The answer is simple: wait. You do not need to do anything with your August ARR reviews right now. When the NAACL 2027 commitment site opens, you will submit your paper and its existing reviews there. That is the entire process.
This question from a first-time submitter is understandable, but it also reveals something deeper about how the ARR system works, and how it sometimes works against new researchers. The confusion stems from a system that asks authors to juggle multiple cycles, venues, and deadlines without a clear map. As we noted in our coverage of Reviewer feedback remains pending as rebuttal process continues, the waiting game is often the hardest part. Your reviews are valid for six months, and NAACL 2027 falls comfortably within that window. There is no hidden step, no early action required. You simply hold your submission until the commitment portal opens.
What this means in practice is that your August reviews are a portable asset. They are not tied to any specific conference until you decide where to commit them. That flexibility is the core design of ARR, and it is a genuine improvement over the old model where you had to start from scratch for every venue. But the design only helps if you understand the rules. The ARR system asks you to trust the timeline, and for a first-time author, that trust is hard to earn. You want to act, to click a button, to confirm that your work is still in the pipeline. The system, however, asks you to be patient.
Our take is that this patience is the right move, but the system could do more to communicate it clearly. Compare this to the experience of authors awaiting results from Your paper results are arriving soon. Explore what's next for your work., where the anxiety of waiting is met with a concrete release date. For ARR submitters, the timeline is more ambiguous, and the lack of a clear status update can make you feel like your paper is in limbo. It is not. It is simply waiting for you to make a decision.
The specific takeaway is this: mark your calendar for the NAACL 2027 commitment deadline, not for any action today. If you try to do something now, you risk creating confusion in the system or submitting to the wrong venue early. The reviews are valid. The paper is ready. The only step left is the one you take when the portal opens. Do not overcomplicate a process that, for once, is actually straightforward.