Nim-libp2p Maintenance

ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-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 — helping to meet their evolving needs.”

Task List

General Maintenance

• fully qualified name: ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance
• owner: Richard/Vlado/Gabe
• status: in progress (20%)
• start-date: 2026/10/01
• end-date: 2026/12/31

Description

Maintain nim-libp2p through ongoing bug fixes, improvements, and user support as issues arise during the quarter.

Deliverables

• Release v2.3.6
• Release v2.4.0
• logos-messaging/logos-delivery#4376 chore: update Python bindings submodule for HTTPS fetches
• logos-messaging/logos-delivery-python-bindings#10 fix: fetch Delivery submodule over HTTPS
• iftech/nim-boringssl#24 ci: select GCC 14 before Nim setup
• status-im/nim-secp256k1#75 Bump version to 0.7.0.8.0 and document version numbering
• iftech/nim-boringssl#21 ci: drop Linux i386 support
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3173 fix(pubsub): release removed timedcache entries and preserve list links
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3149 feat(quic): expose engine configuration
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3202 refactor(Service): remove setup method
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3207 test(discovery): hardening assertion
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3198 test: add expectMsg and expectMsgContains
• iftech/nim-lsquic#176 ci(review): fix workflow link
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3204 fix(WsTransport): WSS without static TLS credentials now raises TransportStartError unless AutoTLS is configured
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3205 chore(PeerInfo): ensure expandAddrsLock is initialized before using it
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3200 fix(AddressManager): re-entrant deadlock in reachability notifications
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3193 chore(autotls): public IP addres set when issuing cert
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3183 fix(autotls): fail to start WS transport when cert is not ready
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3182 fix(autotls): expiry parsing using RFC 3339
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3181 fix(autotls): bearer reissue path
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3186 fix(connmanager): retry watermark trims on a timer
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3196 fix(test): make gossipsub invalid-message scoring test immune to extra heartbeats
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3189 feat(cbind): add kad_wait_bootstrap
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3185 fix(kad): restore liveness loop fix reverted by #3179
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3180 fix(kad): let probed peers rotate full buckets
• logos-co/logos-libp2p-module#111 chore: shrink flake.lock from 450k to 17k lines
• iftech/roadmap#536 feat(p2p): nimbus downstream CI commitment for 2026q4
• status-im/nimbus-eth2#9240 chore: bump nim-lsquic
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3229 fix(mplex): await reset writes during channel cleanup
• iftech/nim-lsquic#178 chore(lsquic): update vendored dependency
• iftech/nim-lsquic#179 test(lsquic): cover client address migration
• logos-co/logos-libp2p-module#120 fix: bump nim-libp2p for duplicate DNS responses
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3224 fix(nameresolving): tolerate duplicate DNS responses
• status-im/nimbus-eth2#9204 chore: bump nim-lsquic
• iftech/nim-boringssl#20 ci: check generated BoringSSL bindings before merging
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3223 test: reduce timeouts
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3222 chore(autotls): propagate cert load error
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3214 test: hardening assertion
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3209 test: add suite timeout
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3241 test(dialer): improve cancellation test
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3239 chore(builders): return error result insted of Defect
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3232 feat(autotls): certificate renewal propagation
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3234 fix(autotls): using PEM leaf certificate’s X.509 notAfter for expiry time
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3249 fix(kad): close inbound RPC streams on shutdown
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3244 ci: bump workflow timeout
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3240 fix: mapper-removal races in PeerInfo and AddressManager
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3242 chore(Switch): adds convenience overloads
• iftech/lsquic#3 fix(conn): send keepalive PINGs when no stream is open - #2
• iftech/nim-lsquic#181 fix: keep QUIC connections without streams alive
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3245 fix(upgrade): export chronicles from muxedupgrade
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3212 chore(dial): benchmark dial time against stalled addresses
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3228 test(transports): cancel tests for upgrade, memory and tor
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3230 test(crypto): malformed DER for minasn1, ecnist and rsa
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3227 test(multiformat): cover decode error paths
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3226 test: malformed protobuf and key protobuf decoding
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3211 chore(metrics): dial race and backoff metrics
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3210 chore(rsa): delete uncompilable hex-string init
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3201 feat(service-disco): advertise caller-supplied XPRs, not the node’s own record
• iftech/nim-lsquic#183 fix(endpoint): normalize mapped IPv4 peers when draining UDP
• iftech/nim-lsquic#182 chore: bump version from 0.11.0 to 0.11.1
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3265 chore(quic): bump nim-lsquic to v0.11.2
• status-im/nimbus-eth2#9283 chore: bump nim-lsquic
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3260 test: consolidate redundant unit test fixtures
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3261 chore(ci): remove Codecov integration
• iftech/nim-lsquic#184 ci: review workflow update
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3277 chore: fix broken links
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3266 chore: remove minprotobuf
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3264 test: bump timeout for gossipsub heartbeat component test
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3043 fix(gossipsub): track in-flight IWANT requests
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3016 fix(gossipsub): cancel a queued relay when the peer already has the message
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3213 fix(pubsub): record PRUNE backoff outside the mesh and for backoff 0
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3231 test: fault-stream helper for kad and service discovery error paths
• iftech/nim-lsquic#180 fix(engine): disable the lsquic no-progress timeout by default
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3243 fix(multistream): allow reads after half-close on optimistic streams
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3258 fix(service-discovery): no .get() on an optional ticket wait
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3257 fix(crypto): reject an empty EC public key
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3281 fix(kad): narrow getProviders raises to CancelledError
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3263 fix(identify): send the configured proto version
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3165 fix(pubsub): retry a failed send stream open
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3282 chore(kad): return LPResult from ping
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3285 chore(result): const error causes
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3286 chore(result): TLS certificate parse returns Result
• iftech/roadmap#542 fix(p2p): Result PR list, end-date and nim-libp2p repo links
• iftech/nim-libp2p#3251 chore(results): one shape for every err call site