What's left: Platform Development Update 10-January-2023

Happy New Year, fellow Dashers!
This is our first Platform Update in 2023. Lots of things have been done. Let's see what's left before testing!

TenderDash

Task: Stabilization

What We Planned

Stabilizing

• updated dependencies (actions/stale, setup-go,buf-setup-action, goreleaser-action) done
• refactor: use logger for log printing done
• refactor: blocksync.bpRequester should stop procedure if block was received done
• feat!: verify next consensus params between nodes done
• build: enable deadlock detection on -dev docker images done
• build(github): use ubuntu 20.04 in github workflows done
• fix: flaky TestReactor_Backfill test done
• fix: improve flaky TestWALRoundsSkipper done

Investigate deadlocks

• refactor(consensus): consensus state to fix deadlock in progress

What’s Left before Testing Phase

• Stabilize same-block execution
• Update BLS library
• Adjust vote extensions for withdrawal transactions
• Improve seed node operations
• Drive integration

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GroveDB

Tasks

• Deterministic loaded bytes done
• Optional Merk caching done
• Better path query merge in progress
• Merging of conditional path queries done
• Intersection and disjointed union of query items done
• Query Item Comparison done
• Proof of mixed levels in progress

What’s Left before Testing Phase

Major

• Sum Trees merge done

Minor

• Average case processing costs done
• Some code polishing done
• Light proof feature done

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Protocol

Task: Identity v2
Credit Withdrawals

• Introduce withdrawals data contract in review
• Implement the pooling process (type 0 only) for withdrawals in review
• Update status of withdrawals after broadcasting in review
• Add revision logic to IdentityCreditsWithdrawal transition in review
• Indices from expired withdrawal transactions must be reused in review

Other Protocol Tasks

• Identity v2 in progress
• Total credit balance verification in progress
• Calculate expected total credits amount in progress
• Efficient Data Serialization in progress
• Add support for core 18.2 done
• Do not switch to validator quorum which will be removed soon done
• ABCI context logger in review
• Fix for non deterministic processing fees done

What’s Left before Testing Phase
Major

• Fee Refunds
• Accomplish and test withdrawals
• State Sync

Minor

• Logging of same block execution
• Use block candidate context in State Repository
• Deal with situation where fees are higher than Balance in progress
• Verify fee processing costs
• Asset Lock and Unlock transactions integration
• BLS library rust binding
• Masternode block reward distribution
• Add Sum Tree feature for Pool trees in progress

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Rust Port Update

What We Planned

• Integrate Rust DPP into SDK, Drive, DAPI and test suite in progress
• Successfully run platform test suite and test for Drive and Dapi planned
• ConsensusError done
• ProtocolError in progress

State Transitions

DataContract

• Create
• Update (Changed)

Identity

• Asset lock proof
• Create
• TopUp (Integration is in progress)
• Update (Integration is in progress)

Document

• Batch