RFCs (Requests for Comments) are documents relating to the technical development of the Internet, including specifications of protocols and other standards. Each RFC is assigned a sequential number upon publication.
As of September 2025, the latest RFCs have numbers in the 9800s, and there are only about 150 numbers left before 10000. When will the RFC series hit the 10000 mark?
This question resolves to the month of publication of the lowest-numbered RFC with a number greater than or equal to 10000. The list of published RFCs will be taken from the RFC Editor's website and the month of publication for a particular RFC will be determined by its header.
I will add more options and extend the closing time if needed as time goes on.
I may trade in this question as usual.
Update 2026-06-16 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): RFC 10008 has been published, but lower-numbered RFCs (e.g., 10002) may still be published later. The creator is considering whether resolution should be based on the lowest-numbered RFC ≥ 10000 (strict reading of criteria) rather than the first one published chronologically. This means resolution may be delayed until either RFC 10000 is published or it becomes clear that numbers 10000–10007 will not be assigned.
1,000RFC 10008 has just been published. However, it seems that it is common for RFCs to be published "out of order," and indeed the Final Review list has "RFCs-to-be" with numbers as low as 10002 (at the time of writing). If a lower-numbered RFC is published later, should the resolution be based on that one or RFC 10008 which came first chronologically? I think a strict reading of the criteria would point toward the former, but that would mean the resolution is indeterminate until either RFC 10000 is published or it is otherwise clear that any remaining numbers from 10000 to 10007 will not be assigned to a published RFC, and this could take some time.
@traders how do you interpret this?