# IETF AI/Agent Drafts Timeline
*Generated 2026-02-28 10:27 UTC — 260 drafts across 9 months*

## Monthly Submission Volume

```
2025-06 | #                                          2
2025-07 | ##                                         4
2025-08 | ###                                        7
2025-09 | #####                                     10
2025-10 | ###########################               50
2025-11 | ############################              51
2025-12 | #######                                   13
2026-01 | ############################              51
2026-02 | ########################################  72
```

## Category Breakdown by Month

| Month   | A2A protocol |  AI safety /  |  AI safety/al |  Agent discov |  Agent discov |  Agent identi |  Agent-to-age |  Autonomous n |  Autonomous n |  Data formats |  Data formats |  Human-agent  |  Identity / a |  ML traffic m |  ML-based tra |  Model servin |  Other AI/age |  Policy / gov |  Policy/gover | Total |
|---------|------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -----:|
| 2025-06 |            1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |     2 |
| 2025-07 |            2 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             1 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |     4 |
| 2025-08 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             5 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             2 |     7 |
| 2025-09 |            3 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             2 |             2 |             0 |             4 |             0 |             0 |             6 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             3 |    10 |
| 2025-10 |           22 |             0 |             5 |             2 |            13 |            23 |             2 |            12 |             0 |             1 |            24 |             6 |             1 |             4 |             0 |             2 |             5 |             0 |             7 |    50 |
| 2025-11 |           19 |             0 |             7 |             2 |            15 |            19 |             3 |            14 |             1 |             0 |            21 |             7 |             2 |             6 |             0 |             3 |             2 |             0 |            10 |    51 |
| 2025-12 |            2 |             0 |             3 |             1 |             2 |             7 |             0 |             3 |             0 |             0 |             4 |             0 |             1 |             1 |             0 |             1 |             2 |             0 |             4 |    13 |
| 2026-01 |           12 |             0 |             7 |             7 |             8 |            14 |             9 |             9 |             4 |             2 |            15 |             2 |             4 |             6 |             1 |             4 |             3 |             1 |            12 |    51 |
| 2026-02 |           31 |             1 |            11 |             2 |            16 |            27 |             2 |            15 |             0 |             0 |            26 |             5 |             5 |             6 |             0 |             3 |             7 |             1 |            21 |    72 |

## Trends

- **AI safety / guardrails / alignment**: new (0 → 1 drafts)
- **Agent discovery / registration**: new (0 → 14 drafts)
- **Agent-to-agent communication protocols**: new (0 → 16 drafts)
- **Autonomous network operations**: new (0 → 5 drafts)
- **Data formats / semantics for AI interop**: new (0 → 3 drafts)