My weak preference is "- Continue to reference RFC 7996 but add mention of RFC 
9896 (e.g., "obsoleted by [RFC9896]").", but I defer to Alexis on this.

--Paul Hoffman

On Feb 6, 2026, at 10:54, Rebecca VanRheenen <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> 
> Hi Paul and Alexis,
> 
> We have a question for you prior to publishing this document. 
> 
> RFC 7996 has recently been obsoleted by RFC 9896. 
> 
> RFC 7996 is mentioned in the document header and two times in the body of 
> this document:
> 
> Current:
>   This document updates RFCs 7841, 7991, 7992, 7993, 7994, 7995, 7996,
>   7997, 8729, 8730, and 9720.
> 
>   All instances of "RFC Editor" or "RFC Series Editor" in [RFC7991],
>   [RFC7992], [RFC7993], [RFC7994], [RFC7995], [RFC7996], and [RFC7997]
>   are replaced by "RFC Production Center (RPC)”.
> 
> We don’t see any instances of "RFC Editor" or "RFC Series Editor” in RFC 9896.
> 
> Please review and let us know how you would like to proceed. Below are some 
> options:
> 
> - No updates are needed; this document can still update RFC 7996 to note 
> where the organization name changed.
> - Continue to reference RFC 7996 but add mention of RFC 9896 (e.g., 
> "obsoleted by [RFC9896]").
> - Remove mention of RFC 7996 altogether since it’s already been obsoleted.
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