@techreport{reece-wimse-cross-org-delegation-01, number = {draft-reece-wimse-cross-org-delegation-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-reece-wimse-cross-org-delegation/01/}, author = {Morgan Reece}, title = {{Cross-Organizational Delegation for Workload and Agent Identity: Problem Statement and Requirements}}, pagetotal = 11, year = 2026, month = jul, day = 30, abstract = {Autonomous software agents increasingly act on behalf of human principals by invoking tools, services, and other agents, frequently across organizational boundaries. Existing workload and token-based authorization mechanisms were designed for a single trust domain and a small number of delegation hops. They do not adequately express, constrain, or verify authority that is delegated recursively among agents and that crosses the boundary between independently administered organizations. This document describes the problem of cross-organizational agent delegation, identifies the gaps in current mechanisms, and enumerates requirements that any solution within the scope of the Workload Identity in Multi-System Environments (WIMSE) working group should satisfy. It does not specify a solution.}, }