Contracted Parties Communications

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Email communications to the ICANN organization's contracted parties for the current year can be found below.

Please note: Weekly registrar announcements are not included in the list below. Legal notices listed below are intended to inform contracted parties of specific policies and contractual obligations.

Additional information for contracted parties can be found in the News and Media section of icann.org at https://www.icann.org/en/blogs.

Contracted Party (CP)	Date	Legal Notice
Registrars	21JUL25	ICANN Org Notice Regarding Revised Registrar Data Escrow Specification
All Contracted Parties	21FEB25	ICANN Org Notice to Implement New RDAP Technical Implementation Guide and RDAP Response Profile

 

Contracted Party (CP)	Date	Email
All Contracted Parties	08OCT25	Reminder: Complete the Contracted Parties Voluntary Pilot Survey by 10 October 2025
Registrars	07OCT25	Registrar URS Contact Information now available to URS Providers and gTLD Registry Operators
All Contracted Parties	06OCT25	New Version of the RDAP Conformance Tool
Registrars	02OCT25	ICANN seeks gaining registrar for bulk transfer | Attachment 1 | Attachment 2
All Contracted Parties	01OCT25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registrars	30SEP25	ACTION: Include "Registrar Registration Expiration Date" in RDAP Response
All Contracted Parties	29SEP25	Notice to MoSAPI/RRI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties	19SEP25	What You Should Do If You Receive a Suspected Fraudulent ICANN Email
All Contracted Parties	17SEP25	Invitation to Participate: Contracted Parties Voluntary Pilot Survey | Attachment 1
Registry Operators	20AUG25	Reminder: Maintain Up-to-Date Registrar RDAP URLs in RDAP Responses
All Contracted Parties	19AUG25	ICANN Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Conformance Tool 3.0 Release Date - 19 August 2025
All Contracted Parties	13AUG25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators	29JUL25	Launch of the RST v2.0 Service
Registrars	17JUL25	ICANN Registrar Fee Approved for FY26 | Attachment 1
All Contracted Parties	16JUL25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators	09JUL25	[REMINDER] MoSAPI v1 Endpoints Retirement Notice – Upgrade to v2 by 2 February 2026
All Contracted Parties	02JUL25	2025 Contracted Parties Summit Takeaways and Survey Results
All Contracted Parties	01JUL25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registrars	09JUN25	ICANN Registrar Fee Approval Request FY26
Registry Operators	04JUN25	Notice of Updated TM-PDDRP Requirements
Registrars	27MAY25	Naming Services Portal Changes for Registrars
All Contracted Parties	20MAY25	2025 Contracted Parties Summit Session Recordings
All Contracted Parties	16MAY25	Version 2.0 of the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Conformance Tool
Registry Operators	30APR25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties	23APR25	Contracted Parties Summit 2025 Approaching Soon
All Contracted Parties	22APR25	New Version of the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Conformance Tool
Registry Operators	17APR25	Update on RST v2.0 OT&E environment
Registry Operators	16APR25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators	10APR25	MoSAPI v1 Endpoints Retirement Notice – Upgrade to v2 by 2 February 2026
All Contracted Parties	27MAR25	Amanda Fessenden Appointed Vice President, GDD Accounts and Services
All Contracted Parties	05MAR25	Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators	28FEB25	RST v2.0 beta reaches 100% coverage of test cases
Registry Operators	14FEB25	Notice to MoSAPI/RRI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties	13FEB25	Recording of Town Hall with CPH and ICANN CEO
Registrars	06FEB25	New registrar functionality in Naming Services portal
All Contracted Parties	04FEB25	Town Hall for CP with the ICANN CEO
All Contracted Parties	03FEB25	2025 Contracted Parties Summit Venue and Registration
All Contracted Parties	28JAN25	ICANN CEO Introduction
All Contracted Parties	24JAN25	ICANN Announcing Launch of DPS Add Service
All Contracted Parties	23JAN25	Notice of Advisory Regarding Rogue WHOIS Server Exploit
All Contracted Parties	22JAN25	Assisting Registrants Affected by Extenuating Circumstances
Registry Operators	15JAN25	Escalations of SLA Failures for RDAP
Registrars	09JAN25	Performance monitoring for RDAP to start soon
Registry Operators	02JAN25	Annual Certifications Due to ICANN org by 20 January 2025