Announcing the release of nim-libp2p v1.15.0

Highlights

Kademlia DHT support for decentralized peer routing and content lookup.
Full ipv6 support for transport, addressing, and peer connectivity.
C Bindings are available offering node lifecycle control, peer connections, stream i/o, gossipsub messaging, and kademlia operations.
Changed our quic backend from ngtcp2 to lsquic

What's Changed

test: organise transports tests by @rlve in #1776
chore: remove libp2p_quic_support compile flag, and openssl dependency by @richard-ramos in #1782
test(quic): Add Multiaddress Handling tests by @rlve in #1784
fix: echo in rendezvous by @richard-ramos in #1785
feat(kad): addProvider by @gmelodie in #1773
feat(mix): reuse streams by @richard-ramos in #1753
test: Refactor common transports tests by @rlve in #1786
chore(deps): bump quic to v0.5.0 by @vladopajic in #1792
chore(performance): increase msg size by @vladopajic in #1791
chore(ci): add verbose output for test binaries by @vladopajic in #1790
chore(test): remove quic test variant by @vladopajic in #1809
chore: fix the CI versions for nim by @richard-ramos in #1810
chore(test): temporally split test all task by @vladopajic in #1808
fix: length prefix handling in exit layer for lenght-prefixed protocols by @chaitanyaprem in #1804
chore: remove redundant gcsafe from switch.disconnect by @arnetheduck in #1796
chore(test): reduce global vars (rng) by @vladopajic in #1807
test(pubsub): utilize quic transport by @vladopajic in #1685
chore(deps): chronos bump by @vladopajic in #1812
test: move MultiAddress handling tests into basicTransportTests and use them in QUIC by @rlve in #1793
chore: change from check false to raiseAssert in tests by @chaitanyaprem in #1815
test: too many global vars workaround by @rlve in #1816
test(tools): add tools package by @vladopajic in #1819
chore(nimble): remove workaround in runTest by @vladopajic in #1823
test(tools): add trackers by @vladopajic in #1824
test: include dangling testipaddr file by @vladopajic in #1825
test: imports cleanup by @vladopajic in #1828
fix: when an invalid multiaddr is encountered skip that node in mix path selection by @chaitanyaprem in #1821
test(tools): move unittest tests by @vladopajic in #1831
ci: license check by @vladopajic in #1832
chore(test): improve logic in some tests by @vladopajic in #1817
ci: linters names fix by @vladopajic in #1835
feat(kad): add ProviderManager by @gmelodie in #1789
test(transports): stream tests by @rlve in #1829
fix(quic): eof handling by @vladopajic in #1839
fix(wildcardresolver): quic addresses by @richard-ramos in #1844
chore(pubusb): improvements by @vladopajic in #1845
fix(pubsub): use negotiated protocol in getConn if available by @richard-ramos in #1846
chore(kad): providerManager limits by @gmelodie in #1843
chore(kad): provider manager limits touchups by @gmelodie in #1848
test: add test_all test bundle for every dir by @vladopajic in #1842
test: add crypto dir by @vladopajic in #1849
test(tls): move test to suite that fits it better by @vladopajic in #1841
fix(autotls): integration test nil pointer dereference by @gmelodie in #1847
chore(quic): add toMultiAddress utility by @vladopajic in #1853
feat(c-bindings): libp2p thread and request handling by @richard-ramos in #1820
chore: use test_all in coverage workflow by @rlve in #1855
test(transports): add parallel stream tests by @rlve in #1838
test(transport): add ipv6 tcp tests by @vladopajic in #1850
test: add stream dir by @vladopajic in #1857
test: add utils dir by @vladopajic in #1858
ci(nph): run on whole repo by @vladopajic in #1862
test: remove testnative bundle by @vladopajic in #1864
test: add protocols dir by @vladopajic in #1865
test: add more parallel streams test by @rlve in #1861
test: run final trackers check by @vladopajic in #1869
test: add muxers dir by @vladopajic in #1868
test(mix): skip test if flag is not defined by @vladopajic in #1866
ci: pin transport interop test to version by @vladopajic in #1870
test: add wait group by @vladopajic in #1872
fix(nimble): install should not install non-libp2p dependencies by @vladopajic in #1871
feat(kad): get providers by @gmelodie in #1852
test(waitgroup): fix tight timeouts by @vladopajic in #1874
test: use ipv6 addresses in identify by @vladopajic in #1863
fix(autotls): interop nil pointer (2) by @gmelodie in #1860
test(quic): QuicMuxer is created without upgrader by @vladopajic in #1877
chore: document local testing of hole punching interop tests by @gmelodie in #1713
test(quic): Misc tests by @rlve in #1879
test(performance): use p95 instead of max by @rlve in #1883
test(transports): fix muxer handling by @vladopajic in #1884
fix(autonat-v2): interop tests failing by @gmelodie in #1893
fix(quic): muxer handling by @vladopajic in #1885
test(transports): Generate cert for WSS by @rlve in #1894
chore(discovery): remove unused discovery interface by @gmelodie in #1890
test(mix): improve flaky test by @rlve in #1896
test(autotls): Organise test files by @rlve in #1905
test: Organise test file - Multiformat and Services by @rlve in #1909
test: reorganise libp2p tests by @rlve in #1911
chore: replace doAssert with raiseAssert by @ashiskumarnaik in #1797
test: Organise test files - final rename by @rlve in #1914
test: report by @rlve in #1912
test(tools): rng singleton by @vladopajic in #1895
test: fix logs by @rlve in #1920
test(coverage): ignore tests by @rlve in #1922
test(switch): improve flaky test by @rlve in #1928
chore(pubsub): improvements by @vladopajic in #1924
test(gossipsub): make test more robust by @vladopajic in #1930
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pt2 by @vladopajic in #1933
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pt3 by @vladopajic in #1936
test: only failed test in report by @rlve in #1932
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pt4 by @vladopajic in #1938
test: dynamic imports by @rlve in #1918
test: ensure tests run without flags by @rlve in #1929
test(gossipsub): various improvements by @vladopajic in #1942
chore: organise nimble files by @rlve in #1939
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pt5 by @vladopajic in #1947
test: fix multiformat_exts tests are not executed on win by @rlve in #1949
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pt6 by @vladopajic in #1950
chore: utilize AsyncSemaphore from chronos by @vladopajic in #1957
test(gossipsub): utilities that wait for nodes to subscribe by @rlve in #1958
feat(cbind): start/stop/connect/disconnect by @richard-ramos in #1927
feat(cbind): peerInfo by @richard-ramos in #1931
test(pubsub): Refactor Floodsub tests & waitSubscribe util by @rlve in #1961
feat(cbind): pubsub pt1 by @richard-ramos in #1935
test(gossipsub): Remove hardcoded repeated topic "foobar" by @rlve in #1962
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pt7 by @vladopajic in #1963
feat(cbind): connected peers by @richard-ramos in #1955
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pr8 by @vladopajic in #1965
fix(cbind): do not use raw void* but an opaque type instead by @richard-ramos in #1964
test: add import semaphore by @vladopajic in #1967
refactor(cbind): add userdata to topic handler by @richard-ramos in #1956
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pr9 by @vladopajic in #1968
test(gossipsub): making tests more robust pr10 by @vladopajic in #1969
feat(transports): lsquic by @richard-ramos in #1876
chore(kad): interop tests by @gmelodie in #1902
chore: reduce size of docker image by @richard-ramos in #1972
chore(kad): iterative get providers by @gmelodie in #1975
chore(kad): GetProviders retries only failed peers by @gmelodie in #1980
chore: allFuturesThrowing renamed to allFuturesRaising by @vladopajic in #1934
feat(cbind): kademlia by @richard-ramos in #1960
chore: improve flaky test by @vladopajic in #1983
ci(interop): use ipv6 by @vladopajic in #1985
feat(cbind): dialing, opening and closing streams by @richard-ramos in #1974
feat(cbind): start/stop providing by @richard-ramos in #1977
chore: remove license duplicate by @vladopajic in #1992
docs: add common hurdles by @vladopajic in #1991
chore(interop): cosmetics by @vladopajic in #1986
test(interop): Autonatv2 test template by @rlve in #1993
test(kad): Key conversion by @rlve in #1996
chore(kad): refactor find and lookupstate by @gmelodie in #1982
fix(utility): take taking an extra element by @gmelodie in #2001
fix(kad): GetProviders test hanging forever by @rlve in #2005
chore(ConnManager): avoid exposing impl details by @vladopajic in #2007
feat(cbind): stream read / write by @richard-ramos in #1976
test(kad): Routing table and refresh bucket by @rlve in #1998
chore(kad): bootstrap send findNode to all non-empty buckets by @gmelodie in #2008
feat(cbind): config parameters by @richard-ramos in #2009
fix(kad): chunks ignored in getValue by @gmelodie in #2015
test(kad): find & lookup by @rlve in #2014
refactor(kad): iterative search and cid handling by @richard-ramos in #2017
test(kad): find & lookup 2 by @rlve in #2018
fix(kad): Bootstrap by @rlve in #2022
chore(kad): add quorum ignored test by @gmelodie in #2024
fix(kad-dht): stop condition on find_node and track whether node responded succesfully or not by @richard-ramos in #2020
test(interop): Kad test template by @rlve in #2025
feat(peerstore): add LastSeenOutboundBook for outbound-only address by @chaitanyaprem in #2027
test(kad): bootstrap and refactor find tests by @rlve in #2023
feat(transport): add ipv6 support for quic by @vladopajic in #1981
test(kad): put value 1 - refactor by @rlve in #2029
test(kad): put value 2 - new tests + small fix by @rlve in #2030

New Contributors

@ashiskumarnaik made their first contribution in #1797

Full Changelog: v1.14.2...v1.15.0