Consultation on a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for RFC Editing and Publication
IETF Executive Director <exec-director@ietf.org> Mon, 10 August 2026 03:27 UTC
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Subject: Consultation on a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for RFC Editing and Publication
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:27:16 +1200
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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 Please send your feedback to the IETF Executive Director at exec-director@ietf.org by 6 September 2026. If you wish to discuss any of this on a public list then please use the rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org list. -- Jay Daley exec-director@ietf.org www.ietf.org
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