roadmap/content/waku/updates/2023-09-11.md

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title: 2023-09-11 Waku weekly
tags:
  - waku-updates
date: 2023-09-11
lastmod: 2023-09-11
draft: false
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2023-09-11 Waku weekly
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### Research

**[1.1 Network requirements and task breakdown](https://github.com/waku-org/pm/issues/62)** {E:1.1 Network requirements and task breakdown}

- _achieved:_ Opened first raw version of Waku Network RFC for review.
- _next:_ Address any feedback on the Waku Network RFC and complete underdefined sections.

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### Docs

**[Review Usage and Metrics 2023 Q3](https://github.com/waku-org/docs.waku.org/issues/107)** {E:Define network and community metrics}

- _achieved_: published the language/SDK poll on Discord
- _next_: publish the poll on socials for more visibility and responses

**[Docs general improvement/incorporating feedback (2023)](https://github.com/waku-org/docs.waku.org/issues/102)**

- _next_: refactor the layout of the docs to match the new designs

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### nwaku

**[feat(rest): Add /health endpoint to rest api](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1988)** {E:REST API service node}

- _achieved_: Feature /health endpoint added. PR merged: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2011

**[feat: Autosharding API for (relay) subscriptions](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1936)** {E:1.2: Autosharding for autoscaling}

- _achieved_: Refactored and simplified the core logic
- _next_: More PR feedback

**[Release Process Improvements](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1889)** {E:Automated release processes}

- _achieved_:  execute js-waku tests from nwaku workflows against PRs, nightly and release candidates
- _next_: adding Linux arm64 binaries and images

**[PostgreSQL](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1888)** {E:2.1: Production testing of existing protocols}, {E:PostgreSQL}

- _achieved_:
    - Created a `jmeter` test plan to stress _Store_ queries through REST _Store_. As a conclusion, the node with _Store_ _Postgres_ showed worse performance than the one with _SQLite_.
      https://github.com/waku-org/test-waku-query/pull/5
    - Added reconnection feature. If the connection with _Postgres_ is lost, the `nwaku` node tries to reconnect again. https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1997
    - The `wakuv2.shards` fleet had been de-prioritized in favor of the `status.shards` one.
      https://github.com/status-im/infra-nim-waku/issues/74#issuecomment-1710514544
- _next_: Optimize database so that the _Store_ requests behave better with _Postgres_.

**[chore: do not advertise MAs with port 0](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1883)** {bug}

- _next_: analyze and fix issue

**[feat: HTTP REST API: Filter support v2](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1872)** {E:REST API service node}

- _achieved_: PR tracking is https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1890
  Review is done, various fixes upon applied
- _next_: Last, agreed interface change to be done to complete.

**[chore: update resolved enr ip when using `dns4-domain-name` flag](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1576)** {enhancement}

- _next_: analyze and fix issue

**[bug: `0.0.0.0` included in `listenAddrs` of identify message](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1427)** {bug}

- _achieved_: fixed bug, updated tests according to new fixes and raised PR

**[nwaku c-bindings (NodeJS + Python)](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1332)** {E:NodeJS Library}

- _achieved_: improved the thread safeness communication.
  https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1978
- _next_: Once the above PR is merged, avoid the use of global variables, to enhance the thread-safeness ( see https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1865#discussion_r1282722954 )

**[HTTP REST API: Store, Filter, Lightpush, Admin and Private APIs](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1076)** {E:REST API service node}

- _achieved_: Legacy Filter - v1 - interface Rest Api support added. V2 implementation done wait for PR review, /health rest api added to check (currently) RLN readiness
- _next_: Last round of Filter v2 PR review with finalized re-worked push handler part.
- _blocking_: /health endpoint come in and Filter v2 work was down prio till.

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### js-waku

**[Maintenance](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1455)** {E:2023-qa}

- _achieved_: updated typescript + plugins to major versions, waiting to merge for release

**[Developer Experience (2023)](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1453)** {E:2023-eco-growth}

- _achieved_:
  - investigation of `go-waku` interop test that is failing - ongoing, fixing next release
  - protocols now use lowest latency peer instead of a random peer
- _next_: root cause `go-waku` interop test failure, release `next` tag on master merge

**[Peer Exchange is supported and used by default](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1429)** {E:2023-light-protocols}

- _achieved_: Peer Exchange is now merged included in `defaultBootstrap`
- _next_: followup on browser investigation and confirm if the EPIC can be safely closed

**[Cover Several Environments As Part of Testing](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/52)** {test}, {E:2023-qa}

- _achieved_: browser testing is redone and opening for review
- _next_: integrate with release process - rather quick follow up, revisit current epic

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### go-waku

**[RLN enabled by default](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/655)** {E:3.2: Basic DoS protection in production}

- _achieved_:
  - ordered validator execution, upgrade zerokit, append rln proofs when posting msgs in rest/rpc, clean up nullifier table, automatically use key from keystore if only a single credential is available, validate credential using onchain query
  - rln membership registration logic refactoring and fixing bugs. Added test for membershipFetcher. Added code for mock_blockchain and mock_client to test membershipFetcher.
- _next_:  bandwidth validation, rln isReady verif in /health endpoint, subcommand to list credentials

**[Maintenance](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/634)** {E:2023-qa}

- _achieved_:
  - fix panic observed in peer-manager, update filter protocol as per rfc.
  - add tls/ws to address factory and log ENRs only after they have been setup
  - refactoring and some bug fixes in peermanager and read rfcs and docs
- _next_: increase test coverage and read more code.

**[Improve Test Coverage](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/620)** {test}

- _achieved_: build examples as part of CI to capture compile errors

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