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Technical specifications for the IPFS protocol stack

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Last GitHub push: Sep 7, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 17, 2026
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65 open issues indexed

IPNS clarification Open

ipfs/specs#194 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Linked-Data Key (Previously Multikey) Open

kind/support

ipfs/specs#58 · 32 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Space-time correction for IPRS validity schema Open

ipfs/specs#72 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
spec out dnslink Open

ipfs/specs#76 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Limitations of the merkledag link Open

ipfs/specs#87 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Abstractions in IPLD: high level and low level data representations Open

ipfs/specs#91 · 17 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Transformations and Crypto Open

ipfs/specs#102 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Idea: add a "join table" capability inherently within IPFS (aka the missing link) Open

ipfs/specs#109 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPFS Specifications Licensing Open

dif/expert kind/maintenance P1

ipfs/specs#137 · 15 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Signed objects Open

ipfs/specs#160 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPRS record for an IPNS entry should include the peer ID Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#166 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPNS with multiple resolvers Open

ipfs/specs#198 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Improve IPNS spec Open

ipfs/specs#205 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPNS Key Revocation Open

ipfs/specs#219 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Research/quantify performance envelopes of multiple CDC algorighms Open

ipfs/specs#227 · 12 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
UnixFS duplicate paths during import Open

ipfs/specs#239 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Naming blocks in the datastore Open

P1

ipfs/specs#242 · 16 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPNS pub key size concerns Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#256 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Manifest files for unixfs loaded via HTTP Gateway Open

dif/expert help wanted kind/discussion kind/enhancement kind/maintenance need/community-input

ipfs/specs#257 · 9 comments · 11 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Mutable namespace using "Mutex blocks" Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#258 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Bitswap auth Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#260 · 0 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Mutable & Replyable Storage (Novel? IPNS/DNSLink alternative?) Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#264 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Need for IPIP: Data Onboarding via HTTP POST (and future ipfs:// POST|PUT) Open

IPIP need/community-input P2

ipfs/specs#375 · 12 comments · 17 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPFS Gateway not exposing content-length header when receiving Accept-Encoding Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#281 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Document how to leverage /dnsaddr for peer/content/routing Open

need/analysis need/community-input P3

ipfs/specs#543 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Add Ipfs-DagSize and/or Ipfs-DataSize to gateway responses Open

ipfs/specs#461 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
resolve relative symlinks server side on gateway Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#284 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Create @ipfs/specs-stewards team Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#291 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Register a new access-type with IANA Open

kind/enhancement P3

ipfs/specs#310 · 11 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPNS: support Ethereum wallet signing Open

kind/enhancement P2

ipfs/specs#323 · 10 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Spec writable protocol handlers Open

need/analysis P2

ipfs/specs#335 · 11 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Need for IPIP: Ambient discovery of Limited Delegated Routers provided by libp2p Open

need/analysis need/community-input need/triage

ipfs/specs#341 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPIP: Add "delete provider" to Content Routing HTTP API Open

IPIP kind/enhancement need/analysis P2 status/blocked

ipfs/specs#346 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Create IPIP: UnixFS and Gateway support for explicit MIME/Content-Type Open

need/community-input need/triage P2

ipfs/specs#364 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Specs stewards not publicly accessible Open

effort/hours kind/maintenance P1

ipfs/specs#367 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Gateway/UnixFS: specify/unify symlink handling Open

need/analysis P3

ipfs/specs#368 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Include IPNS Record in Gateway CAR responses Open

IPIP need/triage

ipfs/specs#369 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Specify how delegated /routing/v1 API can support new protocols Open

kind/bug need/analysis need/community-input

ipfs/specs#377 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Add DNSLink specs for resolving /ipns/{fqdn} content paths Open

dif/medium kind/missing-specs P1

ipfs/specs#389 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
website: move template.html to src Open

need/triage topic/website

ipfs/specs#391 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Separate specs from website templates Open

need/triage topic/website

ipfs/specs#392 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Create a document license spec Open

kind/missing-specs P2

ipfs/specs#395 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
gateway: CORS and `Cache-Control: only-if-cached` Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#400 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Specialized Subset(s) of the Public IPFS Swarm Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#404 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
Shared / Multisig / Sharded IPNS Keys Open

need/community-input

ipfs/specs#416 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
website: monitor site availability over HTTP and IPFS Open

ipfs/specs#418 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
gateway: add CORS to specs Open

dif/expert effort/days kind/maintenance P1

ipfs/specs#423 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
gateway: CDN-Loop (RFC 8586) Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#426 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
IPNS Publisher Key Seed Phrases Open

need/triage

ipfs/specs#429 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026
WebSeed specifications Open

kind/enhancement meta

ipfs/specs#444 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 17, 2026

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