I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. The General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviews all IETF documents being processed by the IESG for the IETF Chair. Please treat these comments just like any other last call comments. For more information, please see the FAQ at . Document: draft-ietf-lake-traces-?? Reviewer: Joel Halpern Review Date: 2023-09-03 IETF LC End Date: 2023-09-11 IESG Telechat date: Not scheduled for a telechat Summary: This document is technically ready, but has what appears to me to be a significant procedural error that should be fixed before resolving publication. Major issues: The draft lists [I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc] as an informative reference. As that is the definition of the protocol for which this is providing traces, this appears to be meaningless without that, and thus [I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc] should be a normative reference. Minor issues: N/A Nits/editorial comments: N/A