Flowchart of RFC Editor Process
State definitions:
- EDIT = Awaiting editing or being edited
- RFC-EDITOR = Undergoing final internal review before AUTH48
- AUTH48 = Awaiting final author approval
- AUTH48-DONE = Final approvals are complete
- AUTH = Awaiting author action
- IESG = Awaiting IESG action
- IANA = Document has been edited, but is holding for completion of IANA actions
- TI = Tooling Issue. Publication of the document is on hold pending the resolution of an issue with the software tools used to create the files.
- REF = Document has been edited, but is holding for a normative reference that is in the queue.
- MISSREF = Awaiting a missing normative reference (i.e., the reference is NOT-RECEIVED) or there was a specific request from the stream manager or authors for simultaneous publication with another document.
See pages about the publication process and about the queue for more information.