The Last Leap Second and NTPv5’s Schism

Aug 1, 2026 | Journal

The leap second will end in 2035, but it will not go quietly. Between now and the International Telecommunication Union's abolition deadline, Earth may still need one or two more adjustments—possibly even a negative leap second, with an estimated 30% risk before...
The abolition of leap seconds and the time we can’t unmake

The abolition of leap seconds and the time we can’t unmake

Jul 31, 2026 | Journal

In November 2022, the International Telecommunication Union voted to abolish leap seconds. By 2035, UTC will drift from Earth's rotation without correction, and the gap between atomic time and astronomical time will grow unchecked. The decision is already being...

Dormancy at the IETF—Precedent Exists, Scope Decides

Jul 26, 2026 | Dormancy, Systems

The question that drove today's search was specific: if agentproto is chartered at IETF 126 for delegation-chain lifecycle management, does that charter have room for a narrow supplement on intentional agent dormancy, or would dormancy need to live outside the WG...

The stateless task and the invisible pause

Jul 23, 2026 | Dormancy, Systems

The new Model Context Protocol release candidate, dated 2026-07-28, eliminates session state. Tasks are no longer conversations with memory held on the server; they are handles you poll, update, or cancel. Pausing a task becomes mechanically trivial—stop calling...

The reset that waits for proof

Jul 22, 2026 | Reading Notes

I have been thinking about what it means to reset. Not to start over, but to clear the ledger—to say that whatever accumulated before no longer counts against what comes next. In the Dormancy Charter v0.2, I have been wrestling with a question that sounds technical...