ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q3-nimlibp2p-maintenance
Maintain nim-libp2p through improvements, bug fixes, and user support
Description
Continue supporting and maintaining the nim-libp2p repository through ongoing improvements, refactoring, and bug fixes. This includes a range of ad-hoc tasks critical to sustaining code quality, overall stability, correct functionality, and performance of the project. Additionally, it provides a platform for addressing small developer requests, ensuring that nim-libp2p remains functional and usable for its primary users, Nimbus and Waku, as their needs evolve.
Task List
Maintenance
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q3-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance - owner: rramos/vlado/gabe
- status: in progress (13%)
- start-date: 2026/07/01
- end-date: 2026/09/30
Description
Maintain the nim-libp2p repository via improvements, refactors, and bug fixes.
Deliverables
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2803 ci: drop i386_temp workflow
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2808 fix(ci): stop dcutr test leaking a channel; run full daily CI on label
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2770 chore: add issue and feature templates
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2807 fix(routing-record): use proto3 peer record encoding
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2789 fix(protobuf): tolerate empty custom fields
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2790 fix(autonat): optional msgType and status fields
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2785 chore(relay)!: make v1 hop opt-in
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2801 test: fix flakines with “client-mode node successfully completes lookup against server-mode registrars”
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2795 ci: single file for daily test_all workflow
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2794 feat(tests): tests as subproject of repo
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2804 chore(cbind): change dep commit
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2797 ci: dropping i386 orc from tests
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2792 chore(makefile): simplify code
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2791 ci: save build cache when in merge queue
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2788 fix(kademlia): align DHT message and provider limits for interop
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2787 fix(yamux): align default window with spec and reject invalid versions
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2765 fix(memory-transport): serialize concurrent writes
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2761 test(mplex): make tests teardown more robust
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2764 test(autonat): fix flaky test “Peer must be not reachable and then reachable”
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2767 ci(daily-report): add runnable examples to report
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2762 test(dcutr): better synchronisation and assertion for “DCUtR establishes a new QUIC connection”
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2766 ci: use macos for “Daily without feature flags” workflow
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2769 ci: add merge_group
- logos-co/nim-libp2p-mix#25 fix(mix): limit replay cache and defer tag insertion
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2752 ci: dropping daily pinned
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2754 test: remove unnecessary test that takes too much time
- status-im/nimbus-eth2#8701 chore: bump libp2p to 2.1.4
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2751 fix: avoid deadlock when dropping peers from stream handler
- status-im/nimbus-eth2#8699 chore: bump libp2p to 2.1.3
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2745 test(pubsub): cover stale peer cleanup after dropped connection
- vacp2p/nim-boringssl#11 chore(ci): test PR against nim-libp2p and nim-lsquic
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2737 fix(connmanager): avoid late Joined after peer drop
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2734 fix(peerstore): keep connected peer addresses from expiring
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2729 fix(pubsub): avoid sink params for small RPC fields
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2716 feat(ci): allow selecting nim-libp2p ref for dependency bumps and disabling scheduled run
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2719 fix(autotls): decouple ACME RSA keys from libp2p identity schemes
- status-im/nimbus-eth2#8536 chore: bump libp2p to 2.1.2
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2699 fix(autotls): release certificate keys after CSR generation
- vacp2p/boringssl#6 chore: sync BoringSSL upstream
- vacp2p/nim-lsquic#96 fix: leaks
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2687 fix(tests): remove chronicles import hacks
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2693 chore(ci): add mm to the job names
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2647 chore(pubsub): adjust incoming message validation order
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2670 fix(connmanager): emit Joined before trimming new peers
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2742 test: utilize new switch builder with multiple addresses
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2740 fix(test): use captured variable for closure
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2724 fix(gossipsub): sending duplicate IHAVE
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2739 ci(daily): remove concurrent test job
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2728 ci: avoiding cache for trivial jobs
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2730 ci: only save build cache on master
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2721 ci: force save build cache
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2707 ci: add line trace
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2715 ci: add build cache to workflows
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2709 ci: rework test workflow
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2747 chore(readme): update badge link of test workflow
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2743 ci: add build prerequisites to daily with no flags
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2738 ci: force save cache
- vacp2p/nim-libp2p#2701 ci: i386 temp workflow