Hi Alexis and Paul,

Thanks for the quick replies! We added “obsoleted by [RFC9896]” to Section 1.5 
and added an informative reference to RFC 9896. 

We’ll move forward in completing our final checks.

XML file:
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920.xml

Output files:
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920.txt
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920.html
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920.pdf

Comprehensive diffs of the text:
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920-diff.html
  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920-rfcdiff.html (side by side)

Lastdiffs of the text (shows last round of changes):
   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920-lastdiff.html
   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9920-lastrfcdiff.html (side by side)

Thank you,

Rebecca VanRheenen
RFC Production Center



> On Feb 6, 2026, at 12:47 PM, Alexis Rossi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I think that's fine, and that it doesn't change the meaning of anything.
> 
> Alexis
> 
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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