The TokTok Project - Roadmap for c-toxcore

v0.2.17

PRs to review:

#2101 cleanup: improve CMakeLists.txt structure

v0.2.18

PRs to review:

#1654 feat: New groupchat implementation

Planned tasks:

#2014 Add sodium autotools CI build

v0.2.19

PRs to review:

#2119 test: Migrate auto_tests to new events API.
#1913 cleanup: Use a switch statement for the TCP client state machine.
#1885 feat: Implement Tox network profiler
#1847 test: add tests for the ToxAV multithreading modes
#1821 feat: Add back the tox_loop implementation for low latency.
#1683 feat: Add username/password SOCKS5 auth

Planned tasks:

#2118 Add a private “get mono_time” API to tox_private.h and use it in auto_tests.
#2109 Assimilate messenger_test.c: replace with public API test
#2095 Add a test that doesn’t add a logger.
#2051 Create a release script (and possibly helper workflow)
#2029 Migrate all auto tests to the events API.
#1855 auto_test/toxav_basic_test.c wrong assertion
#1682 Feature request: authentication support for proxies
#1144 DHT_bootstrap should not link against misc_tools
#706 auto_tests/dht_test.c should not #include “DHT.c”
#416 Add an enable_tcp option in Tox_Options, default true
#389 Suspicious NULL check in net_crypto
#339 Use libev for the event loop.
#225 Add public low latency API

v0.2.x

PRs to review:

#1781 msgV3 PoC
#1645 perf: Remove recursive calling code
#1408 docs: Documented the Tox handshake/AKE in docs/tox_handshake.md and added c…
#1401 test: WIP: add test of fallback use of TCP relays
#1323 perf: WIP: Improve file transfer speed
#1243 WIP: Capabilities Packet

Planned tasks:

#2042 Retry bootstrap more than once
#2012 Support building a DLL on Windows
#1963 The user frequently changes status: -> negotiating -> offline -> negotiating -> offline
#1831 Document the lifetime/ownership of Tox_Option and its fields
#1660 pid_file_path keys_file_path in tox-bootstrapd.conf
#1658 Segfault from toxav_call_control with invalid Messenger friendlist
#1653 Why check it with the last node in is_path_used in onion_client.c
#1624 Create a load testing script/workflow for tox-bootstrapd
#1614 local discovery uses hard coded UDP ports
#1599 ERROR: Iterating backwards in tcp_relays circular buffer in friend_connection.c
#1524 Use socket-wrapper in tests if available (and use it on CI).
#1455 Add ability to prevent messages from being sent if connection is interrupted
#1438 peernumber and peerindex get mixed up for conferences
#1432 Still sends IPv6 messages despite the IPv6 options being turned off
#1360 Add “reply, delete and edit message”
#1342 Feature request: Indicate latency of audio
#1338 tox-bootstrap daemon behind reverse proxy
#1328 Group titles in persistent groups
#1315 Some peers keep going online/offline/online for no apparent reason
#1304 [Proposal] Have “in call” state for AV groups, don’t send audio data if peer not “in call”
#1286 Own messages sometimes aren’t received in group
#1256 please add documentation to: bwcontroller.c
#1255 packet ranges not very clearly explained
#1253 function names misleading in ToxAV
#1252 Proposal: reduce Video corruption even more by negotating the reference frame between sender and receiver
#1249 PACKET_LOSSY_AV_RESERVED 8 # why?
#1248 payload_type hardcoded
#1247 toxcore removes message receipts and filetransfers from memory, when client has short network outage
#1246 Invalid bit rate prevents call
#1227 Resource exhaustion attack on TCP server
#1226 Strange ONION_RECV_3 packets
#1222 Protocol Extension Library
#1200 Testing: Add/modify a test that reloads tox from save data before continuing
#1160 History sync via trusted node or another client
#1152 Overview of known vulnerabilities in the onion
#1121 Announce nodes can read public keys from onion data packets
#1113 File transfers tend to fail on unstable networks
#1111 Reduce the use of DHT pings when GetNodes packets are sent
#1044 Unnecessary relays on file transfers
#1027 Beginning with 0.2.4, a lot of errors are printed: Friend 1 is not online
#1026 Beginning with 0.2.4, a lot of errors are printed: attempted to send message with network family 10 (probably IPv6) on IPv4 socket
#980 Add a way to plug in additional savedata types into Messenger
#974 Remove most uses of unsized integer types
#959 Get rid of all VLAs
#940 ‘ERROR:net_crypto.c:send_lossless_packet’ without explanation
#939 API to detect if the selected proxy supports UDP
#938 [API] file kind should be of type FILE_KIND instead of uint32_t
#919 Feature request: send/receive opus/vpx encoded A/V frames from toxav instead of decoded frames
#896 [feature suggestion] Have the API for the client to know if the message was sent or not
#885 Feature request: Receiving offline messages
#882 Feature proposal: tags for organizing conversations
#876 Create a secure way to disclose vulnerabilities
#871 Segv in toxav on friend going offline during active call
#858 Stardard way to get conference peer_list and to detect which peer joined/leaved the conference
#856 toxins and toxbot don’t come online when qTox is already online, using UDP on the same host
#843 [RFC] Capability flags and message V2, alternative implementation
#802 General explanation about tox’s p2p?
#653 toxencryptsave: Store scrypt parameters along with ciphertext
#651 Changelog doesn’t sort versions correctly
#644 Network Throttle
#612 In file transfer, transmission of a file with long file name fails
#604 Idea for real offline messaging without servers
#601 [Proposal] Support QUIC
#596 Proposal for reworking the way onion paths are created
#547 Use guard nodes
#541 Dynamically adjust contact presence timeout
#469 When using SOCKS5 proxy, do name resolution through the proxy
#466 Link multiple devices or clients belonging to one person together (MULTIDEVICE)
#419 Message bytes and sizes sent over the network should be indistinguishable from the random stream
#384 Document questions and answers related to crypto and p2p networking
#264 Replace nospam with POW system
#259 Add option to allow binding tox-bootstrapd to specific IPs
#258 Add a way to verify ToxIDs
#238 Implement session rekeying
#234 Implement ToS (Type of Service) style priorities in the protocol
#232 Fix automatic bitrate management in ToxAV
#222 Make a new portable simple standard tox save format
#219 NAT traversal: cleanup old functions
#214 Deduplicate enums and typedefs from tox.h and lower layers
#197 UDP requests are received through X IPv6 address, but replies to them are sent back through Y IPv6 address
#195 UDP hole punching incompatible with cheap hardware routers
#152 Backwards compatibility tests.
#119 Clearer separation of toxcore layers and stable APIs between them
#92 Multidevice and more: Call management
#14 Reconsider the use of pthread

v0.3.0

PRs to review:

#1944 chore: tox_new() should return null when savedata loading fails
#1825 refactor: remove tox_options_default(…) and make Tox_Options opaque
#1561 feat: New Handshake based on Noise IK pattern
#1431 refactor: Make ToxAV independent of toxcore internals.
#1335 feat: WIP: new friend finding
#909 WIP: copy proxy_host and savedata_data

Planned tasks:

#1991 Extract file transfers from core code, layer it on top of custom packets
#1973 DHT infinite packet spam to offline peers
#1965 Profile Pages and Microblogs using TunTox-like tunneled HTTP
#1927 TCP-only mode, IP exposure risk
#1621 [Feature request] Add support to i2p so that Tox clients can run hidden within it like RetroShare
#1546 File transfers in groups
#1369 Make ToxAV implementation pluggable
#1364 Change the group A/V API from Tox to ToxAV
#1260 Proposal: DHT Announcements
#1259 Proposal: multidevice and (partial) offline messages
#908 make Tox_Options self contained
#848 Rebase toxcore to libp2p
#655 Review all public API for 0.3.0
#597 Support WebRTC ?
#594 [Proposal] Numbered messages to enforce message ordering
#593 [Proposal] Be able to reject a friend request, then later accept a friend request from the same person
#577 Feature request: I2P integration via i2pd
#517 Tox should be resilient to Sybil attack.
#513 Implement client capability packet
#499 [suggestion] Define Tox API in a structured form
#492 [Feature request] Allow sending messages with (nearly) unlimited size
#475 [suggestion] Better Tor integration
#441 Add an option to disable relaying onion traffic
#437 [suggestion] Have ‘Network Id’ sent with all requests
#428 [feature request] Have a ‘message sent’ timestamp
#426 Tox Handshake Vulnerable to KCI
#408 Consider using Noise protocol construction for KE
#356 Improving security through better use of nonces
#273 Make Tox_Options struct opaque: remove definition from tox.h, leaving only declaration
#199 allow notification of when a message has been read

groupchats

Planned tasks:

#1666 Can you have channels like on Discord?
#1361 Group moderation
#1340 Proposal: Design Tox to be closer to Discord for usability
#1337 join to group chat over group chat id
#1327 How many friends to support group chat at most？
#1265 NGC: Ensure that all group chats callbacks correctly pass user data
#1190 NGC: Don’t invoke callbacks from functions other than tox_iterate.
#1186 NGC: Add more context to TODO: ???
#1184 NGC: Fix vanilla NaCl builds
#1183 NGC: Investigate use of mono_time_update in group chats
#1181 NGC: Document all enumerators of error codes and other enums.
#1180 NGC: Return undefined value on failure.
#1179 NGC: Make struct Group_Chat_Self_Peer_Info private.
#1178 NGC: Use only named types for callbacks
#1177 NGC: Move structs out of headers back into .c files
#1176 NGC: Disentangle onion_client and group chats
#1174 NGC: Replace “fprintf” calls in with appropriate LOGGER_* calls.
#1173 NGC: Bring tox.api.h up to date with tox.h.
#1172 NGC: Fix memory leaks.
#1171 NGC: Fix heap-use-after-free bug in tox_kill path
#1167 NGC: Update spec on New Group Chats to account for changes done to get TCP working
#581 [Proposal] Public channels