Contracted Parties

ICANN’s contracted parties consist of generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry operators and accredited registrars.

2024 Contracted Parties Communications

Current Communications | 2025 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

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
Registry Operators 21NOV24 Attn: Formal Notice Registry-Level Fees Adjustment Effective 1 January 2025
All Contracted Parties 28OCT24 IDN Guidelines 4.1 Implementation Notice
Registrars 14AUG24 Registrar Data Escrow Specification - Escrow Changes
Registrars 21Feb24 Notice of New ICANN Consensus Policy - Registration Data Policy
Registry Operators 21Feb24 Notice of New ICANN Consensus Policy - Registration Data Policy
Registrars 05Feb24 Notice of 5 April 2024 Effective Date - Global Amendment to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement
Registry Operators 05Feb24 Notice of 5 April 2024 Effective Date - Global Amendment to the Base gTLD Registry Agreement

 

Contracted Party (CP) Date Email
All Contracted Parties 23DEC24 Important Year-End Reminders from ICANN
All Contracted Parties 19DEC24 [ACTION NEEDED] RDAP Conformance Failures
All Contracted Parties 27NOV24 2024 ICANN Holiday Closure
Registry Operators 26NOV24 Notice to RRI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties 21NOV24 RDAP Service Testing Tool Update and Information
Registrars 19NOV24 ICANN Domain Metrica access in MoSAPI for Registrars is Live!
Registry Operators 19NOV24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators 07NOV24 Notice to RRI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties 31OCT24 Assisting Registrants Affected by Extenuating Circumstances
Registrars 30OCT24 ICANN Registrar Fee Approved for FY25 | Attachment 1
Registrars 29OCT24 ICANN Domain Metrica for Registrars
Registry Operators 29OCT24 ICANN Domain Metrica for Registry Operators
Registry Operators 24OCT24 Attn: Planned Registry-Level Fee Adjustment Effective 1st January 2025
Registrars 24OCT24 Attn: Planned Variable Accreditation Fee Adjustment for 1st July 2025
Registry Operators 23OCT24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators 15OCT24 Notice to RRI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators 03OCT24 SLAM will be turned on for RDAP
All Contracted Parties 20SEP24 Invitation to organize and participate in the UA Day 2025 events
Registry Operators 19SEP24 Notice to RRI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators 09SEP24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registrars 03SEP24 ICANN Registrar Fee Approval Request FY25
All Contracted Parties 27AUG24 Contracted Parties Summit and DNS Forum Location in May 2025
Registry Operators 26AUG24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registry Operators 21AUG24 Registry System Testing (RST) Documentation Update
Registry Operators 14AUG24 gTLD Use Cases for the Next Round | Attachment 1
Registry Operators 12AUG24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registry Operators 31JUL24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registrars 31JUL24 Status update on Registrar Data Escrow Specification Revision
Registrars 27JUN24 Update on Registrar Data Escrow Specification Revisions
Registry Operators 26JUN24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties 17MAY24 2024 Contracted Parties Summit Session Recordings
Registry Operators 15MAY24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registrars 06MAY24 ICANN Seeks Gaining Registrar for Bulk Transfer | Attachment 1 | Attachment 2
Registrars 03MAY24 Registrar support email address changing
Registry Operators 02MAY24 Notice of New Contracted Party Advisory - Guidance to Registry Operator Regarding Escrowing Registrar's Abuse Contact Information
All Contracted Parties 30APR24 CP Summit: Registration Closing and Final Agenda
All Contracted Parties 12APR24 Contracted Parties Summit Registration and Hotel
Registry Operators 05APR24 05 April 2024 Amendment Effective for the Global Amendment to the Base gTLD Registry Agreement
Registrars 05APR24 05 April 2024 Amendment Effective for the Global Amendment to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement
Registry Operators 04APR24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
All Contracted Parties 02APR24 Upcoming Maintenance for the TMDB on 17 April 2024
Registry Operators 27MAR24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
Registry Operators 26MAR24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registrars 22MAR24 Reminder 05 April 2024 Effective Date for the Global Amendment to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation
Registry Operators 22MAR24 Reminder 05 April 2024 Effective Date for the Global Amendments to the Base gTLD Registry
Registry Operators 20MAR24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registry Operators 11MAR24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registry Operators 28FEB24 New Program; Registry Operators Fundamentals in ICANN Learn
All Contracted Parties 27FEB24 Invitation to participate in UA Day 2024 events
All Contracted Parties 15FEB24 NSp reply email address change date
All Contracted Parties 13FEB24 Contracted Parties Summit Registration and Draft Agenda
Registry Operators 01FEB24 Notice to MoSAPI Users - Upcoming maintenance window
All Contracted Parties 30JAN24 NSp reply email address changing
All Contracted Parties 25JAN24 Contracted Parties Summit Venue in May 2024
Registry Operators 24JAN24 [Notice] Update to the monthly Registry Functions Activity Report
Registry Operators 23JAN24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registry Operators 09JAN24 Notification of change in IP addresses of SLA monitoring system probe nodes
Registry Operators 02JAN24 Annual Certifications Due to the ICANN org by 20 January 2024