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A Non-Queue-Building Per-Hop Behavior (NQB PHB) for Differentiated Services
draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-27

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Date Rev. By Action
2025-03-20
27 Gorry Fairhurst Notification list changed to gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk, zahed.sarker.ietf@gmail.com from gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk because the document shepherd was set
2025-03-20
27 Gorry Fairhurst Document shepherd changed to Zaheduzzaman Sarker
2025-03-20
27 Gorry Fairhurst Document shepherd changed to (None)
2025-03-19
27 Jenny Bui Shepherding AD changed to Gorry Fairhurst
2025-03-17
27 Zaheduzzaman Sarker revised id needed based on review sent here https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tsvwg/cTirhMqUVPTetzEpXxebZ2Lh1yo/
2025-03-17
27 (System) Changed action holders to Ruediger Geib, Greg White, Thomas Fossati (IESG state changed)
2025-03-17
27 Zaheduzzaman Sarker IESG state changed to AD Evaluation::Revised I-D Needed from AD Evaluation
2025-03-13
27 Zaheduzzaman Sarker IESG state changed to AD Evaluation from Publication Requested
2024-12-17
27 Gorry Fairhurst
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the …
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the responsibilities is
answering the questions in this write-up to give helpful context to Last Call
and Internet Engineering Steering Group ([IESG][1]) reviewers, and your
diligence in completing it is appreciated. The full role of the shepherd is
further described in [RFC 4858][2]. You will need the cooperation of the authors
and editors to complete these checks.

Note that some numbered items contain multiple related questions; please be sure
to answer all of them.

## Document History

1. Does the working group (WG) consensus represent the strong concurrence of a
  few individuals, with others being silent, or did it reach broad agreement?

There was broad agreement on developing this work within the working group.

2. Was there controversy about particular points, or were there decisions where
  the consensus was particularly rough?

This document defines a PHB and allocates a DSCP. The choice of allocated DSCP
was considered by the WG over many meetings and there was rough consensus on
the use of the chosen DS codepoint (45).

There were objections during the WGLC from people who believed the support for
legacy equipment had not been addressed and there was a need for greater
traffic protection, or a change in the allocated DSCP. The document
was revised to include more explanation, however, one person was not
content with the final text, noting their continued concerns about the
potential impact on deployed equipment that does not comply with the new spec.

3. Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent? If
  so, please summarize the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the
  responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this
  questionnaire is publicly available.)

No.

4. For protocol documents, are there existing implementations of the contents of
  the document? Have a significant number of potential implementers indicated
  plans to implement? Are any existing implementations reported somewhere,
  either in the document itself (as [RFC 7942][3] recommends) or elsewhere
  (where)?

N/A.

## Additional Reviews

5. Do the contents of this document closely interact with technologies in other
  IETF working groups or external organizations, and would it therefore benefit
  from their review? Have those reviews occurred? If yes, describe which
  reviews took place.

No.

6. Describe how the document meets any required formal expert review criteria,
  such as the MIB Doctor, YANG Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.

N/A.

7. If the document contains a YANG module, has the final version of the module
  been checked with any of the [recommended validation tools][4] for syntax and
  formatting validation? If there are any resulting errors or warnings, what is
  the justification for not fixing them at this time? Does the YANG module
  comply with the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) as specified
  in [RFC 8342][5]?

N/A.

8. Describe reviews and automated checks performed to validate sections of the
  final version of the document written in a formal language, such as XML code,
  BNF rules, MIB definitions, CBOR's CDDL, etc.

N/A.

## Document Shepherd Checks

9. Based on the shepherd's review of the document, is it their opinion that this
  document is needed, clearly written, complete, correctly designed, and ready
  to be handed off to the responsible Area Director?

Yes. This document defines a new PHB, to complete this the WG needed to
agree to allocate a DSCP, determine the conditioning required and assess
the expected path to deployment. It has been reviewed in several rounds
by the WG.  This involved considerable review from various people.
There was a first WGLC in 2022-11-02, a second WGLC in 2023-02-22
and a final WGLC in 2024-05-20.  All resulted in changes as the document
converged on the final form. A consensus call on the final text was
issued in 2024-10-22 with only one remaining objection to the DSCP
chosen. The document received detailed shepherd reviews
after the second and final call.

10. Several IETF Areas have assembled [lists of common issues that their
    reviewers encounter][6]. For which areas have such issues been identified
    and addressed? For which does this still need to happen in subsequent
    reviews?

N/A.

11. What type of RFC publication is being requested on the IETF stream ([Best
    Current Practice][12], [Proposed Standard, Internet Standard][13],
    [Informational, Experimental or Historic][14])? Why is this the proper type
    of RFC? Do all Datatracker state attributes correctly reflect this intent?

Standards Track.

12. Have reasonable efforts been made to remind all authors of the intellectual
    property rights (IPR) disclosure obligations described in [BCP 79][7]? To
    the best of your knowledge, have all required disclosures been filed? If
    not, explain why. If yes, summarize any relevant discussion, including links
    to publicly-available messages when applicable.

Yes, and all authors have confirmed their disclosure obligations to the Chairs.

13. Has each author, editor, and contributor shown their willingness to be
    listed as such? If the total number of authors and editors on the front page
    is greater than five, please provide a justification.

Yes.

14. Document any remaining I-D nits in this document. Simply running the [idnits
    tool][8] is not enough; please review the ["Content Guidelines" on
    authors.ietf.org][15]. (Also note that the current idnits tool generates
    some incorrect warnings; a rewrite is underway.)

ID NiTs has been checked. NOTE: A section references the obsoleted
RFC2598 instead of its replacement RFC3246, because the former
contains the description of EF performance.

15. Should any informative references be normative or vice-versa? See the [IESG
    Statement on Normative and Informative References][16].

No. All have been checked.

16. List any normative references that are not freely available to anyone. Did
    the community have sufficient access to review any such normative
    references?

None.

17. Are there any normative downward references (see [RFC 3967][9] and [BCP
    97
][10]) that are not already listed in the [DOWNREF registry][17]? If so,
    list them.

No.

18. Are there normative references to documents that are not ready to be
    submitted to the IESG for publication or are otherwise in an unclear state?
    If so, what is the plan for their completion?

No.

19. Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs? If
    so, does the Datatracker metadata correctly reflect this and are those RFCs
    listed on the title page, in the abstract, and discussed in the
    introduction? If not, explain why and point to the part of the document
    where the relationship of this document to these other RFCs is discussed.

This document updates: RFC 8325.

20. Describe the document shepherd's review of the IANA considerations section,
    especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the document.
    Confirm that all aspects of the document requiring IANA assignments are
    associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm
    that any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm
    that each newly created IANA registry specifies its initial contents,
    allocations procedures, and a reasonable name (see [RFC 8126][11]).

The document has been reviewed by the Shepherd and this is ready for publication.
The IANA action is clear, and early allocation was requested after WGLC.

21. List any new IANA registries that require Designated Expert Review for
    future allocations. Are the instructions to the Designated Expert clear?

No new IANA registry is required, but an IANA allocation is requested.

    Please include suggestions of designated experts, if appropriate.

N/A

[1]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/
[2]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4858.html
[3]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7942.html
[4]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/ops/yang-review-tools
[5]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8342.html
[6]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iesg/ExpertTopics
[7]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp79
[8]: https://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/
[9]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3967.html
[10]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp97
[11]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8126.html
[12]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-5
[13]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.1
[14]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.2
[15]: https://authors.ietf.org/en/content-guidelines-overview
[16]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/normative-informative-references/
[17]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/downref/

2024-12-17
27 Gorry Fairhurst IETF WG state changed to Submitted to IESG for Publication from WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up
2024-12-17
27 Gorry Fairhurst IESG state changed to Publication Requested from I-D Exists
2024-12-17
27 (System) Changed action holders to Zaheduzzaman Sarker (IESG state changed)
2024-12-17
27 Gorry Fairhurst Responsible AD changed to Zaheduzzaman Sarker
2024-12-17
27 Gorry Fairhurst Document is now in IESG state Publication Requested
2024-12-11
27 Gorry Fairhurst This document is thought ready for publication.
2024-12-11
27 Gorry Fairhurst Tag Doc Shepherd Follow-up Underway cleared.
2024-11-13
27 Gorry Fairhurst
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the …
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the responsibilities is
answering the questions in this write-up to give helpful context to Last Call
and Internet Engineering Steering Group ([IESG][1]) reviewers, and your
diligence in completing it is appreciated. The full role of the shepherd is
further described in [RFC 4858][2]. You will need the cooperation of the authors
and editors to complete these checks.

Note that some numbered items contain multiple related questions; please be sure
to answer all of them.

## Document History

1. Does the working group (WG) consensus represent the strong concurrence of a
  few individuals, with others being silent, or did it reach broad agreement?

There was broad agreement on developing this work within the working group.

2. Was there controversy about particular points, or were there decisions where
  the consensus was particularly rough?

This document defines a PHB and allocates a DSCP. The choice of allocated DSCP
was considered by the WG over many meetings and there was rough consensus on
the use of the chosen DS codepoint (45).

There were objections during the WGLC from people who believed the support for
legacy equipment had not been addressed and there was a need for greater
traffic protection, or a change in the allocated DSCP. The document
was revised to include more explanation, however, one person was not
content with the final text, noting their continued concerns about the
potential impact on deployed equipment that does not comply with the new spec.

3. Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent? If
  so, please summarize the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the
  responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this
  questionnaire is publicly available.)

No.

4. For protocol documents, are there existing implementations of the contents of
  the document? Have a significant number of potential implementers indicated
  plans to implement? Are any existing implementations reported somewhere,
  either in the document itself (as [RFC 7942][3] recommends) or elsewhere
  (where)?

N/A.

## Additional Reviews

5. Do the contents of this document closely interact with technologies in other
  IETF working groups or external organizations, and would it therefore benefit
  from their review? Have those reviews occurred? If yes, describe which
  reviews took place.

No.

6. Describe how the document meets any required formal expert review criteria,
  such as the MIB Doctor, YANG Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.

N/A.

7. If the document contains a YANG module, has the final version of the module
  been checked with any of the [recommended validation tools][4] for syntax and
  formatting validation? If there are any resulting errors or warnings, what is
  the justification for not fixing them at this time? Does the YANG module
  comply with the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) as specified
  in [RFC 8342][5]?

N/A.

8. Describe reviews and automated checks performed to validate sections of the
  final version of the document written in a formal language, such as XML code,
  BNF rules, MIB definitions, CBOR's CDDL, etc.

N/A.

## Document Shepherd Checks

9. Based on the shepherd's review of the document, is it their opinion that this
  document is needed, clearly written, complete, correctly designed, and ready
  to be handed off to the responsible Area Director?

Yes. This document defines a new PHB, to complete this the WG needed to
agree to allocate a DSCP, determine the conditioning required and assess
the expected path to deployment. It has been reviewed in several rounds
by the WG.  This involved considerable review from various people.
There was a first WGLC in 2022-11-02, a second WGLC in 2023-02-22
and a final WGLC in 2024-05-20.  All resulted in changes as the document
converged on the final form. A consensus call on the final text was
issued in 2024-10-22 with only one remaining objection to the DSCP
chosen. The document received detailed shepherd reviews
after the second and final call.

10. Several IETF Areas have assembled [lists of common issues that their
    reviewers encounter][6]. For which areas have such issues been identified
    and addressed? For which does this still need to happen in subsequent
    reviews?

N/A.

11. What type of RFC publication is being requested on the IETF stream ([Best
    Current Practice][12], [Proposed Standard, Internet Standard][13],
    [Informational, Experimental or Historic][14])? Why is this the proper type
    of RFC? Do all Datatracker state attributes correctly reflect this intent?

Standards Track.

12. Have reasonable efforts been made to remind all authors of the intellectual
    property rights (IPR) disclosure obligations described in [BCP 79][7]? To
    the best of your knowledge, have all required disclosures been filed? If
    not, explain why. If yes, summarize any relevant discussion, including links
    to publicly-available messages when applicable.

Yes, and all authors have confirmed their disclosure obligations to the Chairs.

13. Has each author, editor, and contributor shown their willingness to be
    listed as such? If the total number of authors and editors on the front page
    is greater than five, please provide a justification.

Yes.

14. Document any remaining I-D nits in this document. Simply running the [idnits
    tool][8] is not enough; please review the ["Content Guidelines" on
    authors.ietf.org][15]. (Also note that the current idnits tool generates
    some incorrect warnings; a rewrite is underway.)

ID NiTs has been checked. NOTE: A section references the obsoleted
RFC2598 instead of its replacement RFC3246, because the former
contains the description of EF performance.

15. Should any informative references be normative or vice-versa? See the [IESG
    Statement on Normative and Informative References][16].

No. All have been checked.

16. List any normative references that are not freely available to anyone. Did
    the community have sufficient access to review any such normative
    references?

None.

17. Are there any normative downward references (see [RFC 3967][9] and [BCP
    97
][10]) that are not already listed in the [DOWNREF registry][17]? If so,
    list them.

No.

18. Are there normative references to documents that are not ready to be
    submitted to the IESG for publication or are otherwise in an unclear state?
    If so, what is the plan for their completion?

No.

19. Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs? If
    so, does the Datatracker metadata correctly reflect this and are those RFCs
    listed on the title page, in the abstract, and discussed in the
    introduction? If not, explain why and point to the part of the document
    where the relationship of this document to these other RFCs is discussed.

This document updates: RFC 8325.

20. Describe the document shepherd's review of the IANA considerations section,
    especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the document.
    Confirm that all aspects of the document requiring IANA assignments are
    associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm
    that any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm
    that each newly created IANA registry specifies its initial contents,
    allocations procedures, and a reasonable name (see [RFC 8126][11]).

The document has been reviewed by the Shepherd and this is ready for publication.
The IANA action is clear, and early allocation was requested after WGLC.

21. List any new IANA registries that require Designated Expert Review for
    future allocations. Are the instructions to the Designated Expert clear?

No new IANA registry is required, but an IANA allocation is requested.

    Please include suggestions of designated experts, if appropriate.

N/A

[1]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/
[2]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4858.html
[3]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7942.html
[4]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/ops/yang-review-tools
[5]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8342.html
[6]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iesg/ExpertTopics
[7]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp79
[8]: https://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/
[9]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3967.html
[10]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp97
[11]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8126.html
[12]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-5
[13]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.1
[14]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.2
[15]: https://authors.ietf.org/en/content-guidelines-overview
[16]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/normative-informative-references/
[17]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/downref/

2024-11-10
27 Gorry Fairhurst
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the …
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the responsibilities is
answering the questions in this write-up to give helpful context to Last Call
and Internet Engineering Steering Group ([IESG][1]) reviewers, and your
diligence in completing it is appreciated. The full role of the shepherd is
further described in [RFC 4858][2]. You will need the cooperation of the authors
and editors to complete these checks.

Note that some numbered items contain multiple related questions; please be sure
to answer all of them.

## Document History

1. Does the working group (WG) consensus represent the strong concurrence of a
  few individuals, with others being silent, or did it reach broad agreement?

There was broad agreement on developing this work within the working group.

2. Was there controversy about particular points, or were there decisions where
  the consensus was particularly rough?

This document defines a PHB and allocates a DSCP. The choice of allocated DSCP
was considered by the WG over many meetings and there was rough consensus on
the use of the chosen DS codepoint (45).

There were objections during the WGLC from people who believed the support for
legacy equipment had not been addressed and there was a need for greater
traffic protection, or a change in the allocated DSCP. The document
was revised to include more explanation, however, a small number were not
content with the final text, noting their continued concerns about the
potential impact on deployed equipment that does not comply with the new spec.

3. Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent? If
  so, please summarize the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the
  responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this
  questionnaire is publicly available.)

No.

4. For protocol documents, are there existing implementations of the contents of
  the document? Have a significant number of potential implementers indicated
  plans to implement? Are any existing implementations reported somewhere,
  either in the document itself (as [RFC 7942][3] recommends) or elsewhere
  (where)?

N/A.

## Additional Reviews

5. Do the contents of this document closely interact with technologies in other
  IETF working groups or external organizations, and would it therefore benefit
  from their review? Have those reviews occurred? If yes, describe which
  reviews took place.

No.

6. Describe how the document meets any required formal expert review criteria,
  such as the MIB Doctor, YANG Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.

N/A.

7. If the document contains a YANG module, has the final version of the module
  been checked with any of the [recommended validation tools][4] for syntax and
  formatting validation? If there are any resulting errors or warnings, what is
  the justification for not fixing them at this time? Does the YANG module
  comply with the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) as specified
  in [RFC 8342][5]?

N/A.

8. Describe reviews and automated checks performed to validate sections of the
  final version of the document written in a formal language, such as XML code,
  BNF rules, MIB definitions, CBOR's CDDL, etc.

N/A.

## Document Shepherd Checks

9. Based on the shepherd's review of the document, is it their opinion that this
  document is needed, clearly written, complete, correctly designed, and ready
  to be handed off to the responsible Area Director?

Yes. This document defines a new PHB, to complete this the WG needed to
agree to allocate a DSCP, determine the conditioning required and assess
the expected path to deployment. It has been reviewed in several rounds
by the WG.  This involved considerable review from various people.
There was a first WGLC in 2022-11-02, a second WGLC in 2023-02-22
and a final WGLC in 2024-05-20.  All resulted in changes as the document
converged on the final form. A consensus call on the final text was
issued in 2024-10-22 with only one remaining objection to the DSCP
chosen. The document received detailed shepherd reviews
after the second and final call.

10. Several IETF Areas have assembled [lists of common issues that their
    reviewers encounter][6]. For which areas have such issues been identified
    and addressed? For which does this still need to happen in subsequent
    reviews?

N/A.

11. What type of RFC publication is being requested on the IETF stream ([Best
    Current Practice][12], [Proposed Standard, Internet Standard][13],
    [Informational, Experimental or Historic][14])? Why is this the proper type
    of RFC? Do all Datatracker state attributes correctly reflect this intent?

Standards Track.

12. Have reasonable efforts been made to remind all authors of the intellectual
    property rights (IPR) disclosure obligations described in [BCP 79][7]? To
    the best of your knowledge, have all required disclosures been filed? If
    not, explain why. If yes, summarize any relevant discussion, including links
    to publicly-available messages when applicable.

Yes, and all authors have confirmed their disclosure obligations to the Chairs.

13. Has each author, editor, and contributor shown their willingness to be
    listed as such? If the total number of authors and editors on the front page
    is greater than five, please provide a justification.

Yes.

14. Document any remaining I-D nits in this document. Simply running the [idnits
    tool][8] is not enough; please review the ["Content Guidelines" on
    authors.ietf.org][15]. (Also note that the current idnits tool generates
    some incorrect warnings; a rewrite is underway.)

ID NiTs has been checked. NOTE: A section references the obsoleted
RFC2598 instead of its replacement RFC3246, because the former
contains the description of EF performance.

15. Should any informative references be normative or vice-versa? See the [IESG
    Statement on Normative and Informative References][16].

No. All have been checked.

16. List any normative references that are not freely available to anyone. Did
    the community have sufficient access to review any such normative
    references?

None.

17. Are there any normative downward references (see [RFC 3967][9] and [BCP
    97
][10]) that are not already listed in the [DOWNREF registry][17]? If so,
    list them.

No.

18. Are there normative references to documents that are not ready to be
    submitted to the IESG for publication or are otherwise in an unclear state?
    If so, what is the plan for their completion?

No.

19. Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs? If
    so, does the Datatracker metadata correctly reflect this and are those RFCs
    listed on the title page, in the abstract, and discussed in the
    introduction? If not, explain why and point to the part of the document
    where the relationship of this document to these other RFCs is discussed.

This document updates: RFC 8325.

20. Describe the document shepherd's review of the IANA considerations section,
    especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the document.
    Confirm that all aspects of the document requiring IANA assignments are
    associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm
    that any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm
    that each newly created IANA registry specifies its initial contents,
    allocations procedures, and a reasonable name (see [RFC 8126][11]).

The document has been reviewed by the Shepherd and this is ready for publication.
The IANA action is clear, and early allocation was requested after WGLC.

21. List any new IANA registries that require Designated Expert Review for
    future allocations. Are the instructions to the Designated Expert clear?

No new IANA registry is required, but an IANA allocation is requested.

    Please include suggestions of designated experts, if appropriate.

N/A

[1]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/
[2]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4858.html
[3]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7942.html
[4]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/ops/yang-review-tools
[5]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8342.html
[6]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iesg/ExpertTopics
[7]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp79
[8]: https://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/
[9]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3967.html
[10]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp97
[11]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8126.html
[12]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-5
[13]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.1
[14]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.2
[15]: https://authors.ietf.org/en/content-guidelines-overview
[16]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/normative-informative-references/
[17]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/downref/

2024-11-08
27 Gorry Fairhurst Notification list changed to gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk from David Black <david.black@dell.com>, gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk
2024-11-08
27 Gorry Fairhurst
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the …
# Document Shepherd Write-Up for Group Documents

*This version is dated 4 July 2022.*

Thank you for your service as a document shepherd. Among the responsibilities is
answering the questions in this write-up to give helpful context to Last Call
and Internet Engineering Steering Group ([IESG][1]) reviewers, and your
diligence in completing it is appreciated. The full role of the shepherd is
further described in [RFC 4858][2]. You will need the cooperation of the authors
and editors to complete these checks.

Note that some numbered items contain multiple related questions; please be sure
to answer all of them.

## Document History

1. Does the working group (WG) consensus represent the strong concurrence of a
  few individuals, with others being silent, or did it reach broad agreement?

There was broad agreement on developing this work within the working group.

2. Was there controversy about particular points, or were there decisions where
  the consensus was particularly rough?

This document defines a PHB and allocates a DSCP. The choice of allocated DSCP
was considered by the WG over many meetings and there was rough consensus on
the use of the chosen DS codepoint (45).

There were objections during the WGLC from people who believed the support for
legacy equipment had not been addressed and there was a need for greater
traffic protection, or a change in the allocated DSCP. The document
was revised to include more explanation, however, a small number were not
content with the final text, noting their continued concerns about the
potential impact on deployed equipment that does not comply with the new spec.

3. Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent? If
  so, please summarize the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the
  responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this
  questionnaire is publicly available.)

No.

4. For protocol documents, are there existing implementations of the contents of
  the document? Have a significant number of potential implementers indicated
  plans to implement? Are any existing implementations reported somewhere,
  either in the document itself (as [RFC 7942][3] recommends) or elsewhere
  (where)?

N/A.

## Additional Reviews

5. Do the contents of this document closely interact with technologies in other
  IETF working groups or external organizations, and would it therefore benefit
  from their review? Have those reviews occurred? If yes, describe which
  reviews took place.

No.

6. Describe how the document meets any required formal expert review criteria,
  such as the MIB Doctor, YANG Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.

N/A.

7. If the document contains a YANG module, has the final version of the module
  been checked with any of the [recommended validation tools][4] for syntax and
  formatting validation? If there are any resulting errors or warnings, what is
  the justification for not fixing them at this time? Does the YANG module
  comply with the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) as specified
  in [RFC 8342][5]?

N/A.

8. Describe reviews and automated checks performed to validate sections of the
  final version of the document written in a formal language, such as XML code,
  BNF rules, MIB definitions, CBOR's CDDL, etc.

N/A.

## Document Shepherd Checks

9. Based on the shepherd's review of the document, is it their opinion that this
  document is needed, clearly written, complete, correctly designed, and ready
  to be handed off to the responsible Area Director?

Yes. This document has been reviewed in several rounds by chairs and the WG.

10. Several IETF Areas have assembled [lists of common issues that their
    reviewers encounter][6]. For which areas have such issues been identified
    and addressed? For which does this still need to happen in subsequent
    reviews?

N/A.

11. What type of RFC publication is being requested on the IETF stream ([Best
    Current Practice][12], [Proposed Standard, Internet Standard][13],
    [Informational, Experimental or Historic][14])? Why is this the proper type
    of RFC? Do all Datatracker state attributes correctly reflect this intent?

Standards Track.

12. Have reasonable efforts been made to remind all authors of the intellectual
    property rights (IPR) disclosure obligations described in [BCP 79][7]? To
    the best of your knowledge, have all required disclosures been filed? If
    not, explain why. If yes, summarize any relevant discussion, including links
    to publicly-available messages when applicable.

Yes, and all authors have confirmed their disclosure obligations to the Chairs.

13. Has each author, editor, and contributor shown their willingness to be
    listed as such? If the total number of authors and editors on the front page
    is greater than five, please provide a justification.

Yes.

14. Document any remaining I-D nits in this document. Simply running the [idnits
    tool][8] is not enough; please review the ["Content Guidelines" on
    authors.ietf.org][15]. (Also note that the current idnits tool generates
    some incorrect warnings; a rewrite is underway.)

ID NiTs has been checked. NOTE: A section references the obsoleted
RFC2598 instead of its replacement RFC3246, because the former
contains the description of EF performance.

15. Should any informative references be normative or vice-versa? See the [IESG
    Statement on Normative and Informative References][16].

No. All have been checked.

16. List any normative references that are not freely available to anyone. Did
    the community have sufficient access to review any such normative
    references?

None.

17. Are there any normative downward references (see [RFC 3967][9] and [BCP
    97
][10]) that are not already listed in the [DOWNREF registry][17]? If so,
    list them.

No.

18. Are there normative references to documents that are not ready to be
    submitted to the IESG for publication or are otherwise in an unclear state?
    If so, what is the plan for their completion?

No.

19. Will publication of this document change the status of any existing RFCs? If
    so, does the Datatracker metadata correctly reflect this and are those RFCs
    listed on the title page, in the abstract, and discussed in the
    introduction? If not, explain why and point to the part of the document
    where the relationship of this document to these other RFCs is discussed.

This document updates: RFC 8325.

20. Describe the document shepherd's review of the IANA considerations section,
    especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the document.
    Confirm that all aspects of the document requiring IANA assignments are
    associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries. Confirm
    that any referenced IANA registries have been clearly identified. Confirm
    that each newly created IANA registry specifies its initial contents,
    allocations procedures, and a reasonable name (see [RFC 8126][11]).

The document has been reviewed by the Shepherd and this is ready for publication.
The IANA action is clear, and early allocation was requested after WGLC.

21. List any new IANA registries that require Designated Expert Review for
    future allocations. Are the instructions to the Designated Expert clear?

No new IANA registry is required, but an IANA allocation is requested.

    Please include suggestions of designated experts, if appropriate.

N/A

[1]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/
[2]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4858.html
[3]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7942.html
[4]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/ops/yang-review-tools
[5]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8342.html
[6]: https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iesg/ExpertTopics
[7]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp79
[8]: https://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/
[9]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3967.html
[10]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp97
[11]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8126.html
[12]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-5
[13]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.1
[14]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2026.html#section-4.2
[15]: https://authors.ietf.org/en/content-guidelines-overview
[16]: https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/normative-informative-references/
[17]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/downref/

2024-11-08
27 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-27.txt
2024-11-08
27 Greg White New version accepted (logged-in submitter: Greg White)
2024-11-08
27 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2024-11-02
26 Gorry Fairhurst
This email completes the Consensus Call following the Working Group LC. This document has consensus to proceed. The text will be reviewed by the shepherd …
This email completes the Consensus Call following the Working Group LC. This document has consensus to proceed. The text will be reviewed by the shepherd and a document shepherd writeup will be prepared requesting publication.
2024-11-02
26 Gorry Fairhurst Tag Doc Shepherd Follow-up Underway set.
2024-11-02
26 Gorry Fairhurst IETF WG state changed to WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up from Waiting for WG Chair Go-Ahead
2024-10-29
26 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-121: tsvwg  Tue-1630
2024-10-22
26 Gorry Fairhurst Consensus Call to end: 30th October (1 week)
2024-10-22
26 Gorry Fairhurst
This is a brief update on NQB status and a short call to allow people to confirm the final text:

1. Publication of of draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-26 …
This is a brief update on NQB status and a short call to allow people to confirm the final text:

1. Publication of of draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-26 closes the WGLC for NQB. Thanks to all who provided feedback.

2. The WG plans to request IANA to allocate DSCP 45 to this PHB. The WG has rough consensus on the use of this codepoint, and the chairs will note tin their writeup that some people are not content with this allocation based on the methods defined in this I-D, noting their concerns about the potential impact on deployed equipment that does not comply with the new spec.

3. The chairs are now preparing a writeup requesting the publication of this document. There are a number of steps to now complete this. The text was updated as a result of the WGLC, and we are now asking the WG to confirm the consensus to publish this finasl text by sending an email to the WG before midnight GMT on 30th November 2024.

Note: If you do have new concerns with the final text at this stage, please send requests for a change using the format OLD: text, NEW: text.
2024-10-22
26 Gorry Fairhurst Tags Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WGLC, Doc Shepherd Follow-up Underway cleared.
2024-10-21
26 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-26.txt
2024-10-21
26 (System) New version approved
2024-10-21
26 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Ruediger Geib , Thomas Fossati
2024-10-21
26 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2024-08-31
25 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-25.txt
2024-08-31
25 (System) New version approved
2024-08-31
25 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Ruediger Geib , Thomas Fossati
2024-08-31
25 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2024-07-08
24 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-24.txt
2024-07-08
24 (System) New version approved
2024-07-08
24 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Ruediger Geib , Thomas Fossati
2024-07-08
24 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2024-06-23
23 Benson Muite
Request for Early review by INTDIR Completed: On the Right Track. Reviewer: Benson Muite. Sent review to list. Submission of review completed at an earlier …
Request for Early review by INTDIR Completed: On the Right Track. Reviewer: Benson Muite. Sent review to list. Submission of review completed at an earlier date.
2024-06-23
23 Benson Muite Request for Early review by INTDIR Completed: On the Right Track. Reviewer: Benson Muite.
2024-06-11
23 Gorry Fairhurst
This ID needs to be revised as a result of the WGLC. We expect first that the editors propose a revised ID that addresses the …
This ID needs to be revised as a result of the WGLC. We expect first that the editors propose a revised ID that addresses the NiTs and comments to improve the document. We then  expect the Chairs and Editors to list any issues that remain to be resolved as a result of this WGLC, and seek to agree wording that can finalise a revision of this document.
2024-06-11
23 Gorry Fairhurst Tags Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WGLC, Doc Shepherd Follow-up Underway set.
2024-06-11
23 Gorry Fairhurst IETF WG state changed to Waiting for WG Chair Go-Ahead from In WG Last Call
2024-05-20
23 Gorry Fairhurst
This email starts a 3 week WG Last Call to determine if the following TSVWG ID is ready:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb/

This document targets: PROPOSED STANDARD.
The …
This email starts a 3 week WG Last Call to determine if the following TSVWG ID is ready:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb/

This document targets: PROPOSED STANDARD.
The document shepherd will be: Gorry Fairhurst.

The WGLC will end at midnight UTC on 10th June 2024 (2024-06-27)

Please do read the draft, and please send any comments/concerns to  the TSVWG mailing list, including notes on whether these are ready to publish (or send an email directly to the chairs).

Best wishes,
Gorry and Marten
(tsvwg co-chairs)
2024-05-20
23 Gorry Fairhurst IETF WG state changed to In WG Last Call from WG Document
2024-05-16
23 Carlos Jesús Bernardos Request for Early review by INTDIR is assigned to Benson Muite
2024-05-16
23 Gorry Fairhurst Requested Early review by INTDIR
2024-05-16
23 Gorry Fairhurst Ready to start a WGLC
2024-05-16
23 Gorry Fairhurst Tag Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WGLC cleared.
2024-05-07
23 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-23.txt
2024-05-07
23 (System) New version approved
2024-05-07
23 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Ruediger Geib , Thomas Fossati
2024-05-07
23 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2024-02-16
22 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-22.txt
2024-02-16
22 (System) New version approved
2024-02-16
22 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Ruediger Geib , Thomas Fossati
2024-02-16
22 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2024-01-26
21 Gunter Van de Velde Request closed, assignment withdrawn: Joel Jaeggli Early OPSDIR review
2024-01-26
21 Gunter Van de Velde Closed request for Early review by OPSDIR with state 'Overtaken by Events': Cleaning up stale OPSDIR queue
2023-11-07
21 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-21.txt
2023-11-07
21 (System) New version approved
2023-11-07
21 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2023-11-07
21 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2023-10-18
20 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-20.txt
2023-10-18
20 (System) New version approved
2023-10-18
20 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2023-10-18
20 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2023-07-26
19 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-19.txt
2023-07-26
19 (System) New version approved
2023-07-26
19 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2023-07-26
19 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2023-07-14
18 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-117: tsvwg  Thu-1630
2023-07-10
18 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-18.txt
2023-07-10
18 Greg White New version accepted (logged-in submitter: Greg White)
2023-07-10
18 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2023-03-25
17 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-17.txt
2023-03-25
17 (System) New version approved
2023-03-25
17 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2023-03-25
17 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2023-03-15
16 Gorry Fairhurst Notification list changed to David Black <david.black@dell.com>, gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk from David Black <david.black@dell.com> because the document shepherd was set
2023-03-15
16 Gorry Fairhurst Document shepherd changed to Gorry Fairhurst
2023-03-14
16 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-116: tsvwg  Tue-0030
2023-03-13
16 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-16.txt
2023-03-13
16 (System) New version approved
2023-03-13
16 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2023-03-13
16 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2023-02-22
15 Gorry Fairhurst This draft has completed a WGLC and has many comments that need to be discussed/addressed and a new revision is then expected.
2023-02-22
15 Gorry Fairhurst Tag Revised I-D Needed - Issue raised by WGLC set.
2023-02-22
15 Gorry Fairhurst IETF WG state changed to WG Document from In WG Last Call
2023-02-20
15 Gorry Fairhurst Changed consensus to Yes from Unknown
2023-02-20
15 Gorry Fairhurst This document speicfies a new DiffServ PHB, requiring a Standards Track specification.
2023-02-20
15 Gorry Fairhurst Intended Status changed to Proposed Standard from None
2023-01-11
15 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-15.txt
2023-01-11
15 (System) New version approved
2023-01-11
15 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2023-01-11
15 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2022-11-03
14 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-115: tsvwg  Mon-1530
2022-11-02
14 David Black IETF WG state changed to In WG Last Call from WG Document
2022-10-24
14 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-14.txt
2022-10-24
14 (System) New version approved
2022-10-24
14 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2022-10-24
14 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2022-10-21
13 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-13.txt
2022-10-21
13 (System) New version approved
2022-10-21
13 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2022-10-21
13 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2022-09-21
12 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-12.txt
2022-09-21
12 (System) New version approved
2022-09-21
12 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2022-09-21
12 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2022-09-05
11 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-11.txt
2022-09-05
11 (System) New version approved
2022-09-05
11 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2022-09-05
11 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2022-09-05
10 (System) Document has expired
2022-07-24
10 Wesley Eddy Added to session: IETF-114: tsvwg  Mon-1500
2022-06-27
10 Gunter Van de Velde Request for Early review by OPSDIR is assigned to Joel Jaeggli
2022-06-27
10 Gunter Van de Velde Request for Early review by OPSDIR is assigned to Joel Jaeggli
2022-06-23
10 David Black Requested Early review by OPSDIR
2022-03-22
10 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-113: tsvwg  Fri-1000
2022-03-09
10 Gorry Fairhurst Changed document external resources from: None to:

github_repo https://github.com/gwhiteCL/NQBdraft
2022-03-04
10 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-10.txt
2022-03-04
10 (System) New version approved
2022-03-04
10 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2022-03-04
10 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2022-02-11
09 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-09.txt
2022-02-11
09 (System) New version approved
2022-02-11
09 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2022-02-11
09 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2021-11-08
08 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-112: tsvwg  Mon-1430
2021-10-25
08 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-08.txt
2021-10-25
08 (System) New version approved
2021-10-25
08 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2021-10-25
08 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2021-07-28
07 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-07.txt
2021-07-28
07 (System) New version approved
2021-07-28
07 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2021-07-28
07 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2021-07-12
06 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-06.txt
2021-07-12
06 (System) New version approved
2021-07-12
06 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2021-07-12
06 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2021-03-07
05 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-05.txt
2021-03-07
05 (System) New version approved
2021-03-07
05 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2021-03-07
05 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2021-03-02
04 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-110: tsvwg  Mon-1700
2021-02-22
04 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-04.txt
2021-02-22
04 (System) New version approved
2021-02-22
04 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2021-02-22
04 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2020-11-02
03 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-03.txt
2020-11-02
03 (System) New version approved
2020-11-02
03 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Greg White , Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2020-11-02
03 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2020-09-22
02 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-02.txt
2020-09-22
02 (System) New version approved
2020-09-22
02 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org, Greg White , Thomas Fossati
2020-09-22
02 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2020-09-10
01 (System) Document has expired
2020-07-28
01 Gorry Fairhurst Added to session: IETF-108: tsvwg  Tue-1410
2020-03-09
01 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-01.txt
2020-03-09
01 (System) New version approved
2020-03-09
01 (System) Request for posting confirmation emailed to previous authors: Thomas Fossati , tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org, Greg White
2020-03-09
01 Greg White Uploaded new revision
2019-11-17
00 Gorry Fairhurst Notification list changed to David Black <david.black@dell.com>
2019-11-17
00 Gorry Fairhurst Document shepherd changed to David L. Black
2019-11-04
00 David Black This document now replaces draft-white-tsvwg-nqb instead of None
2019-11-04
00 Greg White New version available: draft-ietf-tsvwg-nqb-00.txt
2019-11-04
00 (System) WG -00 approved
2019-11-04
00 Greg White Set submitter to "Greg White ", replaces to draft-white-tsvwg-nqb and sent approval email to group chairs: tsvwg-chairs@ietf.org
2019-11-04
00 Greg White Uploaded new revision