After some more staring of the data tracker settings, you are of course completely correct, Robert :-) The document is marked as having IETF consensus setting, so the text that you quoted will get inserted into the RFC. Pardon my mistake in assuming it wasn’t. On the IESG call we had a discussion about this issue. We saw two separate questions: 1) Substance: Is there a consensus behind the document’s recommendations? The sponsoring AD and the IESG believes so. 2) Editorial: Is it appropriate to use the “the authors recommend…” form for IETF-level consensus statements? The sponsoring AD took your comment about the formulation (also recommended by other ADs) and will work with the author to revise the document. However, this matter is indeed editorial, i.e., a Comment rather than a Discuss level requirement from the IESG. So the document will be approved, after some editorial modifications, and will become an RFC. Jari
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