roadmap/content/codex/updates/2023-11-10.md

title	tags	date	lastmod	draft	description
2023-11-10 Codex weekly	codex-updates	2023-11-14	2023-11-14	false	Weekly update of Codex

Codex Update Nov 6th - Nov 10th

The team is working towards deploying a beta testnet by the end of the year, and most work is centered around finishing all the required functionality for that.

Client

Epic: Block Merkelization

• Merkelization concrete PR in review - mostly ready for merging
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-codex/pull/566
• Working on nim-datasotre to support atomic updates
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-datastore/pull/58

Epic: Wiring the Proving System

• Merged conversion from field elements into bytes in nim-poseidon2
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-poseidon2/pull/6
• Added streaming API for Balazs's sponge in nim-poseidon2
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-poseidon2/pull/9
• Fixed merkle root construction for odd number of elements in nim-poseidon2
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-poseidon2/pull/8
• 2D erasure coding WIP
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-codex/pull/608

Epic: Improve Client Stability

• Async profiling (it might actualy work)
  • https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-codex/pull/600
  • Prometheus metrics collector completed with tests

Marketplace

Epic: End-to-end Testing

• Addressed access issues within the marketplacesuite template, pinpointing a problem with a provider declared in ethertest and overcoming the challenge through deep template layer analysis.
• Discussions about improving the repostore maintenance module, specifically the method for returning bytes to Availabilities.
• Optimizing multinode integration tests, streamlining the process to enhance efficiency and performance.
• Integration test for the proving loop in the sales state module that was previously causing hang-ups, ensuring smoother operation.
• Progressed towards a cleaner integration test structure with the creation of a draft PR, setting the stage for more structured testing and deployment.

Infra

• Configure TCP/UDP port forwarding for Testnet deployment 80
• Organize Grafana Dashboards 82
• Configure Continuous Tests automation 69
• Run Continuous Tests and check metrics
• Organize Grafana Dashboards
• Configure Continuous Tests automation enhancement
• Update Vector config
• Configure TCP/UDP port forwarding for Testnet deployment