance since its inception in 2016, an analysis of the issue and a proposed way forward. This is then followed by a series of questions for community feedback: https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/Consultation_on_a_Service_Level_Agreement_SLA_for_RFC_Editing_and_Publication.pdf The deadline for feedback has been extended to Sunday 27 September 2026 to ensure those who were on vacation over the original consultation period have a chance to provide feedback. Please send your feedback to the IETF Executive Director at exec-director@ietf.org <mailto:exec-director@ietf.org>. If you wish to discuss any of this on a public list then please use the rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org list. [1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/bVR7Eh1ZjWH3IiYXkM_ZZhNtLik/ -- Jay Daley exec-director@ietf.org www.ietf.org
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