API and the task group chair decided not to initiate another ballot (which had been unanimously agreed by the task group) but instead try to use the recirculation process.
This recirculation has not yet been officially initiated, but a meeting to provide information on recirculation rather than another ballot is scheduled for October 31. It is unclear if this meeting is purely informative or if the process could change back to another ballot.
If recirculation is initiated very soon after the October 31 meeting, there might still be a possibility of publishing in December 2022, but that would be quite rushed. Most likely, the publication will be some time in the first quarter of 2023, but this is not guaranteed.