Re: Milestones

[Robert Sparks <[e-mail]>]

Yes - it's intentionally this way - it came in at 
https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/3036

You can change the date unilaterally. You can't change the words of the 
milestones as previous IESGs decided that was effectively part of the 
charter that the AD controlled and you should ask the AD to make those 
kinds of changes.

Oddly, the current state will let you _delete_ milestones unilaterally.

The workflow needs to be revised entirely with better agreements about 
who gets to do what when. It has needed this for a long time (see 
https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/2870)

The workaround is to ask the AD to make the changes.

RjS

On 7/15/26 2:15 PM, Joel Halpern wrote:
>
> When I try to edit the description of the milestone, I simply can't 
> edit that text.
>
> Thus, my question
>
> Joel
>
> On 7/15/2026 3:14 PM, Joel Halpern wrote:
>>
>> Well, the top of the edit milestones page says in part "Note that as 
>> WG Chair you cannot edit descriptions of existing milestones".
>>
>> I believed it.  I will try and do so anyway and see what happens.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> On 7/15/2026 3:12 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
>>> I don't see that problem.
>>>
>>> Are you logged in to the Datatracker (with the I-D that matches you as chair)?
>>>
>>> Go to your WGhttps://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/foo/about/
>>>
>>> Click on Edit Milestones
>>>
>>> Single click on the milestone to edit
>>>
>>> Make the changes
>>>
>>> Go to bottom of page and click "Review changes"
>>>
>>> Go to bottom of page and click "Save"
>>>
>>> Adrian
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Joel Halpern<[e-mail]> 
>>> Sent: 15 July 2026 19:41
>>> To: IETF WG Chairs<[e-mail]>
>>> Subject: Milestones
>>>
>>> So, after 4 years of work, we have completed one half of our first
>>> milestone, and are about to complete the second half.  When I went to
>>> edit the milestones, I  was informed that I can't edit the description
>>> of existing milestones.   Not sure if that includes the dates.  But at
>>> the very least it means that hte only way I can enter the two documents
>>> we are actually moving forward is to ignore the existing first milestone
>>> and create two new ones for AD approval?
>>>
>>> Have I read that part of the tooling properly?  And iis there any
>>> sensible way to change the dates on all the rest of the milestones?
>>>
>>> (Yes, the original milestones were too aggressive.  And yes, the chairs
>>> should have pushed to get the disagreements resolved sooner.)
>>>
>>> Yours,
>>>
>>> Joel
>>>