# 2025-09 Vac monthly
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# 2025-09 Vac monthly

Jan 06, 2026, 17 min read

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### P2P §

#### highlights §

- AutonatV2 development is complete
- Mix code has been merged in nim-libp2p
- Added options in gossipsub to choose whether the Preamble and IDontWant control messages should be sent when publishing a message
- Release v1.13.0

#### report §

- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance`

  - Overview:
    - `maintenance`
      - Release v1.13.0 of nim-libp2p
      - Fixed missing imports in daily job
      - Fixed a bug in parameter order when adding Yamux that caused the max possible number of streams per peer to be 256000
      - Improvements in Quic on performance, memory usage, and code simplification
    - `flaky-tests`
      - Reenabled temporarily the hole punching interop tests to investigate reason behind its failures
      - Noticed that these tests hardcode the circuit relay server to be rust-libp2p
      - Local Unit tests for circuit relay as well as usage of circuit relay in Waku makes us think that the problem is due to the test setup or rust-libp2p
      - Due to other priorities, and due to the fact that this same test fails in rust-libp2p CI, we suspended the investigation
    - `go-libp2p-daemon`
      - Removed the usage of go-libp2p-daemon as part of our unit tests
        - It is not maintained
        - Functionality is already covered via interop and unit tests
        - No need for an additional toolchain, and also improves the CI speed
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Maintenance work is being tracked in Maintenance 2025Q3
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1705 chore: remove go daemon

- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-mix`

  - Overview:
    - Add `exit == destination` as requested by Waku team, hidden under compilation flag
    - Finish moving all code from vacp2p/mix into vacp2p/nim-libp2p
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1717 feat(mix): benchmark logs
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1722 feat(mix): experimental - exit is destination
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1723 refactor(mix): return errors if sending message fails
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1687 feat(mix): crypto
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1688 feat(mix): sequence number generator and tag manager
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1689 feat(mix): serialization
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1690 feat(mix): message
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1691 feat(mix): sphinx
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1700 feat(mix): SURBs and fragmentation
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1702 feat(mix): mixnode
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1703 feat(mix): mix_protocol and entry connection
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1704 feat(mix): reply connection
    - vacp2p/mix#89 feat: add back exit == destination
    - vacp2p/mix#85 fix: ensure destination and exit nodes are not selected as part of SURBs path
    - vacp2p/mix#84 refactor: each surb has a different I
    - vacp2p/mix#81 refactor: remove exit == destination
    - vacp2p/mix#80 feat: mix runner
    - vacp2p/mix#83 chore: add comments to public API
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-mix:mix-core`

- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autonat-v2`

  - Overview: Implemented AutonatV2 protocol suite and service
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1686 chore: add autonatv2 service to builder
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1694 fix(autonat-v2): service setting up correctly
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1695 chore(autonat-v2): add interop tests
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1659 feat(autonat-v2): add client and tests
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1657 chore(autonat-v2): add utils
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1651 chore: add localAddr to Connection
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1654 chore: pass localAddr in noise, mplex and yamux
    - vacp2p/nim-libp2p#1698 fix: autonatV2 request addresses
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autonat-v2:service`
    - `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autonat-v2:interop`
    - `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autonat-v2:client`
    - `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autonat-v2:server`

- `misc/admin`

  - Overview:
    - 7 OOO days from CCs

### Tokenomics §

#### highlights §

- Worked on market strategy, simulations, and pro-forma for CatsFishing
- Reviewed Karma issuance with live TVL data and maintained the staking demo app.
- Proposed models for dynamic stake for SDP participants, with constant interaction with Nomos team, and developed the first phase of Nomos PoS simulation tool, that encapsulates all Nomos markets.
- Grantico was updated and presented internally. We also made significant improvements over Optimal Control manuscript.
- Further TKE R&D work.

#### report §

- `vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc`

  - Overview:
    - Created simulations on market expectations for the game, as well as creating a pro-forma of it.
    - Did thorough market/user research scraping github and darcaster
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc:reddit-scrapper`
    - `vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc::fc-scrapper`
    - `vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc:pro-forma`

- `vac:tke:status:karma-incentives`

  - Overview:
    - Initial research into Cyp’s proposed Karma issuance, with the dashboard presenting the model with real TVL data
    - Maintenance and minor bug fixes of the staking demo app
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:tke:status:karma-incentives:staking-dashboard`
    - `vac:tke:status:karma-incentives:staking-demo-support`

- `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test`

  - Overview:
    - Preliminary research of dynamic stake for SDP participants
    - First phase of the development of a comprehensive PoS simulation tool for Nomos
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test:dyn-stake-estimation`
    - `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test:review-pos-sims`

- `vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum`

  - Overview:
    - Updated Grantico and presented it internally, gathered feedback
    - Significant improvements over Optimal Control paper
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:grantico`

### QA §

#### highlights §

- Expanded Status-go functional testing: accounts, connector service, backup/restore, IP change, and RPC service refactoring.
- Improved Status-go test framework: API client, RPC parsing, service refactor, and bug investigations.
- Extended Waku RLN contract tests: edge cases, reentrancy, fuzz/property-based testing.
- Advanced Waku interop testing: Lite protocol stress tests, maintenance fixes, REST/admin APIs, Grafana monitoring, and retro bug handling.
- Completed Nim-libp2p Rendezvous testing with TTL, registration limits, error cases, and discovery manager refactor.
- Progressed Nim-libp2p Gossipsub performance tests with QUIC scenarios and visualization improvements.
- Validated Status Desktop releases (2.35, 2.36), Qt upgrades, Windows CI readiness, new backup-user-data feature, and bug fixes.
- Expanded Status Mobile testing with Appium: framework hooks, recovery/seed phrase flows, and ported multiple tests to e2e_appium.
- Conducted hiring, Q3 retro, and Q4 commitments preparation/merge.

#### report §

- `status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:accounts`
  - Overview:
    - Implemented service tests (P3–P4), fixed flaky restore, validated account endpoints, logged bug for watch account capacity.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 6859, 6895, 6921
    - Issues: 6922
- `status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:connector-service`
  - Overview:
    - Added connector service functional tests.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 6896
- `status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:framework-improvements`
  - Overview:
    - Refactored API client, improved RPC handling, fixed IP change tests, replaced request validators with service methods, investigated bugs.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 6888, 6907, 6932, 6946
    - Issues: 6923, 6957
- `waku:2025q3-interop-testing:maintenance`
  - Overview:
    - Fixed metrics, debugged nightly failures, invalid JSON bug found and logged, retro script fixes merged.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 136, 137
    - Issues: 3572
- `waku:2025q3-interop-testing:liteprotocoltester`
  - Overview:
    - Stress testing with filter/store scripts, Grafana monitoring, Sonda debugging, retro fixes, merged old scripts.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 135, 138
    - Perf repo: scripts
- `waku:2025q3-rln-smart-contract-testing:edge-cases`
  - Overview:
    - Expanded edge cases, added reentrancy checks, opened fuzz/property-based test expansion.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 31, 39, 40
    - Issues: 32
- `vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:rendezvous`
  - Overview:
    - Implemented TTL/limit fixes, added error cases, completed discovery manager refactor, merged final tests.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 1655, 1656, 1671, 1677, 1683, 1715, 1716
- `vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:gossipsub-performance`
  - Overview:
    - QUIC scenario added, metrics visualizations ongoing.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 1631
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:maintenance`
  - Overview:
    - Fixed multiple test failures, added Windows CI support, Squish lib tweaks, toggle interaction fixes, backlog clean-up.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 18532, 18608, 18787, 18783, 18807, 18814, 18903, 18913
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:release-testing`
  - Overview:
    - Validated releases 2.35/2.36, debugged sync and toast issues, Windows CI validation, Qt upgrades, nightly reviews, bug triage.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - Issues: 18808, 18846, 18888
    - PRs: 18754, 18767, 18775, 18814, 18856
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:backup-user-data`
  - Overview:
    - Started new tests and adjustments for backup-user-data feature.
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:framework-adjustments`
  - Overview:
    - Built Appium framework hooks, CI integration, fixed Android build, reviewed workflows.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 18765, 18777, 18796
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:port-tests`
  - Overview:
    - Ported tests to e2e_appium, added recovery flow, wallet account flows, merged multiple PRs.
  - Delivered Deliverables:
    - PRs: 18796, 18848, 18852
- `admin/misc`
  - Overview:
    - Conducted interviews, managed OOO schedules, prepared/merged Q4 commitments, ran Q3 retro, handled weekly/monthly reports.
    - OOO: 26 CC Days

### DST §

#### highlights §

- Changed Nomos local docker compose to decentralized Kubernetes deployment
- Found new issues in nim Mix implementation
- Confirmed JS-Waku setup works in DST experiments
- Nim-libp2p v1.13 report
- Removed cron from DST nim-libp2p node so an external publisher can be used
- Lots of discussions and changes regarding Status peer discovery

#### report §

- `admin/misc`:
  - Overview:
    - 2 CC OOO days
    - 1 CC sick leave
    - Review candidates for DST position
    - DST Monthly report
    - Update DST roadmap and Q4 commitments
    - Delivered and coordinated machines for ACZ and discussed machine usage for Nescience
    - Investigate Status’s solution in status tests to DST scalability benchmarks
    - Calls with Waku for RLN task and understand assigment
    - Calls with Status to debug discovery details in status-backend
    - Attended Logos Barcelona
    - DST Retrospective
- `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-research-destination`
  - Overview:
    - Contiue worked for EF grant
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - No deliverables
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-research-destination:ethereum-foundation` (recurrent)
- `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation`
  - Overview:
    - New experiments for mix protocol
    - Fixed nim build dependencies that caused the Docker image not to build
    - Fixed regex nimlibp2p tracers for `dst-changes-main-s2` in analysis scripts
    - Fixed auto-sharding and static sharding working/tested in js-waku
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Nim-libp2p v1.13 report
    - Notion Mixnet Report
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation:evaluate-quic-v0.2.9`
    - `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation:mix-re-evaluation`
    - `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation:regression-testing` (regression)
- `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-evaluation`
  - Overview:
    - Found issue where jswaku config isn’t applied correctly
    - Successfully sent a lightpush message with jswaku running on Kubernetes
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Github PR: Analysis
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-evaluation:js-waku`
    - `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-evaluation:js-waku-follow-up`
- `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-theoretical-analysis`
  - Overview:
    - Revisited old waku theoretical analysis
  - Delivered deliverables
    - Github PR: Waku latency/bandwidth theoretical analysis
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-theoretical-analysis:bandwidth`
    - `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-theoretical-analysis:message-dissemination`
- `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling`
  - Overview:
    - Created a thorough walkthrough of the building of a k8s deployment in the 10ksim deployment scripts.
    - Worked on mix integeration in shadow simulation.
    - Implemented building Kubernetes deployment yamls for regression nodes with Python instead of helm
    - Added http endpoint to nim-libp2p test node, usable in K8s and Shadow
    - Worked on merging mix support in test node.
    - Avoiding async calls in publish controller solves the problem
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Notion: Deployment Script Walkthrough
    - Notion: Deployment - Workflow
    - Github PR: DST nim-libp2p node publish controller.
    - Github PR: Node endpoint
    - Github PR: Refactor PR
    - Github PR: Async and sync publisher
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:general-tooling` (recurring)
    - `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:nim-libp2p-dst-node-refactor`
    - `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:nim-libp2p-cron-removal`
    - `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:deployment-refactor`
    - `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:nim-libp2p-dst-node-refactor`
- `vac:dst:status:2025q3-status-go-chat-protocol-benchmarks`
  - Overview:
    - Cleanup status benchmark PRs
    - Prepare scenarios for relay only
    - Lots of back and forth between Status-Waku-DST for resolving issues regarding status peer discovery.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Setup StatusBackend functions #29 | Store performance #30 | Message sending scenario #31 | Request to join comm mix #17 | Isolated traffic chat messages 1 #18 | Isolated traffic request to join #19 | Minor improvements #20 | Idle relay #21 | Idle light #22 | Contact request #23 | Send one-to-one #24 | Create private group #25
    - Notion: Status benchmarks discovery issues
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:status:2025q3-status-go-chat-protocol-benchmarks:cleanup-resources`
- `vac:dst:nomos:2025q3-nomos-scaling`
  - Overview:
    - Coordinate with Nomos regarding the testnet
    - Fixed several issues to deploy testnet in K8s
    - Converting local Nomos compose.yaml to Kubernetes, to realize the first deploymet
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Github PR: Nomos testnet files
    - Notion: Nomos compose to K8s
  - Completed tasks:
    - `vac:dst:nomos:2025q3-nomos-scaling:nomos-deployment-test`

### SC §

#### highlights §

- Overhaul of Status Network contracts deployment scripts
- Many new features and capabilities in `Karma` token

#### report §

- `ift:2025q3-fv-tools-research`
  - Researched FV tool alternatives
  - Concluded that we’ll go with OS Certora and use the free plan for CI tasks
  - Completed tasks
    - `ift:2025q3-fv-tools-research`
  - Deliverables
    - Document summarizing the research
- `vac:sc:status-l2:2025q3-new-karma-requirements`
  - Implemented voting capabilities in karma
  - Added whitelisting for transfers
  - Virtual to actual karma conversion
  - Implemented custom airdrop contract for app teams
  - Completed tasks
    - `status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:whitelist-transferability`
    - `status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:design-native-app-distribution-system`
    - `status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:implement-native-app-distribution-system`
    - `status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:documentation`
    - `status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:voting-capabilities`
  - Deliverables
    - Karma voting capabilities
    - Karma conversion
    - Whitelisting
    - KarmaAirdrop
    - KarmaAirdrop Extensions

### ACZ §

#### highlights §

- Specified the multi-steward approach for de-MLS
- Released single-steward with consensus demo
- Presented multi-steward findings on IFT research call
- Released the updated libp2p-mix RFC including security considerations and SURB design.
- Conducted SN prover stress test with 128 core machine and reach the 180 TPSs as aimed
- Released the Zerokit v0.9.0 with its performance updated and partial big endian support
- Released the first draft discNG RFC
- Updated the think-tank adding SN RLN, Zerokit, Nomos and NSSA details

#### report §

- `ift:2025q3-de-mls-testnet`

  - Overview:
    - Drafted the multi-steward approach for de-MLS.
    - Released single-steward with consensus demo.
    - Presented multi-steward findings on IFT research call.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - multi-steward approach
    - demo video
    - multi-steward presentation
  - Completed tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:multi-steward-presentation`
    - `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:multi-steward-rfc`
    - `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:consensus-layer`
    - `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:de-mls-maintaining`

- `ift:2025q3-zerokit`

  - Overview:
    - Releasing Zerokit v0.9.0
    - Having big endian support with zerokit v0.9.0
    - Builder pattern for safer PmTreeConfig initialization
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Release v0.9.0 #345
    - fix(ci): update binary name generaion in CI #344
    - fix(rln): fixed fail nightly build and updated CONTRIBUTING.md and Cargo.lock #342
    - chore(rln-wasm): remove wasm-bindgen-cli installation #341
  - Completed tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-zerokit:pmtree-config-builder`
    - `ift:2025q3-zerokit:big-endian-support`
    - `ift:2025q3-zerokit:rln-wasm-maintaining`
    - `ift:2025q3-zerokit:zerokit-maintaining`
    - `ift:2025q3-zerokit:release`

- `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2`

  - Overview:
    - Obtains benchmarks on different machines such as 32 and 128 core CPU
    - Maintain and improved the RLN deployment RFC including decentralized slashing and gaschecking.
    - Familiarity for the monorepo is obtained especially the prover module integtration.
    - More than 1M user support is started.
    - Applied optimization to achieve better TPS.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Spawn a rayon’s ThreadPool to limit the number of threads for each ProverService #37
    - Use all best practice to squeeze a few more TPS out of Prover #38
    - Pin each thread from the Rayon threadpool to a specific CPU core #39
    - Print an error if too many users are registered #40
    - Use anyhow for error handling (+ error context) in prover_cli #42
    - Add user db serializer && deserializer init & re-use #43
    - Feature/feature/init user db ser de 2 #45
  - Completed tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:rln-spec-maintain`
    - `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:research-decentralized“
    - `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:stress-test`
    - `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:maintaining`
    - `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:optimization`

- `ift:2025q3-ift-zk-calls`

  - Overview:
    - September IFT ZK Call is conducted
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Presentation record
    - Forum post
  - Completed tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-ift-zk-calls:ift-zk-call-3`

- `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet`

  - Overview:
    - Released relay mini RFC for using libp2p-mix in GS.
    - Identified the latency discrepancy caused by multi-streaming, set the new task for Q4 to fix it.
    - Released updated libp2p-mix RFC including SURB design and improved exit =! destination mechanism.
    - Resuming consulting P2P team
    - Released security consideration RFC
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - libp2p-mix RFC
    - security consideration RFC
    - The issue for fixing latency issue
    - Mini relay RFC
  - Completed tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:update-rfc`
    - `ift:2025q3-gossipsub-relay-rfc:relay-rfc`
    - `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:unexpected-latency`
    - `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:consulting-waku-mix`
    - `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:multi-surb-design`
    - `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:libp2p-mix-repo`

- `ift:2025q3-discovery-exploration`

  - Overview:
    - Released exploring the discovery mechanisms such as disc-v5 and disc-NG
    - Released the first draft discNG RFC
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - First draft discNG RFC
    - Initial research document
  - Completed tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-discovery-exploration:exploring`
    - `ift:2025q3-discovery-exploration:disc-ng-specs`

- `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting`

  - Overview:
    - Finish to work on deep dive existing project
    - Created AMM on NSS document.
    - Prepared specification and code base compatibility document.
    - Prepared investigation Nomos to deploying NSSA.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - deep dive existing project document
    - AMM on NSS document
    - specification and code base compatibility document
    - investigation Nomos to deploying NSSA
  - Completed tasks:
    - `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting:dex-research`
    - `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting:privacy-projects-analysis`
    - `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting:nomos-deep-dive`
    - `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting:specs-compat`

### RFC §

#### highlights §

- Nomos specs have been merged into the rfc-index.
- Codex roadmap live, confirmed by the Codex team and work is underway.
- Qaku awaiting review.

#### report §

- `vac:rfc:codex:2025q3-rfc-iteration`

  - Overview:
    - Working on several RFCs - Codex Manifest, DHT and Erasure Coding (still in draft)
    - Also reviewing Slot builder (in progress)
    - Created a roadmap for Codex on roadmap.vac.dev
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/187
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/192
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/191

- `vac:rfc:ift:logos-poc`

  - Overview:
    - Started to deliver the Logos POC RFCs
    - Proposal to split them into several RFCs to keep track more easily since the original doc is large
    - Finishing first week of October with 3 more RFCs
    - Finished Logos Cross Languate Integration, Logos Module Development Guide, Logos Authentication Capability System, Logos SDK Implementation and Logos Specificatiopn
  - Delivered deliverables
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/188
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/189
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/186
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/185
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/183

- `vac:rfc:nomos:2025q3-rfc-iteration`

  - Overview:
    - Nomos specs have been merged into the rfc-index
    - Minor fix over the links
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - https://rfc.vac.dev/nomos

- `vac:rfc:status:2025q3-rfc-iteration`

  - Overview:
    - Created a plan for the Chat specs for Status and Backend capability
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1141356940312727662/1421065825334329405

- `vac:rfc:waku:2025q3-rfc-iteration:`

  - Overview:
    - Opchan review currently paused. Will get back to it asap.
    - Updated a few RFCs that required attention
    - Qaku ready for first round of reviews
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/181
    - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/180
    - https://github.com/waku-org/specs/pull/77

### Nim §

#### highlights §

#### report §

- `ift:2025q3-nimble`

  - Overview:
    - All the links below are work towards nim v1.0.0.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Sets bootstrapnim (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1485)
    - Fall back to original pnim if getPkgInfoFromDirWithDeclarativeParser fails (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1484)
    - Adds nim binaries to the initial packagelist (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1481)
    - Better nim selection: stricter constraint for system nim. Order packages so sat prefers higher possible version (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1480)
    - Proper formatting for nimble list. Adjust template. Make —version to work alongside —ver and —versions. Fixes #1469 (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1479)
    - Keep track of semantic version in special versions. Fixes #1476 (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1477)
    - Fixes an issue where nimble_dir was specified deps were global by default and ignored the -l flag as well (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1473)
    - Implements cache expansion. (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1471)
    - Fixes CI. Installs hg in win (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1470)
    - Research Lazy Tagged Versions Mechanism: https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/issues/1478
    - `nimble dump` now uses vnext’s nim version selection. Which should speed up lsp and get always the right nim version (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1468)
    - Fixes #1466 nimble install does not work with / in branch name #1466 (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1467)
    - Manage `nimble install nim` (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1465)
    - Fixes a regression where not having a system nim crashed the build (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1462)
    - Clean up some warnings (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1461)
    - Various fixes (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1460)
    - Fixes an issue where packages with binDir couldnt being installed globally (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1459)
    - Fixes #1454 (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1458)
    - Adds support for some `when` expressions in the declarative parser. (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1457)
    - WIP Support for filepath in requires (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1452)

- `vac:nim:ift:2025q3-nim-core-libs:nim-cbor-serialization`

  - Overview:
    - All the deliverables below are for setting up and progressing the Nim core libraries.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Implements CBOR rfc8949 - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/1
    - Addressed remaining review items: parseStringIt & parseByteStringIt, test std - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/1
    - Auto-serialization rework - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/2
    - Rework automatic serialization - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/2
    - Use Nimble dev for CI - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/3
    - Replace nim-web3 json with cbor serialization in test branch https://github.com/status-im/nim-web3/pull/225
    - Added auto deferrence for ref types to the autoserialization rework (based on nim-web3 test branch findings) https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/2

- `vac:nim:ift:2025q3-nim-core-libs:compile-time-support-for-json-and-cbor`

  - Overview:
    - All the deliverables below are for setting up and progressing the Nim compile time support for json and cbor.
  - Delivered deliverables:
    - Implements compile-time/vm support for memory inputs/outputs - https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams/pull/82
    - Compile-time tests https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/5
    - Release v0.2.18 https://github.com/status-im/nim-toml-serialization/pull/99 with the compile-time improvements of https://github.com/status-im/nim-toml-serialization/pull/98

### Security §

#### highlights §

- Created a signatory onboarding process
- Updated runbook for adding owners to multisig wallets
- Created backup and recovery guidelines and best practices
- Developed a secure communication protocol for treasury ops with crypto assets
- Threat Model for crypto asset management and wallets
- Defined secondary UI to access Safe multisig wallets
- Tested the resilience of the signing process by following a secure communication protocol to identify attacks
- Deployed n8n Security Instance (trial/cloud)
- Removed users no longer needed in Google, Notion and Github
- Finalized identification of Inactive CCs for Google and Notion
- Reviewed and tested recent Status audit fixes to confirm vulnerabilities are fully patched
- Finished Operational Continuity procedures based on Threat Model
- Verified supply chain protections (hash pinning, lockfiles) in CI pipelines
- Reviewed wallet integration PRs for potential misuse of cryptographic primitives and unsafe storage handling
- Worked on the NPM supply chain attacks investigation against the IFT organization and risk analysis

#### report §

- `ift:2025q3-secure-treasury-management:wallet-policy-update`

  - Revalidate, update and/or create policies, processes and procedures around web3 security and wallet management
  - Output:
    - Created a signatory onboarding process
    - Updated runbook for adding owners to multisig wallets
    - Created backup and recovery guidelines and best practices
    - Developed a secure communication protocol for treasury ops with crypto assets
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-wallet-policy-update:signatory-onboarding-process`
    - `ift:2025q3-wallet-policy-update:backup-and-recovery-policy`
    - `ift:2025q3-wallet-policy-update:add-owner-to-multisig-runbook`
    - `ift:2025q3-wallet-policy-update:secure-communications-protocol`
    - `ift:2025q3-wallet-policy-update:submit-new-documentation-to-repos`

- `ift:2025q3-secure-treasury-management:continuity-plan-development`

  - Ensure operational continuity in the Treasury Management process with crypto assets
  - Output:
    - Defined secondary UI to access Safe multisig wallets (backup and recovery)
    - Threat Model for crypto asset management and wallets
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-continuity-plan-development:secondary-interfaces-to-access-wallets`
    - `ift:2025q3-continuity-plan-development:crypto-wallet-threat-modeling`

- `ift:2025q3-training-and-awareness-program:web3-security-guidelines`

  - Provide security guidelines and best practices about web3 and wallet management
  - Output:
    - Shared web3 news about crime, phishing, malware, hacks and IoC with Finance
    - Continued testing the integration of n8n with AI Agents and BlockThreat to feed security news across the org
    - Test the resilience of the signing process by defining and following a secure communication protocol
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-awareness-program:web3-security-essentials`
    - `ift:2025q3-security-workflow-automation:feed-web3-news-automatically`
    - `ift:2025q3-awareness-program:signing-process-resilience-testing`

- `ift:2025q3-security-workflow-automation`

  - Design, deploy and maintain automated workflows to support critical Security Ops and procedures
  - Output:
    - Deployed TOTP for authenticating communications in the signing process
    - Deployed n8n Security Instance (trial/cloud)
    - Etherscan API integration
    - Continued workflow development for web3 security alerts (n8n with AI Agent + BlockThreat)
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-security-automation:automatic-wallet-index-updates`
    - `ift:2025q3-security-workflow-automation:feed-web3-news-automatically`

- `ift:2025q3-iam-operations`

  - Mediate access to DeFi protocols and smart contracts to Investment Roles.
  - Remove users and groups no longer needed in critical services and apps.
  - Output:
    - Removed users no longer needed in Google, Notion and Github
    - Finalized identification of Inactive CCs for Google and Notion
    - Admin audit for Google and Github
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-iam-operations:remove-unnecessary-users`
    - `ift:2025q3-security-automation:access-revalidation`
    - `ift:2025q3-iam-operations:admin audit`

- `ift:2025q3-incident-response-and-vulnerability-management`

  - Identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate security vulnerabilities across the org infrastructure and programs.
  - Identify, respond to, and resolve security incidents, with clear communication, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
  - Output:
    - Reconciled STATUS-331/332/333 external reports with wallet/desktop codebase; completed risk assessments
    - Investigated GitHub Pages in org repos for phishing content (malicious scripts, forms, or redirects)
    - Performed focused code review of Waku PRs addressing reliability and security issues; confirmed test coverage was sufficient
    - Manually validated high-severity CodeQL findings in Waku repos; confirmed and annotated true/false positives
    - Reviewed Dependabot upgrades for crypto/net libraries; built locally, tested, and approved/held updates with notes
    - Check supply chain CVEs for impact, create fixes or mitigation tasks where needed
    - Verify supply chain protections (hash pinning, lockfiles) in CI pipelines
    - Reviewed and tested recent Status audit fixes to confirm vulnerabilities are fully patched
    - Worked on the NPM supply chain attacks investigation against the IFT organization and risk analysis
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-security-operations:incident-response`
    - `ift:2025q3-security-operations:vulnerability-management`
    - `ift:2025q3-vulma-and-ir:remediation-tracking`

- `ift:2025q3-cicd-security-improvement`/`ift:2025q3-threat-modelling-and architecture-design-reviews`

  - Review security requirements and protocols in the design and architecture of software
  - Output:
    - Completed deep code review on Status Desktop PRs related to window rendering and navigation handling
    - Reviewed wallet integration PRs for potential misuse of cryptographic primitives and unsafe storage handling
    - Tested desktop modules for insecure error handling (stack traces, unhandled exceptions) and proposed sanitization patches
    - Scan build dependencies (SBOM) to catch any new or unexpected packages
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q2-cicd-security-review:status-design-reviews`

- `ift:2025q3-finance-workflow-automation`

  - Develop and/or support with development of new automations for Finance.
  - Output:
    - Continued improvement lists for finance processes
    - Mass PO improvements
  - Tasks:
    - `ift:2025q3-finance-automation`

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