RFC Editor States for Internet-Drafts

Queue status

The RFC Editor state shown for a document in the publication queue is its Status in the RFC Production Center's publication queue, matching what is shown at the RFC Editor publication queue. This status is derived from the document's current editor assignments, pending activities, blocking reasons and IANA status, so it can take the following forms. (Processing labels such as github, markdown and Expedited shown on the publication queue are not part of this status.)

Status	Description
In Progress (First Edit)	The document is being copyedited by the first editor.
In Progress (Second Edit)	The document is getting a second review, focusing on complex issues and IANA actions.
In Final Review	Awaiting final approval(s) from authors and/or action holders.
<activity> (e.g. “formatting”)	Another RPC activity is currently underway for the document; the activity is shown by name (for example “formatting”). Reference checking and publication are not shown as their own status.
Awaiting <activity>	The document is in the queue waiting for the named activity to begin. Values include “Awaiting Formatting”, “Awaiting Reference Checker”, “Awaiting First editor”, “Awaiting Second editor”, “Awaiting Final review editor”, and “Awaiting Publisher”.
Awaiting Editor Assignment	The document is in the queue but nothing has been assigned to it yet.
IANA hold	First editing is underway but is held pending completion of IANA actions. (This is distinct from the “IANA Hold” blocking reason below.)
blocked: <reason>	Progress is blocked; one or more blocking reasons are listed after the colon. The possible reasons are: Waiting for Action Holder, Stream Hold, External Reference Hold, Author Input Required, IANA Hold, Reference Not Received, Reference Not Received (2nd Generation), Reference Not Received (3rd Generation), Reference: Second Edit Incomplete, Reference: Publish Incomplete, Final Approval Pending, Tools Issue, and Manual Hold.

Legacy states

These states predate the current RFC Editor publication queue and are no longer assigned to documents. They are documented here because they still appear in the change history of documents that were processed before the queue integration.

State	Description
AUTH	Awaiting author action
AUTH48	Awaiting final author approval
IANA	Document has been edited, but is holding for completion of IANA actions
ISR	Independent Submission Review by the ISE
REF	Holding for normative reference
RFC-EDITOR	Awaiting final RFC Editor review before AUTH48
TO	Time-out period during which the IESG reviews document for conflict/concurrence with other IETF working group work
MISSREF	Awaiting missing normative reference
AUTH48-DONE	Final approvals are complete
EDIT	Approved by the stream manager (e.g., IESG, IAB, IRSG, ISE), awaiting processing and publishing
IANA	RFC-Editor/IANA Registration Coordination
IESG	Holding for IESG action
ISR-AUTH	Independent Submission awaiting author update, or in discussion between author and ISE
Pending
TI	Tooling Issue; an update is needed to one or more of the tools in the publication pipeline before this document can be published