DST Commitments proposal Q1 2026

content/dst/annoncoms/2026q1-annoncoms-evaluation.md

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+---
+title: Annoncoms Evaluation
+tags:
+  - "2026q1"
+  - "dst"
+  - "annoncoms"
+draft: false
+description: "Test new annoncoms binaries on each new version 
+or requested feature
+and look for regressions,
+learn scaling properties and run scaling studies."
+---
+
+`vac:dst:annoncoms:2026q1-annoncoms-evaluation`
+
+## Description
+Test Annoncoms protocols on each new version or requested feature
+and look for regressions,
+learn scaling properties and run scaling studies,
+understand the limits of annoncoms projects and its behaviour.
+Deliver reports and actionable insights.
+Do this monthly, reliably, with documentation of findings.
+
+## Task list
+
+### Mix
+> *Note*: This needs more input from project
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:annoncoms:2026q1-annoncoms-evaluation:mix`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+TBD
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Reports:
+- Related PRs if apply:
+
+### KAD-DHT
+> *Note*: This needs more input from project
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:annoncoms:2026q1-annoncoms-evaluation:kad-dht`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+TBD
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Reports:
+- Related PRs if apply:

content/dst/codex/2026q1-codex-evaluation.md

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+---
+title: Codex Evaluation
+tags:
+  - "2026q1"
+  - "dst"
+  - "codex"
+draft: false
+description: "Test Codex on each new version or requested feature
+and look for regressions,
+learn scaling properties and run scaling studies."
+---
+
+`vac:dst:codex:2026q1-codex-evaluation`
+
+
+## Description
+Test Codex on each new version or requested feature
+and look for regressions if this is required.
+Help Codex with testing and benchmarking new features.
+
+### Background
+
+We want to learn specific, actionable information
+about Codex's behaviour
+and how it is evolving over time
+with each new release
+and with each thing we are specifically asked to check and test.
+
+We will use a combination of real world testing,
+theoretical analysis and experiments.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Filehsharing client
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:codex:2026q1-codex-evaluation:filesharing-client`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Assist the Codex team to check the functionality of the
+filesharing client implementation under heavy/big workloads.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Reports:
+- Related PRs if apply:
+
+### Filehsharing client + mix
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:codex:2026q1-codex-evaluation:filesharing-client-mix`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Assist the Codex team to check the functionality of the
+filesharing client implementation under heavy/big workloads using mix protocol.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Reports:
+- Related PRs if apply:

content/dst/ift/2026q1-dst-lab.md

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+---
+title: DST Lab
+tags:
+  - "2026q1"
+  - "dst"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: "Scale and apply the VacLab to IFT's needs.
+Anticipate untapped use cases and needs from other teams.
+Improve the usage of the lab by optimizing resources and time allocation."
+---
+
+`vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-lab`
+
+## Description
+
+DST lab is a set of machines that are mainly used in a composed Kubernetes cluster.
+In this environment, we can do a set of experiments to test regressions,
+new functionalities and features, or experimental changes on any decentralized system.
+In these experiments, we look for abnormal behaviors, we do measurements to study
+the performance and robustness of the system. These results can be also used to compare
+with theoretical results and analyze the scaling behaviors of the systems.
+At the same time, we will work on improving the lab's resources and time allocation,
+while allow provisioning to other teams dedicated machines if they are needed.
+
+
+## Task list
+
+### Analyze current stack
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-lab:analyze-current-stack`
+* owner: Mamoutou
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Compare the current stack with new stack proposals.
+Study if changes are helpful and improve overall performance of the lab.
+Report findings with analysis and benchmarks of the results.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Code:
+- Reports:
+
+
+### Optimize data scrapping
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-lab:optimize-data-scrapping`
+* owner: Mamoutou
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Improve the monitoring system of the lab. Adjust scraping frequency and selected metrics.
+Design a storage solution to store the data so it can be retrieved if necessary.
+Optimize the storage to reduce used space if data is older than a certain period.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Code:
+- Reports:
+
+
+### Lab health monitoring
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-lab:lab-health-monitoring`
+* owner: Mamoutou
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Design a set of metrics/dashboards that can be used to monitor the health of the lab.
+The metrics should be useful to detect abnormal behaviors and to detect potential issues.
+What we want to achieve with this is to be sure that we can compare experiments from one
+week to a different week being confident that the results can be trusted, without the need
+of repeat the same experiment again.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- Code:
+- Reports:

content/dst/ift/2026q1-dst-tooling.md

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+---
+title: DST Tooling
+tags:
+  - "2026q1"
+  - "dst"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: "Creating tools that allow
+DST to easily work with other IFT projects.
+This includes functionalities such as deployments,
+monitoring, analysis, and control of aforementioned software's."
+---
+
+`vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling`
+
+## Description
+
+We will create tools to help DST efficiency.
+These tools can be composed of utilities for Kubernetes,
+or any other kind that fits the necessities of DST and other projects.
+As projects might share common necessities, this tasks will be considered
+as a scaffold for DST tools, adapting the tools for each project if it needs.
+The primary focus will be on adapting the necessities of the Waku team for
+the log parser tool. This will comprise retrieving information from a given
+message id, history of discovered peers, subscriptions, while having good 
+performance and supportability.
+Additionally, the project will define workflows that facilitate the creation
+and execution of specialized scenarios. These scenarios will assist in 
+the analysis of libp2p and Gossipsub, supporting studies focused on 
+adversarial conditions and control message behavior.
+
+
+## Task list
+
+### General tooling (recurring)
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling:general-tooling`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Group of utilities that are added to the main repository.
+Should be made general when possible.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- PRs:
+- Documents:
+
+### Expand deployment - Waku
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling:expand-deployment-waku`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Waku is planning to deliver specific binaries with encapsulated configurations to DST
+Adjust deployment builders to support these new binaries and be able to run
+specific experiments with them.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- PRs:
+- Related Documents:
+
+### Expand deployment - nim-libp2p
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling:expand-deployment-nim-libp2p`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Adjust deployment builders to support nim-libp2p.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- PRs:
+- Related Documents:
+
+### Expand deployment - codex
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling:expand-deployment-codex`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Adjust deployment builders to support codex.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- PRs:
+- Related Documents:
+
+### Expand deployment - nomos
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling:expand-deployment-nomos`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Adjust deployment builders to support nomos.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- PRs:
+- Related Documents:
+
+### Expand deployment - annoncoms
+
+* fully qualified name: `vac:dst:ift:2026q1-dst-tooling:expand-deployment-annoncoms`
+* owner: TBD
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/01/01
+* end-date: 2026/03/31
+
+#### Description
+Adjust deployment builders to support provided annoncoms binaries.
+
+#### Deliverables
+- PRs:
+- Related Documents:

content/dst/index.md

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 [[dst/preview|Roadmap Preview]]
 
+## 2026q1 `vac:dst:`
+---
+### `annoncoms`
+* [[dst/annoncoms/2026q1-annoncoms-evaluation|annoncoms-evaluation]]
+
+### `codex`
+* [[dst/codex/2026q1-codex-evaluation|codex-evaluation]]
+
+### `ift`
+* [[dst/ift/2026q1-dst-lab|dst-lab]]
+* [[dst/ift/2026q1-dst-tooling|dst-tooling]]
+
+### `nomos`
+* [[dst/nomos/2026q1-nomos-evaluation|nomos-evaluation]]
+
+### `vac`
+* [[dst/vac/2026q1-libp2p-evaluation|libp2p-evaluation]]
+
+### `waku`
+* [[dst/waku/2026q1-waku-evaluation|waku-evaluation]]
+* [[dst/waku/2026q1-waku-scaling|waku-scaling]]
+
+---
 ## 2025q4 `vac:dst:`
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