I see, so you're calling prudent caution when doing something that can impact a non-trivial portion of the entire Internet a "fiasco" and saying it isn't "shade

I see, so you're calling prudent caution when doing something that can impact a non-trivial portion of the entire Internet a "fiasco" and saying it isn't "shade". Okey dokey. FWIW, you recall incorrectly. The decision to delay the key roll was made to understand some unexpected data detected when some preliminary actions related to the roll were taken. After analysis, it was determine the signals were the result of some flawed assumptions about resolver behaviors and innocuous. I suppose ICANN could've moved forward blindly, but then I guess you'd criticize them for taking unwarranted risks. [edit: a word]