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prop-168: Increase to maximum IPv4 delegations

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Source facts

Policy ID
prop-168
RIR
APNIC
Official status
For discussion at APNIC 62 OPM
Normalized status
Under discussion
Introduced
Dec 18, 2025
Last source update
Oct 30, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

5Total participants
4Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
4Discussion messages
4Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
2People covering 50%
4People covering 80%

Policy evolution

v002
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Account-holder eligibility wording · Version v002 consistently uses account holders in APNIC-facing clauses and removes the objective's reference to organisations becoming members since prop-127. It instead refers to a subset of account holders below an aggregate /22. The proposed section 6.1 already used a below-/22 holdings test in v001; the objective edit alone is not proof that a new eligibility class was added. The /22 combined ceiling and exclusion for outward transfers remain.

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This policy change will allow organisations who became members since the implementation of prop-127 and with less than an aggregated /22 to receive an additional delegation of up to a maximum of a /22 IPv4 delegation.
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This policy change will allow a sub-set of account holders with less than an aggregated /22 to receive an additional delegation of up to a maximum of a /22 IPv4 delegation.
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Larger IPv4-to-IPv6 transition reserve · Version v002 increases the proposed IPv4 transition reserve from /16 to /12, sixteen times as many addresses. It remains a reserve for use after exhaustion of the available pool, with no transfers and a return obligation when no longer required. The text proposes this reservation; it does not prove that APNIC has actually set it aside.

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APNIC will reserve a /16 from the available pool, for the purpose of delegating to members in order to assist with IPv4 to IPv6 transitioning once the available pool has been exhausted.
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APNIC will reserve a /12 IPv4 subnet from the available pool, for the purpose of delegating to account holders in order to assist with IPv4 to IPv6 transitioning once the available pool has been exhausted.
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New exclusions from the transition reserve · Version v002 adds exclusions in the transition-reserve section for current IPv4 holders, entities that previously held IPv4 space, and entities that transferred IPv4 resources out rather than returning them to APNIC. Version v001's reserve clause had no corresponding eligibility exclusions. This is separate from the ordinary additional-delegation rule. The wording does not by itself establish that a former holder who returned all addresses qualifies, because the former-holder exclusion is also stated.

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Addresses delegated from this pool are ineligible for transfers, and must be returned to APNIC when no longer required.
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Account holders who already hold or entities who have previously held IPv4 address space, or an entity who has transferred IPv4 resources out of their account (not returned back to APNIC) are ineligible for address space under this policy.
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Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    v001

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  2. Official version

    v002

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  3. Official version

    v003

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  4. Official version

    v004

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  5. Introduced

    Introduced

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  6. Public discussion

    [sig-policy] Re: Copyright and Acceptable Use Terms for APNIC Directory Services

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Bikram Shrestha · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activitySep 2, 2026
    Last activitySep 2, 2026
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies1
  2. teddyap · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityAug 17, 2026
    Last activityAug 17, 2026
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  3. Bikram Shrestha · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityAug 12, 2026
    Last activityAug 12, 2026
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  4. Christopher Hawker · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityAug 11, 2026
    Last activityAug 11, 2026
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  5. Christopher Hawker Only for Strategic Circle
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3

Sources and coverage

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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001
Latest captured: Oct 31, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:

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