Suggested IETF 127 Sessions for Getting Familiar with New Topics

These IETF 127 meeting sessions are likely to include discussions and proposals that are accessible to a broad range of Internet technologists whether they are new to the IETF or long-time participants.

New features for RFC-Editor.org

Several new features implemented on RFC-Editor.org aim to make the site more useful and engaging for RFC consumers.

• Alexis Rossi RFC Series Consulting Editor

IETF email infrastructure transition completed on 11 September

A transition to a new modern, modular, and containerized infrastructure for email services provided for ietf.org, iab.org, irtf.org, rfc-editor.org (including email lists) was completed on 11 September 2026.

• Dane Foster New Machine Futures Engineering Director

Survey to gather input on ISE selection criteria

The survey to gather input for Independent Series Editor (ISE) selection criteria survey is live and we welcome your input on the capabilities and expectations the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) should consider when selecting a future ISE.

• Dhruv Dhody IAB Chair

IETF 126 Highlights

The IETF 126 meeting was held 18–24 July 2026 at the Hilton Vienna Park in Vienna, Austria, and online, hosted by Cisco. The week included the IETF Hackathon and Code Sprint, the New Participants' Program, five Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions, and more than 100 working group and research group sessions. The Applied Network Research Workshop also took place during the IETF 126 meeting week.