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+---
+
+title: Anoncomms Consulting
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: TBD
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-anoncomms-consulting`
+
+## Description
+
+TBD
+
+## Task List
+
+### Consulting
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-anoncomms-consulting:consulting`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+TBD
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+TBD
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+---
+
+title: DST Automated Workflow
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Deploy nim-libp2p master to the Lab and report regression failures automatically
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-dst-automated-workflow`
+
+## Description
+
+Automate deployments of the latest nim-libp2p master to the Lab and execute
+basic regression tests. When results deviate from expected behavior, open an
+issue automatically in the nim-libp2p repository for triage.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Lab Deployment And Regression Runs
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-dst-automated-workflow:deployment-tests`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Deploy the latest master revision to the Lab and trigger basic regression
+tests. Define expected outcomes and retain the tested revision, configuration,
+and results so failures can be reproduced.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Automated Lab deployment and basic regression workflow
+- Documented expected results and retained run artifacts
+
+
+### Automatic Regression Issues
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-dst-automated-workflow:issue-reporting`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Compare regression results with expected outcomes and automatically create
+nim-libp2p issues for deviations. Include the tested revision, failing checks,
+and links to logs, and avoid repeatedly filing the same unresolved failure.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Automatic issue creation for regression deviations
+- Reproducible triage details and duplicate-issue handling
+- Workflow checks demonstrating expected-result and regression-result paths
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+---
+
+title: GossipSub Interoperability Framework
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Expand continuous GossipSub interoperability testing across implementations
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-gossipsub-interop`
+
+## Description
+
+Evolve the existing GossipSub test plan into a reusable unified-testing
+framework, using [libp2p/test-plans#850](https://github.com/libp2p/test-plans/pull/850)
+as a starting point. Cover Go, Rust, JS, Python, Nim, Zig, and future
+implementations in mixed-language topologies across TCP, WebSocket, and native
+QUIC. Use unified-testing for protocol and transport debugging.
+
+Note that large-scale Shadow simulation seems to not work correctly with QUIC
+
+## Task List
+
+### Implementation And Transport Matrix
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-gossipsub-interop:matrix`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Build an extensible test matrix that runs mixed-language topologies and
+automatically exercises transport combinations. Ensure the framework can be
+used continuously by maintainers across implementations.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Mixed-language GossipSub scenarios across the listed implementations
+- Automated TCP, WebSocket, and native QUIC combinations where supported
+- Documented workflow for adding implementations and running tests
+
+
+### Protocol Stability And Fault Injection
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-gossipsub-interop:stability`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Validate scoring, mesh maintenance, IHAVE/IWANT behavior, duplicate suppression,
+and consistent propagation. Run long-lived scenarios with joins, leaves,
+disconnects, reconnects, and churn, plus delayed peers, partitions, intermittent
+connectivity, and reconnect storms.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Protocol behavior assertions across implementations
+- Long-running mesh stability and fault-injection scenarios
+- Reproducible failure reports for interoperability regressions
+
+
+### Metrics And Dashboard
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-gossipsub-interop:reporting`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Collect propagation latency, throughput, duplicate rate, and bandwidth use.
+Present standardized results so maintainers can compare releases and identify
+interoperability regressions.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Comparable performance metrics from framework runs
+- Standardized dashboard with release comparisons and regression visibility
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+---
+
+title: Logos Core Consulting
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: TBD
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-logos-core-consulting`
+
+## Description
+
+TBD
+
+## Task List
+
+### Consulting
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-logos-core-consulting:consulting`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+TBD
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+TBD
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+---
+
+title: Logos Delivery Consulting
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Support Logos Delivery with pluggable libp2p, nim-ffi, and module API integration
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-logos-delivery-consulting`
+
+## Description
+
+Provide consulting to Logos Delivery as they make libp2p pluggable, tracked in
+[logos-delivery#4341](https://github.com/logos-messaging/logos-delivery/issues/4341).
+Coordinate the integration with the Logos libp2p module, support nim-ffi design
+and code reviews, and help the team understand the API the module offers.
+
+This as an ongoing consulting commitment, adding specific follow-up tasks
+as requirements and priorities become clearer during Q4.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Consulting
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-logos-delivery-consulting:consulting`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Work with the Logos Delivery team on the interfaces and integration needs for
+pluggable libp2p. Explain the Logos libp2p module API, identify missing capabilities,
+and review opportunities to modify or simplify it based on Delivery's needs.
+
+Review nim-ffi pull requests and discuss or propose changes where needed,
+including the proposed use of polling instead of callbacks. Coordinate resulting
+API and integration decisions with Delivery and capture concrete follow-up work
+as it is agreed.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Consulting and review support for the pluggable libp2p work in logos-delivery#4341
+- nim-ffi PR reviews and design feedback, including evaluation of polling instead of callbacks
+- Module API guidance and agreed changes or simplifications for Delivery integration
+- Links to reviews, decisions, and follow-up issues or PRs as work is completed
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+---
+
+title: Explicit DHT Publication Outcomes
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Expose local storage and remote publication results from putValue
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-dht-publication-outcomes`
+
+## Description
+
+Make putValue results distinguish local storage from remote publication.
+Aggregate remote write acknowledgements so callers can identify successful
+peers, quorum failures, and partial or complete success. A mismatching
+acknowledgement must be reflected in the result rather than only logged.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Publication Result Model
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-dht-publication-outcomes:result-model`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Define results that expose whether local storage succeeded, whether publication
+was attempted, which peers acknowledged the record, and whether the requested
+quorum was met. Specify partial success and complete failure semantics.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Documented publication result types and quorum semantics
+- Caller-visible local storage, publication, and successful-peer information
+
+
+### Acknowledgement Aggregation And Tests
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-dht-publication-outcomes:aggregation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Aggregate remote write outcomes into the final putValue result. Treat mismatching
+acknowledgements as unsuccessful writes and cover local failures, no publication,
+partial acknowledgements, quorum failure, and complete success.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- putValue implementation reporting aggregate publication outcomes
+- Tests for mismatching acknowledgements and each result category
+- Usage examples showing how callers interpret results
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation.md
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+---
+
+title: Early Multiplexer Negotiation
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Negotiate the multiplexer during the security handshake
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation`
+
+## Description
+
+Reduce TCP/WebSocket connection establishment by one network round trip by
+selecting the multiplexer during the security handshake. Extend the Noise
+handshake payload and connection upgrader so compatible peers can avoid the
+separate multistream-select exchange that follows the security handshake.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Handshake Negotiation And Upgrade
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation:implementation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Add multiplexer negotiation to the Noise handshake and pass the selection to
+the muxed upgrader. Preserve the separate negotiation path when peers do not
+support early negotiation or no early selection is available.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Noise payload extension and upgrader integration
+- Fallback behavior for existing peers
+- Tests for compatible peers and negotiation fallback
+
+
+### Connection Setup Validation
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation:validation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Exercise TCP and WebSocket connections with early negotiation enabled and with
+legacy peers. Verify that successful early selection removes the separate
+multiplexer negotiation round trip and establishes usable streams.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Interop coverage for early and legacy negotiation paths
+- Connection traces or measurements confirming the saved round trip
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+---
+
+title: Byte-Aware GossipSub Queues
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Bound GossipSub queued bytes as well as message counts
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-byte-queues`
+
+## Description
+
+Queue-length limits already exist, but equal message counts can retain very
+different amounts of memory. Add byte limits alongside count limits to bound
+queued GossipSub data when message sizes vary.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Byte Accounting And Limits
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-byte-queues:byte-limits`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Track retained bytes through enqueue, dequeue, drop, and cleanup. Enforce byte
+budgets alongside existing count limits while preserving the intended overflow
+behavior of each queue priority.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Byte accounting and configurable byte limits for GossipSub queues
+- Defined overflow behavior when either count or byte limits are reached
+
+
+### Queue Pressure Validation
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-byte-queues:validation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Exercise mixed message sizes, large bursts, and slow peers. Verify that queue
+cleanup releases accounted bytes and existing priority behavior remains correct.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Tests for mixed-size traffic and count/byte boundary conditions
+- Resource-use measurements under queue pressure
+- Real life network tests ensuring no regressions are introduced
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+---
+
+title: GossipSub Duplicate Suppression Validation
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Validate GossipSub duplicate suppression on Nimbus mainnet nodes
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-duplicate-suppression`
+
+## Description
+
+Test [nim-libp2p#3043](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/3043),
+[nim-libp2p#3016](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/3016) and 
+[nim-libp2p#3165](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/3165) against their
+original requirements. Use Nimbus libp2p nodes on mainnet to establish that the
+behavior is desirable and stable over time. Local testnets alone are insufficient
+to assess Internet conditions, memory leaks, or isolated mesh islands.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Requirements And Regression Coverage
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-duplicate-suppression:regression-coverage`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Translate the requirements behind both changes into checks for duplicate
+suppression and message delivery. Establish a baseline for comparison during
+mainnet monitoring.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Requirement-to-test mapping for both PRs
+- Regression coverage and baseline measurements
+
+
+### Sustained Mainnet Validation
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-duplicate-suppression:mainnet-validation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Run the changes on Nimbus fleet and/or home nodes on mainnet and monitor them
+over an extended period. Compare resource use, message delivery, and mesh
+connectivity against the baseline, checking for leaks, isolated islands, and
+other unexpected peer-to-peer behavior.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Mainnet monitoring results covering stability and resource use over time
+- Evidence that duplicate suppression meets its requirements without delivery or mesh regressions
+- Documented findings and fixes for regressions discovered during monitoring
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+---
+
+title: Experimental GossipSub Topic Streams
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Implement experimental per-topic GossipSub data streams
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-topic-streams`
+
+## Description
+
+Implement the topic-stream proposal referenced in
+[libp2p/specs#729](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/pull/729), separating application
+data by topic and direction while retaining the ordinary GossipSub stream for
+control messages. Treat this draft proposal as experimental and keep support
+behind an explicit opt-in or compile flag.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Negotiation And Stream Lifecycle
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-topic-streams:stream-lifecycle`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Implement capability negotiation and fallback for peers without topic-stream
+support. Create, replace, and clean up streams for each topic and direction,
+including subscription changes and peer disconnects.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Experimental feature gate and legacy-peer fallback
+- Topic stream creation, replacement, and cleanup
+- Tests for mixed-capability peers and lifecycle transitions
+
+
+### Delivery And Resource Budgets
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-topic-streams:delivery-budgets`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Implement full-message and partial-message delivery with per-peer stream counts
+and byte budgets. Verify delivery behavior and bounded resource use while
+control messages continue to use the ordinary GossipSub stream.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Full-message and partial-message delivery
+- Per-peer stream and byte limits
+- Tests for delivery, resource exhaustion, and control-stream behavior
+- Ensure no regressions are introduced in a real life network deployment
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+---
+
+title: Bounded GossipSub Validation
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Bound GossipSub validation concurrency and queued work
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-validation`
+
+## Description
+
+Application validation can be expensive, for example when using RLN. Add global
+and per-topic budgets, bounded admission queues, and validator deadlines so
+validation work remains bounded under load. Keep invalid-message outcomes
+separate from local overload.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Validation Budgets And Admission
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-validation:budgets`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Implement global and per-topic concurrency limits, bounded admission queues,
+and deadlines for validation work. Release capacity when work completes, expires,
+or is cancelled.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Configurable validation concurrency and queue limits
+- Deadline handling and tests proving that capacity is released
+
+
+### Topic Fairness And Outcomes
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-validation:fairness-outcomes`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Schedule validation fairly across topics so a busy topic cannot monopolize
+validation capacity. Distinguish invalid messages from work rejected or expired
+because of local overload, without treating overload as evidence of invalid data.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Fair scheduling across topics
+- Separate invalid-message and local-overload outcomes
+- Tests with expensive validators, saturated queues, and competing topics
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+---
+
+title: Kademlia Auto-Mode Stability And Lifecycle Validation
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Validate Kademlia auto-mode stability and lifecycle behavior
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-auto-mode`
+
+## Description
+
+Automatic reachability-driven role selection and explicit client/server modes
+were implemented in Q3 by
+[nim-libp2p#2910](https://github.com/iftech/nim-libp2p/pull/2910). Auto mode starts
+as a client, follows reachable/unreachable verdicts, and preserves its current
+mode when reachability is unknown.
+
+The current Kademlia handler immediately follows reachable/unreachable verdicts
+and has no minimum observation window or cooldown. AutoNAT v1 aggregates a
+bounded history of non-unknown answers (defaults: 10 answers, threshold 0.3),
+with reachable taking priority when both outcomes meet the threshold. This is
+sample-based aggregation, not a minimum stable duration. AutoNAT v2 uses
+per-address verification: one selected peer supplies each address verdict, and
+any confirmed candidate makes the node reachable. Its verification interval
+controls probe cadence, not a Kademlia role-transition cooldown.
+
+Add explicit transition timing safeguards and validate their interaction with
+both reachability sources. Preserve fixed client/server modes and verify role
+state and pending transitions across stop/restart.
+
+Implementation baseline: nim-libp2p master at `5309dc87cb4b4385a4a37e4339cdeefca02c8667`:
+
+- [Kademlia reachability handler](https://github.com/iftech/nim-libp2p/blob/5309dc87cb4b4385a4a37e4339cdeefca02c8667/libp2p/builders.nim#L585)
+- [AutoNAT v1 answer aggregation](https://github.com/iftech/nim-libp2p/blob/5309dc87cb4b4385a4a37e4339cdeefca02c8667/libp2p/protocols/connectivity/autonat/service.nim#L93)
+- [AutoNAT v2 address verification and reachability summary](https://github.com/iftech/nim-libp2p/blob/5309dc87cb4b4385a4a37e4339cdeefca02c8667/libp2p/address_manager.nim#L257)
+
+## Task List
+
+### Role-Transition Timing And Stability
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-auto-mode:stability`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Define and implement minimum observation windows and cooldowns for automatic
+role changes, accounting for AutoNAT v1 answer aggregation and AutoNAT v2
+per-address verdicts. Specify promotion and demotion timing so transient changes
+do not cause repeated switching while sustained changes still take effect.
+
+Define how opposite or unknown verdicts affect pending transitions. Include
+inconclusive probes, which can retain prior reachability state rather than emit
+an unknown verdict. Validate the policy through both AutoNAT integrations,
+including loss of the last confirmed address in v2.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Documented promotion/demotion windows, cooldowns, and pending-transition semantics
+- Implemented timing safeguards for Kademlia auto mode
+- Deterministic tests for transient and sustained verdict changes through AutoNAT v1 and v2
+- Tests for unknown verdicts, inconclusive probes, and loss of the last confirmed address
+- Checks that sustained reachability changes take effect within the documented timing bounds
+
+
+### Fixed Modes And Service Lifecycle
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-auto-mode:lifecycle`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Verify that explicitly configured client and server modes remain fixed when
+reachability changes. Exercise auto mode across service stop/restart, including
+stopping while a role transition is pending. Ensure pending transitions cannot
+fire after shutdown, restart uses the documented initial-state policy, and
+subsequent reachability updates drive the expected role without duplicate
+subscriptions. Fix defects identified by these tests.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Tests for fixed client/server modes under changing reachability
+- Auto-mode stop/restart tests covering pending-transition cancellation, subscriptions, and role state
+- Fixes and regression coverage for lifecycle defects found during validation
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage.md
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+---
+
+title: Kademlia Provider Storage
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Allow applications to replace Kademlia record storage
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage`
+
+## Description
+
+Value records, provider records, and locally provided keys use concrete
+in-memory structures. Introduce a replaceable storage interface so downstream
+applications can supply their own storage mechanism, including key/value
+operations, expiration, and iteration.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Storage Interface
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage:interface`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Define the operations required by value records, provider records, and locally
+provided keys. Specify key/value access, deletion, expiration/TTL, and iteration
+semantics, adding other operations only where existing DHT behavior requires them.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Storage interface covering all three record categories
+- Documented expiration and iteration semantics
+
+
+### Integration And Backend Validation
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage:integration`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Route Kademlia storage access through the interface and preserve an in-memory
+backend. Demonstrate application-supplied storage and verify record lookup,
+expiration, and locally provided key iteration across backends.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Replaceable storage integrated into Kademlia
+- In-memory backend preserving existing behavior
+- Example custom backend and storage contract tests
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-maintenance.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-maintenance.md
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+---
+
+title: Nim-libp2p Maintenance
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Maintain nim-libp2p and evaluate open code review tooling
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-maintenance`
+
+Maintain nim-libp2p through improvements, bug fixes, and user support
+
+## Description
+
+Continue supporting and maintaining the nim-libp2p repository through ongoing improvements, refactoring, and bug fixes.
+This includes a range of ad-hoc tasks critical to sustaining code quality, overall stability, correct functionality,
+and performance of the project.
+Additionally, it provides a platform for addressing small developer requests,
+ensuring that nim-libp2p remains functional and usable for its primary users — Nimbus and Waku — helping to meet their evolving needs."
+
+
+## Task List
+
+### General Maintenance
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Maintain nim-libp2p through ongoing bug fixes, improvements, and user support
+as issues arise during the quarter.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Maintenance fixes and associated regression coverage
+- Links to completed maintenance issues and pull requests
+
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns.md
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+---
+
+title: mDNS Peer Discovery
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Discover local-network libp2p peers through mDNS
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns`
+
+## Description
+
+Implement mDNS discovery so libp2p peers on the same local network can find one
+another without manually exchanging addresses or relying on Internet bootstrap
+services. Cover discovery lifecycle, interface changes, record and address
+handling, expiration, peerstore integration, and application-controlled dialing.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Discovery Lifecycle And Records
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns:discovery`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Implement discovery startup and shutdown, interface handling including network
+changes, and record processing. Validate discovered addresses and expire stale
+records so discovery follows the current local network.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- mDNS discovery with interface-change handling
+- Record validation, address processing, and expiration
+- Tests for shutdown, network changes, and stale records
+
+
+### Peerstore And Connection Policy
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns:peerstore-policy`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Integrate discovered peers and addresses into the peerstore, following the
+existing Kademlia integration pattern where applicable. Expose an overridable
+connection policy so applications decide whether to dial discovered peers.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Peerstore integration for discovered peers
+- Application-controlled dialing policy and usage example
+
+
+### Cross-Implementation Interoperability
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns:interop`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Verify local-network discovery and connection establishment with other libp2p
+implementations, including address updates and record expiration.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Reproducible cross-implementation mDNS tests
+- Interoperability results for discovery, address updates, and expiration
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams.md
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+---
+
+title: Experimental QUIC Datagrams
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Add negotiated application datagrams over QUIC
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams`
+
+## Description
+
+Implement negotiated application datagrams using QUIC unreliable delivery,
+following the draft proposal referenced in
+[libp2p/specs#680](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/pull/680). This supports transient
+presence, live state, or telemetry where retransmitting obsolete data is
+undesirable. Keep the feature experimental behind an opt-in or compile flag.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Negotiation And Datagram API
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams:implementation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Implement capability negotiation and application send/receive support through
+nim-lsquic and nim-libp2p. Define unsupported-peer behavior and expose the
+unreliable delivery semantics to callers.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Experimental negotiated QUIC datagram support
+- Documented application API and unsupported-peer behavior
+
+
+### Datagram Validation
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams:validation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Verify datagram exchange, negotiated size limits, loss behavior, and connection
+cleanup. Check that datagram use can coexist with reliable streams.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Tests for negotiation, datagram delivery, limits, and cleanup
+- Example demonstrating transient application data alongside reliable streams
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-ech.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-ech.md
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+---
+
+title: Experimental QUIC Encrypted ClientHello
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Investigate backend support and implement experimental ECH for QUIC
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-ech`
+
+## Description
+
+Investigate and implement Encrypted ClientHello for QUIC using the proposal
+referenced in [libp2p/specs#730](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/pull/730).
+ECH can hide the libp2p ALPN signal in the TLS handshake. Assess lsquic backend
+support, configuration rotation, and retry behavior, then implement the spec
+behind an experimental opt-in or compile flag.
+
+Working on this commitment requires the spec to have been reviewed and observations
+fixed as it is still on an early stage.
+
+## Task List
+
+### Backend Feasibility
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-ech:feasibility`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Evaluate ECH support in lsquic and its TLS backend. Identify binding or backend
+changes needed for the proposal, including configuration distribution, rotation,
+and retry handling.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Documented backend support and implementation requirements
+- Feasibility results for configuration rotation and retries
+
+
+### Experimental Implementation And Validation
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-ech:implementation`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Implement the ECH handshake integration and required backend bindings. Validate
+configuration rotation and retry behavior, and verify that an accepted ECH
+handshake hides the libp2p ALPN signal in the outer ClientHello.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Experimental ECH implementation and configuration documentation
+- Handshake tests covering accepted ECH, rotation, and retry behavior
+- Recorded interoperability results and any remaining backend limitations
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle.md
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+---
+
+title: Reachability And Relay Lifecycle Integration
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Integrate AutoNAT v2 with hole punching and correct relay lifecycle behavior
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle`
+
+## Description
+
+Complete reachability integration so hole punching can use AutoNAT v2 instead
+of remaining coupled to AutoNAT v1. Address relay reservation tasks surviving
+stop/restart, stale relay addresses, and service advertisements retaining old
+addresses.
+
+## Task List
+
+### AutoNAT v2 Hole-Punching Integration
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle:autonat-v2`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Connect hole-punching decisions to AutoNAT v2 reachability information and
+validate behavior as reachability changes.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Hole-punching integration with AutoNAT v2
+- Tests for reachable, unreachable, and changing reachability states
+
+
+### Relay And Advertisement Cleanup
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle:lifecycle`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Ensure relay reservation tasks stop with their service and do not survive or
+duplicate across restarts. Remove stale relay addresses and refresh service
+advertisements when advertised addresses change.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Correct reservation task cancellation and restart behavior
+- Relay addresses and service advertisements reflecting current addresses
+- Regression tests for stop/restart, reservation loss, and address changes
diff --git a/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport.md b/content/p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport.md
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+---
+
+title: nim-libp2p WebTransport
+tags:
+  - "2026q4"
+  - "p2p"
+  - "ift"
+draft: false
+description: Accept browser libp2p connections through a native Nim WebTransport endpoint
+
+---
+
+`ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport`
+
+## Description
+
+Build a native Nim WebTransport endpoint using nim-lsquic so browser libp2p
+clients can connect to nim-libp2p. Expand the HTTP/3 and session integration
+needed for this server endpoint and verify browser interoperability.
+
+## Task List
+
+### nim-lsquic Endpoint Support
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport:endpoint`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Extend the nim-lsquic bindings and HTTP/3 integration needed to accept
+WebTransport sessions. Implement session establishment, stream events, and
+cleanup for rejected or closed sessions.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Native WebTransport session acceptance through nim-lsquic
+- Tests for session establishment, rejection, and cleanup
+
+
+### libp2p Transport Integration
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport:transport`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Expose accepted WebTransport sessions through nim-libp2p connection and stream
+abstractions. Handle endpoint addressing, peer authentication, and connection
+shutdown so browser clients can use libp2p protocols over the transport.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- WebTransport endpoint integrated with nim-libp2p
+- Documented endpoint and browser connection configuration
+
+
+### Browser Interoperability
+
+* fully qualified name: `ift-ts:p2p:ift:2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport:interop`
+* owner: not assigned yet
+* status: not started
+* start-date: 2026/10/01
+* end-date: 2026/12/31
+
+#### Description
+
+Connect browser libp2p clients to the native Nim endpoint and exercise
+bidirectional protocol traffic, disconnects, and reconnects.
+
+#### Deliverables
+
+- Reproducible browser-to-Nim interoperability tests
+- Example browser connection and results covering stream and session lifecycle
diff --git a/content/p2p/index.md b/content/p2p/index.md
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@@ -14,6 +14,30 @@ Major future work items on nim-libp2p (also beyond this reporting period are cap
 
 [[p2p/preview|Roadmap Preview]]
 
+## 2026q4 `ift-ts:p2p:`
+
+### `ift:`
+
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-anoncomms-consulting|anoncomms-consulting]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-dst-automated-workflow|dst-automated-workflow]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-gossipsub-interop|gossipsub-interop]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-logos-core-consulting|logos-core-consulting]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-logos-delivery-consulting|logos-delivery-consulting]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-dht-publication-outcomes|nimlibp2p-dht-publication-outcomes]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation|nimlibp2p-early-muxer-negotiation]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-byte-queues|nimlibp2p-gossipsub-byte-queues]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-duplicate-suppression|nimlibp2p-gossipsub-duplicate-suppression]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-topic-streams|nimlibp2p-gossipsub-topic-streams]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-gossipsub-validation|nimlibp2p-gossipsub-validation]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-auto-mode|nimlibp2p-kademlia-auto-mode]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage|nimlibp2p-kademlia-provider-storage]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-maintenance|nimlibp2p-maintenance]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-mdns|nimlibp2p-mdns]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams|nimlibp2p-quic-datagrams]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-quic-ech|nimlibp2p-quic-ech]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle|nimlibp2p-reachability-relay-lifecycle]]
+* [[p2p/ift/2026q4-nimlibp2p-webtransport|nimlibp2p-webtransport]]
+
 ## 2026q3 `ift-ts:p2p:`
 
 ### `ift:`