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2025-11-17 Vac weekly

Nov 17, 2025, 8 min read

Vac 2025/11/17

highlights

  • QA: RLN adversarial contract suite merged alongside new Status settings test wrappers.
  • QA: QUIC performance and transport coverage expanded in nim-libp2p testing.
  • QA: Desktop QA maintained broad e2e coverage and began 2.36 release testing.
  • QA: Mobile e2e pipeline nearing merge with BrowserStack and Jenkins wiring.
  • DST: Codex-in-Status scenario delivered with supporting scripts and runbook.
  • DST: Deployment refactor progressed with generic builders and closures of stale PRs.
  • DST: lsquic versus quic regression experiments and lab shadow runs advanced.
  • DST: Rust libp2p test node gained QUIC/Yamux, HTTP injector, fragmentation, and Prometheus metrics.
  • DST: Lab instability slowed waku/browser bootstrap testing.
  • Nim: Nimble 1.0 work merged multiple build, install, and parser fixes across vnext.
  • Nim: Confutils gained flattening support and better global option help for subcommands.
  • Nim: New CC joined.
  • P2P: lsquic-based QUIC integration progressed with connection management, perf tests, and upstream API support.
  • P2P: QUIC stabilization added muxer test coverage and maintenance tidy-up across nim-libp2p.
  • P2P: IPv6 identify tests landed; maintenance CI/tests reorganized for reliability.
  • P2P: Kademlia provider retrieval implemented with discovery simplification and documentation updates.
  • SC: Karma tiers fixes deployed and README/CI cleanups progressed.
  • SC: Risc0 upskilling underway for Logos L2 contract work.
  • ACZ: Zerokit wasm/FFI and public API reworks in review with memory fixes and new Node.js examples.
  • ACZ: RLN shared-db POC reviewed; monorepo PR planned with pgrx extension work ongoing.
  • ACZ: Logos discovery registrar POC merged; specs RFC refined ahead of integration validation.
  • ACZ: RLN materials site launched and shared DB alternatives documented.
  • ACZ: Hashgraph-like consensus extraction kicked off for MLS testnet.
  • RFC: Slot builder RFC ready for review; community-history drafting continues.
  • RFC: Block-exchange RFC first draft sent to Codex team.
  • RFC: Blend network specs and Q1 2026 commitments planning underway.
  • Security: Status Desktop/Wallet design reviews completed with signature enforcement and SBOM validation across CI.
  • Security: Incident response progressed on STATUS-352, phishing takedowns, and Balancer-related checks.
  • Security: Remediation tracking advanced with CodeQL tuning, dependency patching, and unpinned dependency guardrails.
  • Security: GitHub admin audit workflows moved forward with app-based access checks.
  • Web: SN Hub release prep continued with internal testing PR and deposits planning.
  • Web: Logos website MVP and agency tooling setup progressed alongside layout/SEO work.
  • Web: Maintenance reduced Cloudinary reliance and refreshed Status Network assets/copies.
  • Web: Keycard site made public with doc deployments; PSF and logos sites updated.
  • Web: Waku dependency updates and analytics instrumentation advanced across hubs.
  • Nescience: Privacy-preserving tail-call approach documented and README refreshed.
  • Nescience: AMM program implementation underway with tests pending.
  • Nescience: Light-user design review progressing with ACZ collaboration.
  • Nescience: Oleksandr returning from sick leave to pick up backlog issues.
  • TKE: Funding the Commons voting workshop app in active development ahead of Devconnect.
  • TKE: CF change report, optimal control research all progressed in parallel.

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vac:sec:

  • ift:2025q4-cicd-security-review:status-design-reviews
    • Reviewed cryptography/IPC/storage PRs; enforced signature validation and SBOM comparisons for Desktop/Wallet artifacts; audited GitHub token lifecycle; vetted upstream Ethereum consensus change for Nim impact.
  • ift:2025q4-vulma-and-ir:incidents
    • Added Jenkins executor health monitors and alerts for STATUS-352 follow-ups; took down phishing domains; verified Balancer integration isolation; rechecked secrets rotations.
  • ift:2025q4-vulma-and-ir:remediation-tracking
    • Triaged Dependabot alerts, tuned CodeQL, and applied patch/rollback plans for crypto/network libraries; enforced third-party artifact validation; audited SBOM/lockfile drift and opened issues for unpinned/duplicate packages.
  • ift:2025q4-finance-automation-enhancements
    • Monitored Finance executions and supported missing PO cases.
  • ift:2025q4-iam-operations:admin-audit
    • Built unified admin audit workflow via GitHub app connectivity; handled webhook limits and token setup; added Vercel helper app.
  • ift:2025q4-migrate-sec-workflows-to-n8n-sec-cloud
    • Identified cloud execution limits and planned workflow consolidation.

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vac:bi:

  • vac:bi:ift:2025q4-ift-finance-reporting
    • Working on the creating report of Wallet balances and activities.
  • vac:bi:rag:2025q4-rag-context
    • Fixing embedding issues
  • vac:bi:rag:2025q4-rag-evaluation-pipeline
    • Improving dashboard with Chunks data.
  • vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-circle-dashboard
  • vac:bi:ift:2025q4-comms-discord-stats
    • Updating extraction to add total server member info
  • vac:bi:rag:2025q4-rag-mcp
    • Working on PoC

vac:tke:

  • admin
    • OOO: 6 CC days.
    • All Hands travel and Devconnect schedule planning
  • vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:voting-workshop
    • Built the voting app for the Funding the Commons workshop @ Devconnect
  • vac:tke:status:cf
    • Wrote report on proposed changes for CF
  • vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum::control
    • Continued optimal control research
  • vac:tke:ift:support-to-ift-units::price-prediction
    • Iterated on price-prediction work based on Finance feedback

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