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IETF Annual Report 2024

The 2024 IETF Annual Report provides a summary of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), and RFC Editor community activities from last year.

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Upcoming events

  • IETF 123 Madrid

    IETF 123 Madrid

    IETF 123 starts Saturday 19 July and runs through Friday afternoon, 25 July.

    Madrid, Spain
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    IETF 124 Montreal

    IETF 124 starts Saturday 01 November and runs through Friday afternoon, 07 November.

    Montreal, Canada
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What's new?

  • Report from the Tools Team Retreat 2025

    The IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC) development team met along with IETF LLC senior leadership for its annual two-day retreat, and with the IETF Chair able to join remotely for key sessions. This post reviews the key inputs and outputs of that retreat, and how they affect the IETF.

    16 Jun 2025

  • New Participant Program - A look back at IETF 122 and ahead to IETF 123

    At IETF 122 in Bangkok, we introduced the first edition of the expanded New Participants Program. The feedback was loud and clear that the new content successfully filled a gap in preparing new participants for success in the IETF. We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the expanded New Participants Program during the IETF 123 Madrid meeting!

    12 Jun 2025
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Search the IETF email archive

Much of the daily work of the IETF is conducted on electronic mailing lists. A new mail archive tool realizing the requirements developed in RFC 6778 is now in use:

Search IETF Datatracker

The IETF Datatracker contains data about IETF documents, working groups, meetings, agendas, minutes, presentations, and more:

Next IETF Meeting

Stay tuned for the latest information on the next IETF meeting scheduled for 19-25 July 2025

Visit the IETF 123 Madrid meeting webpage