---
id: #313-core-improvements
title: Core Improvements Swarm
status: research
lead contributor: igor
contributors:
    - adam
    - dmitry s
    - roman
    - pedro
budget:
- actual: xxx
- estimate: yyy
- currency: ETH/USD/SNT
---

# Core Improvements Swarm

## Summary and Goal(s)

Status Core Improvements swarm's goal is the preparation of Status Mobile Client to be released publicly (AppStore/GP release tracks).

A few key areas that we need to focus on:

* all the critical security and privacy issues are resolved (including audit);
    - a security and privacy document is delivered (it lists guarantees we make around security and privacy; as well as ways we are falling short)

* all the critical tech debt issues are resolved;
* key UX problems are solved in two areas:
    - adoption issues;
    - retention issues.

The work includes releasing internal "dogfood" builds as well as betas in preparation to the public release.

### Additional contributors
- Andrea MP
- Andrei M (Design)
- Serhy/Anna/Nastya(QA)
- Rachel/Hester (PO)

## Communication
(required)
`status channel (same as Core Team)`: [`#status-core`](https://get.status.im/chat/public/status-core)
`sync frequency`: Weekly Sync Mondays, 10:00 CET (the regular "Core Team" standup)
`meeting notes`: [this running doc on notes.status.im](https://notes.status.im/sm7x7tPpQESkRwu7YNFzSQ)

# Research

### Backlog refresh
5th February — refresh and re-prioritize backlog to keep it up to date

## Specification

## Implementation

See https://www.pivotaltracker.com/n/projects/2232205

O.9.32 releases (hotfixes)
0.9.33 release in preparation (feature update)

## Maintenance

### 1. Battery usage

### 2. Application performance profiling

### 3. Mobile Releases

- [Mobile release guide](https://notes.status.im/mobile-release-guide)
- [Mobile release notes](https://notes.status.im/mobile-release-notes)
- Upgrade policy
    * *User’s data.* User should be able to successfully upgrade preserving all his/her data from 0.9.19 to any beta release.
    * *Messaging/Transactions.* User should be able to successfully interact (make transactions, chat, etc) with users that have 0.9.20 or later release.

## Backlog

See Pivotal Tracker: https://www.pivotaltracker.com/n/projects/2232205


## Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).