IETF Stream States for Internet-Drafts
| State | Description | Next State |
|---|---|---|
| Candidate for WG Adoption | The individual submission document has been marked by the Working Group (WG) chairs as a candidate for adoption by the WG, but no adoption call has been started. |
Call For Adoption By WG Issued
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| Call For Adoption By WG Issued | A call for adoption of the individual submission document has been issued by the Working Group (WG) chairs. This call is still running but the WG has not yet reached consensus for adoption. |
Adopted by a WG
Adopted for WG Info Only |
| Adopted by a WG | The individual submission document has been adopted by the Working Group (WG), but a WG document replacing this document with the typical naming convention of 'draft- ietf-wgname-topic-nn' has not yet been submitted. |
WG Document
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| Adopted for WG Info Only | The document is adopted by the Working Group (WG) for its internal use. The WG has decided that it will not pursue publication of it as an RFC. | |
| WG Document | The document has been adopted by the Working Group (WG) and is under development. A document can only be adopted by one WG at a time. However, a document may be transferred between WGs. |
Parked WG Document
Dead WG Document In WG Last Call WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up |
| Parked WG Document | The Working Group (WG) document is in a temporary state where it will not be actively developed. The reason for the pause is explained via a datatracker comments section. |
WG Document
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| Dead WG Document | The Working Group (WG) document has been abandoned by the WG. No further development is planned in this WG. A decision to resume work on this document and move it out of this state is possible. |
WG Document
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| In WG Last Call | The Working Group (WG) document is currently subject to an active WG Last Call (WGLC) review per Section 7.4 of RFC2418. |
WG Document
Waiting for WG Chair Go-Ahead WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up |
| Waiting for Implementation | The progression of this Working Group (WG) document towards publication is paused as it awaits implementation. The process governing the approach to implementations is WG-specific. | |
| Held by WG | Held by Working Group (WG) chairs for administrative reasons. See document history for details. | |
| Waiting for WG Chair Go-Ahead | The Working Group (WG) document has completed Working Group Last Call (WGLC), but the WG chair(s) are not yet ready to call consensus on the document. The reasons for this may include comments from the WGLC need to be responded to, or a revision to the document is needed |
In WG Last Call
WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up |
| WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up | The Working Group (WG) document has consensus to proceed to publication. However, the document is waiting for a document shepherd write-up per RFC4858. |
Submitted to IESG for Publication
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| Submitted to IESG for Publication | The Working Group (WG) document has left the WG and been submitted to the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) for evaluation and publication. See the “IESG State” or “RFC Editor State” for further details on the state of the document. |
WG Document
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Tags
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Polled for WG adoption but not adopted | |
| Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WG | |
| Awaiting Expert Review/Resolution of Issues Raised | |
| Awaiting External Review/Resolution of Issues Raised | |
| Awaiting Merge with Other Document | |
| Author or Editor Needed | |
| Waiting for Referenced Document | |
| Waiting for Referencing Document | |
| Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WGLC | |
| Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by AD | |
| Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by IESG | |
| Doc Shepherd Follow-up Underway | |
| Other - see Comment Log |