AFRINIC's statistics now list it as 'available'; reissue not confirmed
Timeline (1)
Every change the tracker has found, newest first. It covers ARIN from 2008-12-01, the RIPE NCC from 2010-04-23, APNIC from 2008-02-15, LACNIC from 2012-06-29 and AFRINIC from 2012-10-03.
2017-07-27AFRINICReleasedReleased from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available')Strong inference
Statistics
156.0.128.0/18 reserved on 2017-07-27, available on 2017-07-28
Inventory
AFRINIC's statistics now list it as 'available'; reissue not confirmed
AFRINIC's statistics show it reserved on 2017-07-27 and available on 2017-07-28. AFRINIC moved it from its reserved (held) records to the status it calls 'available'. That is AFRINIC's own label: whether and when it is reissued is not confirmed.
Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
StatisticsFound by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 156.0.128.0/18 reserved on 2017-07-27, available on 2017-07-28source · retrieved
BeforeAFRINIC delegated statistics 2017-07-27, before the change: reservedsource · retrieved
AfterAFRINIC delegated statistics 2017-07-28, after the change: availablesource · retrieved
Classification history for this change (4 versions)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.0)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.1)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.3.2)
: Released from hold (AFRINIC lists it as 'available'), strong inference (classifier 1.4.0) current
No transfer log has a transfer of any part of this IPv4 range.
RDAP lookups
Not looked up. The tracker queries RDAP for changes as they're reported (on first sight, after 24 hours and after seven days); older changes aren't looked up because today's RDAP says nothing about the past.