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<title>Problem Statement for Autonomous Agent Protocol Gaps</title>
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<meta content="Christian Nennemann" name="author">
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The IETF autonomous agent landscape spans over 260 drafts
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touching agent communication, identity, safety, and
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operations, yet critical gaps remain where standardization
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is absent or insufficient. This document provides a
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condensed problem statement identifying eleven protocol
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gaps, classifies them by severity, and maps them to a
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suite of companion drafts that form a coherent solution
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framework. It is intended as an actionable reference for
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working group chairs, area directors, and protocol
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designers evaluating where autonomous-agent standardization
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efforts should focus.
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border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc h2 {
|
||
margin: -1px 0 0 0;
|
||
padding: 4px 0 4px 6px;
|
||
padding-right: 1em;
|
||
min-width: 190px;
|
||
font-size: 1.1em;
|
||
text-align: right;
|
||
background-color: #444;
|
||
color: white;
|
||
cursor: pointer;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc h2::before { /* css hamburger */
|
||
float: right;
|
||
position: relative;
|
||
width: 1em;
|
||
height: 1px;
|
||
left: -164px;
|
||
margin: 6px 0 0 0;
|
||
background: white none repeat scroll 0 0;
|
||
box-shadow: 0 4px 0 0 white, 0 8px 0 0 white;
|
||
content: "";
|
||
}
|
||
#toc nav {
|
||
display: none;
|
||
padding: 0.5em 1em 1em;
|
||
overflow: auto;
|
||
height: calc(100vh - 48px);
|
||
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* alternative layout for wide screens */
|
||
@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
|
||
body {
|
||
max-width: 724px;
|
||
margin: 42px auto;
|
||
padding-left: 1.5em;
|
||
padding-right: 29em;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc {
|
||
position: fixed;
|
||
top: 42px;
|
||
right: 42px;
|
||
width: 25%;
|
||
margin: 0;
|
||
padding: 0 1em;
|
||
z-index: 1;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc h2 {
|
||
border-top: none;
|
||
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
font-size: 1em;
|
||
font-weight: normal;
|
||
margin: 0;
|
||
padding: 0.25em 1em 1em 0;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc nav {
|
||
display: block;
|
||
height: calc(90vh - 84px);
|
||
bottom: 0;
|
||
padding: 0.5em 0 0;
|
||
overflow: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
img { /* future proofing */
|
||
max-width: 100%;
|
||
height: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* pagination */
|
||
@media print {
|
||
body {
|
||
width: 100%;
|
||
}
|
||
p {
|
||
orphans: 3;
|
||
widows: 3;
|
||
}
|
||
#n-copyright-notice {
|
||
border-bottom: none;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc, #n-introduction {
|
||
page-break-before: always;
|
||
}
|
||
#toc {
|
||
border-top: none;
|
||
padding-top: 0;
|
||
}
|
||
figure, pre {
|
||
page-break-inside: avoid;
|
||
}
|
||
figure {
|
||
overflow: scroll;
|
||
}
|
||
.breakable pre {
|
||
break-inside: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
|
||
page-break-after: avoid;
|
||
}
|
||
h2+*, h3+*, h4+*, h5+*, h6+* {
|
||
page-break-before: avoid;
|
||
}
|
||
pre {
|
||
white-space: pre-wrap;
|
||
word-wrap: break-word;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;
|
||
}
|
||
table {
|
||
border: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
}
|
||
td {
|
||
border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* This is commented out here, as the string-set: doesn't
|
||
pass W3C validation currently */
|
||
/*
|
||
.ears thead .left {
|
||
string-set: ears-top-left content();
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.ears thead .center {
|
||
string-set: ears-top-center content();
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.ears thead .right {
|
||
string-set: ears-top-right content();
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.ears tfoot .left {
|
||
string-set: ears-bottom-left content();
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.ears tfoot .center {
|
||
string-set: ears-bottom-center content();
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
.ears tfoot .right {
|
||
string-set: ears-bottom-right content();
|
||
}
|
||
*/
|
||
|
||
@page :first {
|
||
padding-top: 0;
|
||
@top-left {
|
||
content: normal;
|
||
border: none;
|
||
}
|
||
@top-center {
|
||
content: normal;
|
||
border: none;
|
||
}
|
||
@top-right {
|
||
content: normal;
|
||
border: none;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
@page {
|
||
size: A4;
|
||
margin-bottom: 45mm;
|
||
padding-top: 20px;
|
||
/* The following is commented out here, but set appropriately by in code, as
|
||
the content depends on the document */
|
||
/*
|
||
@top-left {
|
||
content: 'Internet-Draft';
|
||
vertical-align: bottom;
|
||
border-bottom: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
@top-left {
|
||
content: string(ears-top-left);
|
||
vertical-align: bottom;
|
||
border-bottom: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
@top-center {
|
||
content: string(ears-top-center);
|
||
vertical-align: bottom;
|
||
border-bottom: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
@top-right {
|
||
content: string(ears-top-right);
|
||
vertical-align: bottom;
|
||
border-bottom: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
@bottom-left {
|
||
content: string(ears-bottom-left);
|
||
vertical-align: top;
|
||
border-top: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
@bottom-center {
|
||
content: string(ears-bottom-center);
|
||
vertical-align: top;
|
||
border-top: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
@bottom-right {
|
||
content: '[Page ' counter(page) ']';
|
||
vertical-align: top;
|
||
border-top: solid 1px #ccc;
|
||
}
|
||
*/
|
||
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Changes introduced to fix issues found during implementation */
|
||
/* Make sure links are clickable even if overlapped by following H* */
|
||
a {
|
||
z-index: 2;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Separate body from document info even without intervening H1 */
|
||
section {
|
||
clear: both;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
|
||
/* Top align author divs, to avoid names without organization dropping level with org names */
|
||
.author {
|
||
vertical-align: top;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Leave room in document info to show Internet-Draft on one line */
|
||
#identifiers dt {
|
||
width: 8em;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Don't waste quite as much whitespace between label and value in doc info */
|
||
#identifiers dd {
|
||
margin-left: 1em;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Give floating toc a background color (needed when it's a div inside section */
|
||
#toc {
|
||
background-color: white;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Make the collapsed ToC header render white on gray also when it's a link */
|
||
@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
|
||
#toc h2 a,
|
||
#toc h2 a:link,
|
||
#toc h2 a:focus,
|
||
#toc h2 a:hover,
|
||
#toc a.toplink,
|
||
#toc a.toplink:hover {
|
||
color: white;
|
||
background-color: #444;
|
||
text-decoration: none;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Give the bottom of the ToC some whitespace */
|
||
@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
|
||
#toc {
|
||
padding: 0 0 1em 1em;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Style section numbers with more space between number and title */
|
||
.section-number {
|
||
padding-right: 0.5em;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* prevent monospace from becoming overly large */
|
||
tt, code, pre {
|
||
font-size: 95%;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Fix the height/width aspect for ascii art*/
|
||
.sourcecode pre,
|
||
.art-text pre {
|
||
line-height: 1.12;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
|
||
/* Add styling for a link in the ToC that points to the top of the document */
|
||
a.toplink {
|
||
float: right;
|
||
margin-right: 0.5em;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Fix the dl styling to match the RFC 7992 attributes */
|
||
dl > dt,
|
||
dl.dlParallel > dt {
|
||
float: left;
|
||
margin-right: 1em;
|
||
}
|
||
dl.dlNewline > dt {
|
||
float: none;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Provide styling for table cell text alignment */
|
||
table td.text-left,
|
||
table th.text-left {
|
||
text-align: left;
|
||
}
|
||
table td.text-center,
|
||
table th.text-center {
|
||
text-align: center;
|
||
}
|
||
table td.text-right,
|
||
table th.text-right {
|
||
text-align: right;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Make the alternative author contact information look less like just another
|
||
author, and group it closer with the primary author contact information */
|
||
.alternative-contact {
|
||
margin: 0.5em 0 0.25em 0;
|
||
}
|
||
address .non-ascii {
|
||
margin: 0 0 0 2em;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* With it being possible to set tables with alignment
|
||
left, center, and right, { width: 100%; } does not make sense */
|
||
table {
|
||
width: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Avoid reference text that sits in a block with very wide left margin,
|
||
because of a long floating dt label.*/
|
||
.references dd {
|
||
overflow: visible;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Control caption placement */
|
||
caption {
|
||
caption-side: bottom;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Limit the width of the author address vcard, so names in right-to-left
|
||
script don't end up on the other side of the page. */
|
||
|
||
address.vcard {
|
||
max-width: 30em;
|
||
margin-right: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* For address alignment dependent on LTR or RTL scripts */
|
||
address div.left {
|
||
text-align: left;
|
||
}
|
||
address div.right {
|
||
text-align: right;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Provide table alignment support. We can't use the alignX classes above
|
||
since they do unwanted things with caption and other styling. */
|
||
table.right {
|
||
margin-left: auto;
|
||
margin-right: 0;
|
||
}
|
||
table.center {
|
||
margin-left: auto;
|
||
margin-right: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
table.left {
|
||
margin-left: 0;
|
||
margin-right: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Give the table caption label the same styling as the figcaption */
|
||
caption a[href] {
|
||
color: #222;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
@media print {
|
||
.toplink {
|
||
display: none;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* avoid overwriting the top border line with the ToC header */
|
||
#toc {
|
||
padding-top: 1px;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
/* Avoid page breaks inside dl and author address entries */
|
||
.vcard {
|
||
page-break-inside: avoid;
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
}
|
||
/* Tweak the bcp14 keyword presentation */
|
||
.bcp14 {
|
||
font-variant: small-caps;
|
||
font-weight: bold;
|
||
font-size: 0.9em;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Tweak the invisible space above H* in order not to overlay links in text above */
|
||
h2 {
|
||
margin-top: -18px; /* provide offset for in-page anchors */
|
||
padding-top: 31px;
|
||
}
|
||
h3 {
|
||
margin-top: -18px; /* provide offset for in-page anchors */
|
||
padding-top: 24px;
|
||
}
|
||
h4 {
|
||
margin-top: -18px; /* provide offset for in-page anchors */
|
||
padding-top: 24px;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Float artwork pilcrow to the right */
|
||
@media screen {
|
||
.artwork a.pilcrow {
|
||
display: block;
|
||
line-height: 0.7;
|
||
margin-top: 0.15em;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
/* Make pilcrows on dd visible */
|
||
@media screen {
|
||
dd:hover > a.pilcrow {
|
||
visibility: visible;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
/* Make the placement of figcaption match that of a table's caption
|
||
by removing the figure's added bottom margin */
|
||
.alignLeft.art-text,
|
||
.alignCenter.art-text,
|
||
.alignRight.art-text {
|
||
margin-bottom: 0;
|
||
}
|
||
.alignLeft,
|
||
.alignCenter,
|
||
.alignRight {
|
||
margin: 1em 0 0 0;
|
||
}
|
||
/* In print, the pilcrow won't show on hover, so prevent it from taking up space,
|
||
possibly even requiring a new line */
|
||
@media print {
|
||
a.pilcrow {
|
||
display: none;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
/* Styling for the external metadata */
|
||
div#external-metadata {
|
||
background-color: #eee;
|
||
padding: 0.5em;
|
||
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
|
||
display: none;
|
||
}
|
||
div#internal-metadata {
|
||
padding: 0.5em; /* to match the external-metadata padding */
|
||
}
|
||
/* Styling for title RFC Number */
|
||
h1#rfcnum {
|
||
clear: both;
|
||
margin: 0 0 -1em;
|
||
padding: 1em 0 0 0;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Make .olPercent look the same as <ol><li> */
|
||
dl.olPercent > dd {
|
||
margin-bottom: 0.25em;
|
||
min-height: initial;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Give aside some styling to set it apart */
|
||
aside {
|
||
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
margin: 1em 0 1em 2em;
|
||
padding: 0.2em 2em;
|
||
}
|
||
aside > dl,
|
||
aside > ol,
|
||
aside > ul,
|
||
aside > table,
|
||
aside > p {
|
||
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Additional page break settings */
|
||
@media print {
|
||
figcaption, table caption {
|
||
page-break-before: avoid;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
/* Font size adjustments for print */
|
||
@media print {
|
||
body { font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; max-width: 96%; }
|
||
h1 { font-size: 1.72em; padding-top: 1.5em; } /* 1*1.2*1.2*1.2 */
|
||
h2 { font-size: 1.44em; padding-top: 1.5em; } /* 1*1.2*1.2 */
|
||
h3 { font-size: 1.2em; padding-top: 1.5em; } /* 1*1.2 */
|
||
h4 { font-size: 1em; padding-top: 1.5em; }
|
||
h5, h6 { font-size: 1em; margin: initial; padding: 0.5em 0 0.3em; }
|
||
}
|
||
/* Sourcecode margin in print, when there's no pilcrow */
|
||
@media print {
|
||
.artwork,
|
||
.artwork > pre,
|
||
.sourcecode {
|
||
margin-bottom: 1em;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
/* Avoid narrow tables forcing too narrow table captions, which may render badly */
|
||
table {
|
||
min-width: 20em;
|
||
}
|
||
/* ol type a */
|
||
ol.type-a { list-style-type: lower-alpha; }
|
||
ol.type-A { list-style-type: upper-alpha; }
|
||
ol.type-i { list-style-type: lower-roman; }
|
||
ol.type-I { list-style-type: upper-roman; }
|
||
/* Apply the print table and row borders in general, on request from the RPC,
|
||
and increase the contrast between border and odd row background slightly */
|
||
table {
|
||
border: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
}
|
||
td {
|
||
border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
|
||
}
|
||
tr {
|
||
break-inside: avoid;
|
||
}
|
||
tr:nth-child(2n+1) > td {
|
||
background-color: #f8f8f8;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Use style rules to govern display of the TOC. */
|
||
@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
|
||
#toc nav { display: none; }
|
||
#toc.active nav { display: block; }
|
||
}
|
||
/* Add support for keepWithNext */
|
||
.keepWithNext {
|
||
break-after: avoid-page;
|
||
break-after: avoid-page;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Add support for keepWithPrevious */
|
||
.keepWithPrevious {
|
||
break-before: avoid-page;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Change the approach to avoiding breaks inside artwork etc. */
|
||
figure, pre, table, .artwork, .sourcecode {
|
||
break-before: auto;
|
||
break-after: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Avoid breaks between <dt> and <dd> */
|
||
dl {
|
||
break-before: auto;
|
||
break-inside: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
dt {
|
||
break-before: auto;
|
||
break-after: avoid-page;
|
||
}
|
||
dd {
|
||
break-before: avoid-page;
|
||
break-after: auto;
|
||
orphans: 3;
|
||
widows: 3
|
||
}
|
||
span.break, dd.break {
|
||
margin-bottom: 0;
|
||
min-height: 0;
|
||
break-before: auto;
|
||
break-inside: auto;
|
||
break-after: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Undo break-before ToC */
|
||
@media print {
|
||
#toc {
|
||
break-before: auto;
|
||
}
|
||
}
|
||
/* Text in compact lists should not get extra bottom margin space,
|
||
since that would makes the list not compact */
|
||
ul.compact p, .ulCompact p,
|
||
ol.compact p, .olCompact p {
|
||
margin: 0;
|
||
}
|
||
/* But the list as a whole needs the extra space at the end */
|
||
section ul.compact,
|
||
section .ulCompact,
|
||
section ol.compact,
|
||
section .olCompact {
|
||
margin-bottom: 1em; /* same as p not within ul.compact etc. */
|
||
}
|
||
/* The tt and code background above interferes with for instance table cell
|
||
backgrounds. Changed to something a bit more selective. */
|
||
tt, code {
|
||
background-color: transparent;
|
||
}
|
||
p tt, p code, li tt, li code, dt tt, dt code {
|
||
background-color: #f8f8f8;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Tweak the pre margin -- 0px doesn't come out well */
|
||
pre {
|
||
margin-top: 0.5px;
|
||
}
|
||
/* Tweak the compact list text */
|
||
ul.compact, .ulCompact,
|
||
ol.compact, .olCompact,
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<li class="compact toc ulBare ulEmpty" id="section-toc.1-1.11">
|
||
<p id="section-toc.1-1.11.1"><a href="#appendix-B" class="auto internal xref"></a><a href="#name-authors-address" class="internal xref">Author's Address</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</nav>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="introduction">
|
||
<section id="section-1">
|
||
<h2 id="name-introduction">
|
||
<a href="#section-1" class="section-number selfRef">1. </a><a href="#name-introduction" class="section-name selfRef">Introduction</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<p id="section-1-1">Autonomous software agents are moving from research
|
||
prototypes to production deployments in network management,
|
||
cloud orchestration, supply-chain logistics, and AI-driven
|
||
workflows. A survey of IETF work reveals over 260 drafts
|
||
relevant to agent capabilities, yet no single reference
|
||
architecture ties them together. Several critical
|
||
capabilities -- runtime behavioral verification, failure
|
||
cascade prevention, cross-vendor human override -- lack
|
||
any standardization at all.<a href="#section-1-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<p id="section-1-2">This document distills the findings of a comprehensive
|
||
gap analysis <span>[<a href="#ARXIV-GAP" class="cite xref">ARXIV-GAP</a>]</span> into an actionable problem
|
||
statement. It identifies eleven gaps, groups them by
|
||
severity, and presents a solution roadmap of nine
|
||
companion drafts. The full analysis, including a survey
|
||
of existing IETF work across WIMSE, RATS, OAuth/GNAP,
|
||
SCITT, and NMOP, is available in
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety</a>]</span> and the
|
||
companion arXiv paper <span>[<a href="#ARXIV-GAP" class="cite xref">ARXIV-GAP</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-1-2" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<p id="section-1-3">The intended audience is working group chairs, area
|
||
directors, and protocol designers who need a concise
|
||
summary of what is missing and what to build next.<a href="#section-1-3" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="terminology">
|
||
<section id="section-2">
|
||
<h2 id="name-terminology">
|
||
<a href="#section-2" class="section-number selfRef">2. </a><a href="#name-terminology" class="section-name selfRef">Terminology</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<p id="section-2-1">The key words "<span class="bcp14">MUST</span>", "<span class="bcp14">MUST NOT</span>", "<span class="bcp14">REQUIRED</span>", "<span class="bcp14">SHALL</span>", "<span class="bcp14">SHALL NOT</span>", "<span class="bcp14">SHOULD</span>", "<span class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</span>", "<span class="bcp14">RECOMMENDED</span>", "<span class="bcp14">NOT RECOMMENDED</span>",
|
||
"<span class="bcp14">MAY</span>", and "<span class="bcp14">OPTIONAL</span>" in this document are to be interpreted as
|
||
described in BCP 14 <span>[<a href="#RFC2119" class="cite xref">RFC2119</a>]</span> <span>[<a href="#RFC8174" class="cite xref">RFC8174</a>]</span> when, and only when, they
|
||
appear in all capitals, as shown here.<a href="#section-2-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<p id="section-2-2">The following terms are used throughout this document:<a href="#section-2-2" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<span class="break"></span><dl class="dlParallel" id="section-2-3">
|
||
<dt id="section-2-3.1">Agent:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-2-3.2">
|
||
<p id="section-2-3.2.1">A software component that acts on behalf of a principal
|
||
(human or organizational) to perform tasks autonomously.<a href="#section-2-3.2.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-2-3.3">ECT (Execution Context Token):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-2-3.4">
|
||
<p id="section-2-3.4.1">A cryptographically signed token carrying execution
|
||
context for an agent action.
|
||
See <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-2-3.4.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-2-3.5">ACP (Agent Context Policy):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-2-3.6">
|
||
<p id="section-2-3.6.1">A policy specifying permitted behaviors, resource limits,
|
||
and escalation rules for an agent.
|
||
See <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-2-3.6.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-2-3.7">HITL (Human-in-the-Loop):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-2-3.8">
|
||
<p id="section-2-3.8.1">A control pattern requiring human approval before an
|
||
agent action takes effect.<a href="#section-2-3.8.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-2-3.9">Cascade Failure:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-2-3.10">
|
||
<p id="section-2-3.10.1">A failure mode where an error in one agent propagates
|
||
through a multi-agent workflow, causing successive
|
||
agents to fail.<a href="#section-2-3.10.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-2-3.11">Override Signal:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-2-3.12">
|
||
<p id="section-2-3.12.1">A message from a human operator instructing an agent
|
||
to halt, modify, or roll back its current action.<a href="#section-2-3.12.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="problem-landscape">
|
||
<section id="section-3">
|
||
<h2 id="name-problem-landscape">
|
||
<a href="#section-3" class="section-number selfRef">3. </a><a href="#name-problem-landscape" class="section-name selfRef">Problem Landscape</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<p id="section-3-1">The autonomous agent ecosystem can be organized into four
|
||
layers, each with distinct standardization gaps. The
|
||
following diagram presents this reference architecture:<a href="#section-3-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<span id="name-agent-ecosystem-reference-a"></span><div id="fig-arch">
|
||
<figure id="figure-1">
|
||
<div class="alignLeft art-ascii-art art-text artwork" id="section-3-2.1">
|
||
<pre>
|
||
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|
||
| HUMAN OPERATORS |
|
||
| [Override & HITL Layer -- GAP 7] |
|
||
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|
||
| AGENT INTERACTION LAYER |
|
||
| +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ |
|
||
| | Agent A |<>| Agent B |<>| Agent C |<>| Agent D | |
|
||
| +----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+ |
|
||
| | GAP 3: | GAP 10: | GAP 1: | |
|
||
| | Consensus | Cap.Neg. | Behav. | |
|
||
| | | | Verif. | |
|
||
+-------+------------+------------+------------+--------------+
|
||
| EXECUTION LAYER (ECT) |
|
||
| DAG Execution | Checkpoints | Rollback | Circuit Breakers |
|
||
| [GAP 2: Cascade Prevention] [GAP 4: Rollback] |
|
||
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|
||
| POLICY & GOVERNANCE LAYER |
|
||
| ACP-DAG-HITL | Trust Scoring | Assurance Profiles |
|
||
| [GAP 5: Federated Privacy] [GAP 6: Cross-Domain Audit] |
|
||
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|
||
| INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER |
|
||
| Identity | Discovery | Registration | Protocol Bridges |
|
||
| [GAP 8: Cross-Protocol] [GAP 9: Resource Accounting] |
|
||
| [GAP 11: Performance Benchmarking] |
|
||
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|
||
</pre>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<figcaption><a href="#figure-1" class="selfRef">Figure 1</a>:
|
||
<a href="#name-agent-ecosystem-reference-a" class="selfRef">Agent Ecosystem Reference Architecture</a>
|
||
</figcaption></figure>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<span class="break"></span><dl class="dlParallel" id="section-3-3">
|
||
<dt id="section-3-3.1">Human Operators Layer:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-3-3.2">
|
||
<p id="section-3-3.2.1">Provides override and human-in-the-loop controls.
|
||
Gap 7 addresses the absence of a cross-vendor override
|
||
protocol.<a href="#section-3-3.2.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-3-3.3">Agent Interaction Layer:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-3-3.4">
|
||
<p id="section-3-3.4.1">Where agents communicate, negotiate capabilities
|
||
(Gap 10), reach consensus (Gap 3), and undergo
|
||
behavioral verification (Gap 1).<a href="#section-3-3.4.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-3-3.5">Execution Layer:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-3-3.6">
|
||
<p id="section-3-3.6.1">Manages DAG-based workflows with cascade prevention
|
||
(Gap 2) and rollback (Gap 4), built on Execution
|
||
Context Tokens <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-3-3.6.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-3-3.7">Policy and Governance Layer:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-3-3.8">
|
||
<p id="section-3-3.8.1">Enforces privacy in federated learning (Gap 5) and
|
||
cross-domain audit trails (Gap 6).<a href="#section-3-3.8.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-3-3.9">Infrastructure Layer:</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-3-3.10">
|
||
<p id="section-3-3.10.1">Handles identity, discovery, cross-protocol migration
|
||
(Gap 8), resource accounting (Gap 9), and performance
|
||
benchmarking (Gap 11).<a href="#section-3-3.10.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="critical-gaps">
|
||
<section id="section-4">
|
||
<h2 id="name-critical-gaps">
|
||
<a href="#section-4" class="section-number selfRef">4. </a><a href="#name-critical-gaps" class="section-name selfRef">Critical Gaps</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<div id="critical-severity">
|
||
<section id="section-4.1">
|
||
<h3 id="name-critical-severity">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.1" class="section-number selfRef">4.1. </a><a href="#name-critical-severity" class="section-name selfRef">CRITICAL Severity</a>
|
||
</h3>
|
||
<div id="gap-1-agent-behavioral-verification">
|
||
<section id="section-4.1.1">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-1-agent-behavioral-veri">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.1.1" class="section-number selfRef">4.1.1. </a><a href="#name-gap-1-agent-behavioral-veri" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 1: Agent Behavioral Verification</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.1.1-1">No standardized mechanism exists for runtime verification
|
||
of agent policy compliance. RATS <span>[<a href="#RFC9334" class="cite xref">RFC9334</a>]</span> covers
|
||
platform attestation but not behavioral conformance.
|
||
Without this, operators cannot detect drifted, compromised,
|
||
or out-of-bounds agents -- especially dangerous in
|
||
multi-agent workflows where one misbehaving agent corrupts
|
||
downstream results.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.1.1-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-2-agent-failure-cascade-prevention">
|
||
<section id="section-4.1.2">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-2-agent-failure-cascade">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.1.2" class="section-number selfRef">4.1.2. </a><a href="#name-gap-2-agent-failure-cascade" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 2: Agent Failure Cascade Prevention</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.1.2-1">Multi-agent dependency chains lack standardized circuit
|
||
breakers, failure isolation, or cascade containment.
|
||
Current ad-hoc timeout and retry logic is neither
|
||
interoperable nor sufficient for DAG-structured workflows.
|
||
A single agent failure can cascade through an entire
|
||
deployment with no automated containment.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.1.2-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="high-severity">
|
||
<section id="section-4.2">
|
||
<h3 id="name-high-severity">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.2" class="section-number selfRef">4.2. </a><a href="#name-high-severity" class="section-name selfRef">HIGH Severity</a>
|
||
</h3>
|
||
<div id="gap-3-multi-agent-consensus-protocols">
|
||
<section id="section-4.2.1">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-3-multi-agent-consensus">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.2.1" class="section-number selfRef">4.2.1. </a><a href="#name-gap-3-multi-agent-consensus" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 3: Multi-Agent Consensus Protocols</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.2.1-1">No standardized consensus protocol exists for
|
||
heterogeneous agents with different capabilities, trust
|
||
levels, and policy constraints. Distributed systems
|
||
consensus (Raft, Paxos) does not address agent-specific
|
||
semantics like weighted voting and capability-based
|
||
participation. Multi-vendor coordination remains
|
||
impossible without proprietary mechanisms.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.2.1-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-4-real-time-agent-rollback">
|
||
<section id="section-4.2.2">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-4-real-time-agent-rollb">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.2.2" class="section-number selfRef">4.2.2. </a><a href="#name-gap-4-real-time-agent-rollb" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 4: Real-Time Agent Rollback</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.2.2-1">No generalized rollback mechanism exists for autonomous
|
||
agent actions. Protocol-specific approaches (e.g.,
|
||
NETCONF confirmed-commit) do not extend to arbitrary
|
||
agent actions or coordinated multi-agent rollbacks.
|
||
Operators cannot safely deploy agents for critical
|
||
operations without manual intervention for every action.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.2.2-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-5-federated-agent-learning-privacy">
|
||
<section id="section-4.2.3">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-5-federated-agent-learn">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.2.3" class="section-number selfRef">4.2.3. </a><a href="#name-gap-5-federated-agent-learn" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 5: Federated Agent Learning Privacy</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.2.3-1">Agents sharing operational data across domains need
|
||
privacy guarantees beyond transport encryption:
|
||
differential privacy parameters, data minimization for
|
||
shared telemetry, and consent management. Without these,
|
||
organizations face unacceptable privacy risks in
|
||
federated agent ecosystems.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.2.3-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-6-cross-domain-agent-audit-trails">
|
||
<section id="section-4.2.4">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-6-cross-domain-agent-au">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.2.4" class="section-number selfRef">4.2.4. </a><a href="#name-gap-6-cross-domain-agent-au" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 6: Cross-Domain Agent Audit Trails</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.2.4-1">No standardized format exists for cross-domain audit
|
||
trails that preserve causal ordering and provide
|
||
tamper-evident logging. Execution Audit Tokens
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-exec-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-exec-audit</a>]</span> provide per-action records,
|
||
but aggregation and correlation across domains remain
|
||
undefined. Compliance requirements for automated
|
||
decision-making make this urgent.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.2.4-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-7-human-override-standardization">
|
||
<section id="section-4.2.5">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-7-human-override-standa">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.2.5" class="section-number selfRef">4.2.5. </a><a href="#name-gap-7-human-override-standa" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 7: Human Override Standardization</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.2.5-1">No cross-vendor protocol exists for sending override
|
||
signals (emergency stop, graceful pause, forced rollback)
|
||
to running agents. ACP-DAG-HITL
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety</a>]</span> defines when
|
||
human approval is required but not how to deliver
|
||
override signals. This is a fundamental safety gap.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.2.5-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="medium-severity">
|
||
<section id="section-4.3">
|
||
<h3 id="name-medium-severity">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.3" class="section-number selfRef">4.3. </a><a href="#name-medium-severity" class="section-name selfRef">MEDIUM Severity</a>
|
||
</h3>
|
||
<div id="gap-8-cross-protocol-agent-migration">
|
||
<section id="section-4.3.1">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-8-cross-protocol-agent-">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.3.1" class="section-number selfRef">4.3.1. </a><a href="#name-gap-8-cross-protocol-agent-" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 8: Cross-Protocol Agent Migration</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.3.1-1">Agents migrating between protocol environments (e.g.,
|
||
A2A to MCP) have no standard for preserving execution
|
||
context, identity, and state across protocol boundaries.
|
||
ECT <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect</a>]</span> provides a
|
||
protocol-neutral token but not migration procedures.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.3.1-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-9-agent-resource-accounting-and-billing">
|
||
<section id="section-4.3.2">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-9-agent-resource-accoun">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.3.2" class="section-number selfRef">4.3.2. </a><a href="#name-gap-9-agent-resource-accoun" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 9: Agent Resource Accounting and Billing</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.3.2-1">No mechanism exists for tracking and reconciling agent
|
||
resource consumption across administrative domains.
|
||
This is a prerequisite for sustainable multi-domain
|
||
agent ecosystems with cost attribution.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.3.2-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-10-agent-capability-negotiation">
|
||
<section id="section-4.3.3">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-10-agent-capability-neg">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.3.3" class="section-number selfRef">4.3.3. </a><a href="#name-gap-10-agent-capability-neg" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 10: Agent Capability Negotiation</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.3.3-1">Agents lack a standardized protocol to dynamically
|
||
advertise functions, agree on interaction protocols,
|
||
and establish compatible parameters. HTTP content
|
||
negotiation <span>[<a href="#RFC9110" class="cite xref">RFC9110</a>]</span> provides basic discovery but
|
||
not agent-specific capability semantics.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.3.3-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="gap-11-agent-performance-benchmarking">
|
||
<section id="section-4.3.4">
|
||
<h4 id="name-gap-11-agent-performance-be">
|
||
<a href="#section-4.3.4" class="section-number selfRef">4.3.4. </a><a href="#name-gap-11-agent-performance-be" class="section-name selfRef">Gap 11: Agent Performance Benchmarking</a>
|
||
</h4>
|
||
<p id="section-4.3.4-1">No standardized metrics or methodology exists for
|
||
evaluating agent performance across dimensions of
|
||
accuracy, latency, resource efficiency, safety
|
||
compliance, and behavioral consistency.
|
||
Addressed by <span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification</a>]</span>.<a href="#section-4.3.4-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="solution-roadmap">
|
||
<section id="section-5">
|
||
<h2 id="name-solution-roadmap">
|
||
<a href="#section-5" class="section-number selfRef">5. </a><a href="#name-solution-roadmap" class="section-name selfRef">Solution Roadmap</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<div id="companion-draft-mapping">
|
||
<section id="section-5.1">
|
||
<h3 id="name-companion-draft-mapping">
|
||
<a href="#section-5.1" class="section-number selfRef">5.1. </a><a href="#name-companion-draft-mapping" class="section-name selfRef">Companion Draft Mapping</a>
|
||
</h3>
|
||
<p id="section-5.1-1">The following table maps each companion draft to the
|
||
gaps it addresses:<a href="#section-5.1-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<span id="name-companion-draft-to-gap-mapp"></span><div id="tab-roadmap">
|
||
<table class="center" id="table-1">
|
||
<caption>
|
||
<a href="#table-1" class="selfRef">Table 1</a>:
|
||
<a href="#name-companion-draft-to-gap-mapp" class="selfRef">Companion Draft to Gap Mapping</a>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<thead>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Companion Draft</th>
|
||
<th class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Gaps Addressed</th>
|
||
<th class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Priority</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</thead>
|
||
<tbody>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Foundation</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CRITICAL</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Foundation</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CRITICAL</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-exec-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-exec-audit</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Foundation</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">HIGH</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1, 11</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CRITICAL</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2, 4</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">CRITICAL</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3, 10</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">HIGH</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6, 9</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">HIGH</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">HIGH</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td class="text-left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
|
||
<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy</a>]</span>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5, 8</td>
|
||
<td class="text-center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">HIGH</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</tbody>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="companion-draft-summaries">
|
||
<section id="section-5.2">
|
||
<h3 id="name-companion-draft-summaries">
|
||
<a href="#section-5.2" class="section-number selfRef">5.2. </a><a href="#name-companion-draft-summaries" class="section-name selfRef">Companion Draft Summaries</a>
|
||
</h3>
|
||
<span class="break"></span><dl class="dlParallel" id="section-5.2-1">
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.1">ECT (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.2">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.2.1">Defines Execution Context Tokens that carry task
|
||
identity, delegated authority, and constraints across
|
||
agent boundaries. Foundational for all other drafts.<a href="#section-5.2-1.2.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.3">ACP-DAG-HITL (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.4">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.4.1">Specifies Agent Context Policy tokens for DAG-based
|
||
delegation with human-in-the-loop safety gates.
|
||
Foundational for policy enforcement across all gaps.<a href="#section-5.2-1.4.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.5">Execution Audit (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-exec-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-exec-audit</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.6">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.6.1">Defines per-action audit tokens for tamper-evident
|
||
recording of agent actions. Foundation for
|
||
cross-domain audit trails.<a href="#section-5.2-1.6.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.7">Behavioral Verification (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.8">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.8.1">Defines behavioral profiles, verification evidence
|
||
formats, and appraisal procedures for runtime agent
|
||
compliance. Addresses Gaps 1 and 11.<a href="#section-5.2-1.8.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.9">Cascade Prevention (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.10">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.10.1">Specifies circuit breakers, failure isolation,
|
||
checkpointing, and rollback mechanisms for multi-agent
|
||
workflows. Addresses Gaps 2 and 4.<a href="#section-5.2-1.10.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.11">Consensus (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.12">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.12.1">Defines protocols for multi-agent agreement with
|
||
weighted voting, capability negotiation, and
|
||
policy-constrained proposals. Addresses Gaps 3 and 10.<a href="#section-5.2-1.12.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.13">Cross-Domain Audit (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.14">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.14.1">Specifies audit trail aggregation, correlation, and
|
||
query across administrative domains, plus resource
|
||
accounting. Addresses Gaps 6 and 9.<a href="#section-5.2-1.14.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.15">Override Protocol (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.16">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.16.1">Defines a cross-vendor protocol for emergency stop,
|
||
graceful pause, parameter modification, and forced
|
||
rollback signals. Addresses Gap 7.<a href="#section-5.2-1.16.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-5.2-1.17">Federation Privacy (<span>[<a href="#I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy" class="cite xref">I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy</a>]</span>):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-5.2-1.18">
|
||
<p id="section-5.2-1.18.1">Specifies privacy-preserving mechanisms for federated
|
||
agent learning and cross-protocol migration procedures.
|
||
Addresses Gaps 5 and 8.<a href="#section-5.2-1.18.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="dependencies">
|
||
<section id="section-5.3">
|
||
<h3 id="name-dependencies">
|
||
<a href="#section-5.3" class="section-number selfRef">5.3. </a><a href="#name-dependencies" class="section-name selfRef">Dependencies</a>
|
||
</h3>
|
||
<p id="section-5.3-1">The companion drafts have the following dependency
|
||
structure:<a href="#section-5.3-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<span id="name-companion-draft-dependencie"></span><div id="fig-deps">
|
||
<figure id="figure-2">
|
||
<div class="alignLeft art-ascii-art art-text artwork" id="section-5.3-2.1">
|
||
<pre>
|
||
behavioral-verification ---+
|
||
| |
|
||
v |
|
||
cascade-prevention |
|
||
| |
|
||
v v
|
||
override-protocol cross-domain-audit
|
||
| |
|
||
v v
|
||
consensus federation-privacy
|
||
</pre>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<figcaption><a href="#figure-2" class="selfRef">Figure 2</a>:
|
||
<a href="#name-companion-draft-dependencie" class="selfRef">Companion Draft Dependencies</a>
|
||
</figcaption></figure>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<p id="section-5.3-3">Behavioral verification is foundational: its attestation
|
||
format is consumed by cascade prevention and cross-domain
|
||
audit. Cascade prevention defines failure containment
|
||
that override protocol builds upon. Consensus extends
|
||
behavioral verification with multi-agent agreement.
|
||
Cross-domain audit provides the infrastructure that
|
||
federation privacy adds privacy controls to.<a href="#section-5.3-3" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="recommended-prioritization">
|
||
<section id="section-6">
|
||
<h2 id="name-recommended-prioritization">
|
||
<a href="#section-6" class="section-number selfRef">6. </a><a href="#name-recommended-prioritization" class="section-name selfRef">Recommended Prioritization</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<p id="section-6-1">Work should proceed in three phases:<a href="#section-6-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<span class="break"></span><dl class="dlParallel" id="section-6-2">
|
||
<dt id="section-6-2.1">Phase 1 -- Safety Foundation (Immediate):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-6-2.2">
|
||
<p id="section-6-2.2.1">Behavioral Verification (Gaps 1, 11) and Cascade
|
||
Prevention (Gaps 2, 4). These are CRITICAL severity
|
||
gaps with direct safety implications. Without runtime
|
||
verification and failure containment, no autonomous
|
||
agent deployment can be considered safe.<a href="#section-6-2.2.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-6-2.3">Phase 2 -- Control and Accountability (Near-term):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-6-2.4">
|
||
<p id="section-6-2.4.1">Human Override (Gap 7) and Cross-Domain Audit (Gaps 6, 9).
|
||
Override capability is a prerequisite for any production
|
||
deployment. Audit trails are required for regulatory
|
||
compliance in enterprise environments.<a href="#section-6-2.4.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="section-6-2.5">Phase 3 -- Interoperability and Scale (Medium-term):</dt>
|
||
<dd style="margin-left: 1.5em" id="section-6-2.6">
|
||
<p id="section-6-2.6.1">Consensus (Gaps 3, 10) and Federation Privacy (Gaps 5, 8).
|
||
These enable multi-vendor and multi-domain agent
|
||
ecosystems but depend on the safety and accountability
|
||
foundations from Phases 1 and 2.<a href="#section-6-2.6.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</section>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div id="security-considerations">
|
||
<section id="section-7">
|
||
<h2 id="name-security-considerations">
|
||
<a href="#section-7" class="section-number selfRef">7. </a><a href="#name-security-considerations" class="section-name selfRef">Security Considerations</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<p id="section-7-1">The gaps identified in this document have cross-cutting
|
||
security implications:<a href="#section-7-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
<ul class="normal">
|
||
<li class="normal" id="section-7-2.1">
|
||
<p id="section-7-2.1.1">Behavioral Verification (Gap 1): Without runtime
|
||
verification, compromised agents exploit trusted
|
||
identities to perform unauthorized actions undetected.<a href="#section-7-2.1.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="normal" id="section-7-2.2">
|
||
<p id="section-7-2.2.1">Cascade Prevention (Gap 2): Absence of containment
|
||
creates a denial-of-service vector where compromising
|
||
a single agent disrupts entire multi-agent workflows.<a href="#section-7-2.2.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="normal" id="section-7-2.3">
|
||
<p id="section-7-2.3.1">Human Override (Gap 7): Without a standard override
|
||
protocol, safety-critical agent actions may not be
|
||
stoppable in emergency situations.<a href="#section-7-2.3.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="normal" id="section-7-2.4">
|
||
<p id="section-7-2.4.1">Cross-Domain Audit (Gap 6): Audit trail gaps across
|
||
domain boundaries enable agents to evade detection
|
||
and accountability.<a href="#section-7-2.4.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="normal" id="section-7-2.5">
|
||
<p id="section-7-2.5.1">Federated Privacy (Gap 5): Sharing agent data across
|
||
domains without privacy controls exposes network
|
||
topology, operational patterns, and business logic.<a href="#section-7-2.5.1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p id="section-7-3">Implementers of autonomous agent systems <span class="bcp14">SHOULD</span> treat
|
||
the CRITICAL and HIGH severity gaps as security
|
||
requirements and prioritize their resolution. The
|
||
companion drafts each contain detailed security
|
||
considerations specific to their scope.<a href="#section-7-3" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
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<div id="iana-considerations">
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<section id="section-8">
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<h2 id="name-iana-considerations">
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<a href="#section-8" class="section-number selfRef">8. </a><a href="#name-iana-considerations" class="section-name selfRef">IANA Considerations</a>
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</h2>
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<p id="section-8-1">This document has no IANA actions.<a href="#section-8-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
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<div id="sec-combined-references">
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<section id="section-9">
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<h2 id="name-references">
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<a href="#section-9" class="section-number selfRef">9. </a><a href="#name-references" class="section-name selfRef">References</a>
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</h2>
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<div id="sec-normative-references">
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<section id="section-9.1">
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<h3 id="name-normative-references">
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<a href="#section-9.1" class="section-number selfRef">9.1. </a><a href="#name-normative-references" class="section-name selfRef">Normative References</a>
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</h3>
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<dl class="references">
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<dt id="RFC2119">[RFC2119]</dt>
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||
<dd>
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||
<span class="refAuthor">Bradner, S.</span>, <span class="refTitle">"Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels"</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">BCP 14</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">RFC 2119</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">DOI 10.17487/RFC2119</span>, <time datetime="1997-03" class="refDate">March 1997</time>, <span><<a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119</a>></span>. </dd>
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<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="RFC8174">[RFC8174]</dt>
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<dd>
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||
<span class="refAuthor">Leiba, B.</span>, <span class="refTitle">"Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words"</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">BCP 14</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">RFC 8174</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">DOI 10.17487/RFC8174</span>, <time datetime="2017-05" class="refDate">May 2017</time>, <span><<a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174</a>></span>. </dd>
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<dd class="break"></dd>
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</dl>
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</section>
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</div>
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<div id="sec-informative-references">
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<section id="section-9.2">
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<h3 id="name-informative-references">
|
||
<a href="#section-9.2" class="section-number selfRef">9.2. </a><a href="#name-informative-references" class="section-name selfRef">Informative References</a>
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</h3>
|
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<dl class="references">
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||
<dt id="ARXIV-GAP">[ARXIV-GAP]</dt>
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<dd>
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||
<span class="refAuthor">Nennemann, C.</span>, <span class="refTitle">"Gap Analysis for Autonomous Agent Protocols in the IETF Landscape"</span>, <time datetime="2025" class="refDate">2025</time>, <span><<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02492">https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02492</a>></span>. </dd>
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<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification">[I-D.nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification]</dt>
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||
<dd>
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||
<span class="refTitle">"Agent Behavioral Verification and Performance Benchmarking"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-behavioral-verification/</a>></span>. </dd>
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||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention">[I-D.nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
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||
<span class="refTitle">"Agent Failure Cascade Prevention and Rollback"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-cascade-prevention/</a>></span>. </dd>
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||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus">[I-D.nennemann-agent-consensus]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refTitle">"Multi-Agent Consensus and Capability Negotiation Protocols"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-consensus/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-consensus/</a>></span>. </dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit">[I-D.nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refTitle">"Cross-Domain Agent Audit Trails and Resource Accounting"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-cross-domain-audit/</a>></span>. </dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety">[I-D.nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refTitle">"Agent Context Policy Token: DAG Delegation with Human Override"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-dag-hitl-safety/</a>></span>. </dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy">[I-D.nennemann-agent-federation-privacy]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
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||
<span class="refTitle">"Federated Agent Learning Privacy and Cross-Protocol Migration"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-federation-privacy/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-federation-privacy/</a>></span>. </dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol">[I-D.nennemann-agent-override-protocol]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refTitle">"Standardized Human Override Protocol for Autonomous Agents"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-override-protocol/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-agent-override-protocol/</a>></span>. </dd>
|
||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
||
<dt id="I-D.nennemann-exec-audit">[I-D.nennemann-exec-audit]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refTitle">"Cross-Domain Execution Audit Tokens"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-exec-audit/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-exec-audit/</a>></span>. </dd>
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||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect">[I-D.nennemann-wimse-ect]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
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||
<span class="refTitle">"Execution Context Tokens for Distributed Agentic Workflows"</span>, <span>n.d.</span>, <span><<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-wimse-ect/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nennemann-wimse-ect/</a>></span>. </dd>
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||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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||
<dt id="RFC9110">[RFC9110]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refAuthor">Fielding, R., Ed.</span>, <span class="refAuthor">Nottingham, M., Ed.</span>, and <span class="refAuthor">J. Reschke, Ed.</span>, <span class="refTitle">"HTTP Semantics"</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">STD 97</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">RFC 9110</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">DOI 10.17487/RFC9110</span>, <time datetime="2022-06" class="refDate">June 2022</time>, <span><<a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110</a>></span>. </dd>
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||
<dd class="break"></dd>
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<dt id="RFC9334">[RFC9334]</dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<span class="refAuthor">Birkholz, H.</span>, <span class="refAuthor">Thaler, D.</span>, <span class="refAuthor">Richardson, M.</span>, <span class="refAuthor">Smith, N.</span>, and <span class="refAuthor">W. Pan</span>, <span class="refTitle">"Remote ATtestation procedureS (RATS) Architecture"</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">RFC 9334</span>, <span class="seriesInfo">DOI 10.17487/RFC9334</span>, <time datetime="2023-01" class="refDate">January 2023</time>, <span><<a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9334">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9334</a>></span>. </dd>
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||
<dd class="break"></dd>
|
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</dl>
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||
</section>
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||
</div>
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||
</section>
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||
</div>
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||
<div id="acknowledgments">
|
||
<section id="appendix-A">
|
||
<h2 id="name-acknowledgments">
|
||
<a href="#appendix-A" class="section-number selfRef">Appendix A. </a><a href="#name-acknowledgments" class="section-name selfRef">Acknowledgments</a>
|
||
</h2>
|
||
<p id="appendix-A-1">The author thanks the participants of the WIMSE, RATS,
|
||
and NMOP working groups for discussions that informed
|
||
this analysis. The full gap analysis is available as
|
||
<span>[<a href="#ARXIV-GAP" class="cite xref">ARXIV-GAP</a>]</span>.<a href="#appendix-A-1" class="pilcrow">¶</a></p>
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<section id="appendix-B">
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<h2 id="name-authors-address">
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||
<a href="#name-authors-address" class="section-name selfRef">Author's Address</a>
|
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</h2>
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<address class="vcard">
|
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<div dir="auto" class="left"><span class="fn nameRole">Christian Nennemann</span></div>
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<div dir="auto" class="left"><span class="org">Independent Researcher</span></div>
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<div class="email">
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<span>Email:</span>
|
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<a href="mailto:ietf@nennemann.de" class="email">ietf@nennemann.de</a>
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