diff --git a/ietf/doc/tests.py b/ietf/doc/tests.py
index a025ae157..eb70e73f4 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/tests.py
@@ -2388,4 +2388,11 @@ class Idnits2SupportTests(TestCase):
         url = urlreverse('ietf.doc.views_doc.idnits2_rfcs_obsoleted')
         r = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(r.content,b'1001 1003\n1005 1007\n')
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+        self.assertEqual(r.content,b'1001 1003\n1005 1007\n')
+
+    def test_rfc_status(self):
+        url = urlreverse('ietf.doc.views_doc.idnits2_rfc_status')
+        r = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code,200)
+        blob = unicontent(r).replace('\n','')
+        self.assertEqual(blob[6312-1],'O')
diff --git a/ietf/doc/urls.py b/ietf/doc/urls.py
index f1bb4f08a..887f1c95f 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/urls.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^html/%(name)s(?:-%(rev)s)?(\.txt|\.html)?/?$' % settings.URL_REGEXPS, views_doc.document_html),
     url(r'^html/(?P<name>[Rr][Ff][Cc] [0-9]+?)(\.txt|\.html)?/?$', views_doc.document_html),
     url(r'^idnits2-rfcs-obsoleted/?$', views_doc.idnits2_rfcs_obsoleted),
+    url(r'^idnits2-rfc-status/?$', views_doc.idnits2_rfc_status),
 
     url(r'^all/?$', views_search.index_all_drafts),
     url(r'^active/?$', views_search.index_active_drafts),
diff --git a/ietf/doc/views_doc.py b/ietf/doc/views_doc.py
index 20385cf9d..53711ee81 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/views_doc.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/views_doc.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import markdown
+import textwrap
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 from urllib.parse import quote
@@ -1730,3 +1731,45 @@ def idnits2_rfcs_obsoleted(request):
 
     return render(request, 'doc/idnits2-rfcs-obsoleted.txt', context={'obsitems':sorted(obsdict.items())},content_type='text/plain;charset=utf-8')
 
+@cache_page ( 60 * 60, cache="slowpages" )
+def idnits2_rfc_status(request):
+
+    blob=['N']*10000
+
+    symbols={
+        'ps': 'P',
+        'inf': 'I',
+        'exp': 'E',
+        'ds': 'D',
+        'hist': 'H',
+        'std': 'S',
+        'bcp': 'B',
+        'unkn': 'U',
+    }
+
+    rfcs = Document.objects.filter(type_id='draft',states__slug='rfc',states__type='draft')
+    for rfc in rfcs:
+        offset = int(rfc.rfcnum)-1
+        blob[offset] = symbols[rfc.std_level_id]
+        if rfc.related_that('obs'):
+            blob[offset] = 'O'
+
+    # Workarounds for unusual states in the datatracker
+
+    # Document.get(docalias='rfc6312').rfcnum == 6342 
+    # 6312 was published with the wrong rfc number in it
+    # weird workaround in the datatracker - there are two 
+    # DocAliases starting with rfc - the canonical name code
+    # searches for the lexically highest alias starting with rfc
+    # which is getting lucky.
+    blob[6312 - 1] = 'O'
+
+    # RFC200 is an old RFC List by Number
+    blob[200 -1] = 'O' 
+
+    # End Workarounds
+
+    blob = re.sub('N*$','',''.join(blob))
+
+    return HttpResponse(textwrap.fill(blob, width=64),content_type='text/plain;charset=utf-8')
+
diff --git a/ietf/templates/doc/idnits2-rfcs-obsoleted.txt b/ietf/templates/doc/idnits2-rfcs-obsoleted.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07910d4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/templates/doc/idnits2-rfcs-obsoleted.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{% load ietf_filters %}{% filter linebreaks_lf %}{% for k,l in obsitems %}{{k}} {{l|join:" "}}
+{% endfor %}{% endfilter %}
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