This-Month-in-Openmls

We merged 8 PRs in August. Not bad for a summer month 🌞. We welcome @tbehner as a first time contributor, solving a long standing issue by adding the hmac function to OpenMlsCrypto trait. Thanks to @kkohbrok it is now also much easier to build external commits with the new external commit builder. let (mut dave_group, _bundle) = MlsGroup::external_commit_builder() .with_config(mls_group_config.clone()) .build_group(provider, verifiable_group_info, dave_credential) .unwrap() .load_psks(provider.storage()) .unwrap() .build( provider.rand(), provider.crypto(), &dave_signature_keys, |_| true, ) .unwrap() .finalize(provider) .expect("Error joining from external commit"); Merged PRs August 2025 #1829: Doc fixes #1828: disable large tree test #1825: adding the hmac function to OpenMlsCrypto #1824: make clippy happy #1823: Update README.md in sqlite storage #1822: chore: Add TryFrom for VerifiableCiphersuite #1814: Allow configuration of leaf node lifetime checks on join #1801: External commit builder Contributors @wysiwys @franziskuskiefer @tbehner @kkohbrok

We merged 16 PRs in July with fixes to documentation and code improvements, and most importantly, OpenMLS v0.7 got released 🎉. Important fixes that got merged in July are #1797, which ensures that the ratchet tree is trimmed correctly after processing proposals, and #1793, which corrects the calculation of the free index when inserting a new leaf node into the ratchet tree in certain cases. OpenMLS now also supports GroupContextExtensions in external proposals. ...

We merged 5 PRs in June with some small improvements. This was a quiet month, with the main focus on stabilization to prepare for the upcoming v0.7 release. Merged PRs June 2025 #1788: hpke: don’t use git dependency #1787: Update tls_codec to 0.4.2 #1786: fix: Tighten export functions API #1783: Update external proposal documentation with links to validation checks #1782: Add validation test for valn1504 Contributors @wysiwys @raphaelrobert @keks @franziskuskiefer

We merged 4 PRs in May with some significant improvements. #1774 introduced a flag in the commit builder, providing more granular control over group information creation. This enhancement allows for greater flexibility when managing MLS group states. We’ve improved error handling for old private messages in #1772. Now, when you encounter an outdated private message, OpenMLS will return a more specific error, making debugging and message management easier. And #1767 refines how updates are handled within OpenMLS by transitioning to the use of SignerBundle instead of Signer. ...

The openmls project continues to thrive not only because of the core team, but also thanks to the valuable contributions from our dedicated community. Last month saw 32 pull requests merged, all aimed at bolstering the stability and usability of the OpenMLS library. We added a usable, formally verified crypto backend with libcrux for use in OpenMLS. This is the first step towards making OpenMLS a high assurance library. We also welcome new contributors @Snazzah, who added support for external sender proposals #1750, as well as @timokoesters. ...

OpenMLS saw some significant improvements last month! We tackled several bugs and introduced two key features: a helper to streamline fork resolution (#1731) and the much-requested ability to rotate signature keys (#1735). Additionally, a big thank you to @wysiwys for contributing a new set of helpers that will make writing tests significantly easier. We’re particularly excited about the fork resolution helper, and we’ll be diving deeper into the intricacies of this issue and its solution in a dedicated blog post coming soon. ...

February was as quiet month with some bug fixes and new tests. We are also happy to welcome 2 new contributors @wysiwys, and @shishkin 🎉 Merged PRs February 2025 #1719: add cname to gh-pages action #1717: Test duplicate signature key detection is not bypassed #1715: Fix x25519-dalek crate link in README #1704: Add support for SelfRemove proposals Contributors @franziskuskiefer @kkohbrok @wysiwys @shishkin

January was focused on bug fixes and finishing the implementation and description of validation checks #1702. We are also happy to welcome 3 new contributors @Gusted, @sandr01d, and @rozbb. Merged PRs January 2025 #1713: Drop dead code in signature.rs #1706: Update labeler.yml #1705: Add annotations for valn0306 #1703: fix: clear update proposals when a remove proposal is present for a given leaf #1702: Annotate and fix missing validation checks, including ones we hadn’t catalogued before #1701: fix: use “?” instead of match statement in cli #1700: Change error in MemoryStorage and result handling in OpenMLS #1699: Fixed openmls_rust_crypto build with test-utils feature #1698: fix: typos in quick start #1697: update dependencies #1696: Delete .github/workflows/interop.yml #1693: Improve log2 function #1682: Sqlite storage provider crate Contributors @Gusted @sandr01d @keks @rozbb @franziskuskiefer @kkohbrok

Happy new year! 🍾 In the last month of 2024 we merged 4 PRs into OpenMLS. We fixed a bug where credential lookup may have failed in certain cases (#1691) and improved semantic message validation to make OpenMLS even safer. Merged PRs December 2024 #1694: Add Validation Comments and Fix Application Message Epoch #1692: update dependencies #1691: Correctly Look Up Credentials and Public Keys for Members for Previous Epochs #1688: Fix Typo and add GroupContextExtension example for Unknown Extensions Contributors @franziskuskiefer @raphaelrobert @keks

In November we merged 9 PRs into OpenMLS. A major change has been the addition of a commit builder in #1675. The commit builder makes creating commits more convenient as you can see in the example below. let message_bundle = alice_group .commit_builder() .propose_adds(Some(bob_key_package.key_package().clone())) .load_psks(provider.storage()) .expect("error loading psks") .build( provider.rand(), provider.crypto(), &alice_signature_keys, |_proposal| true, ) .expect("error validating data and building commit") .stage_commit(provider) .expect("error staging commit"); let (mls_message_out, welcome, group_info) = message_bundle.into_contents(); Merged PRs November 2024 #1687: Clippy fixes #1684: Add validation annotations and a check #1683: ci: Fix coverage #1679: Fixing a few typos in the book #1678: Update README.md ciphersuite names #1676: Fix docs link #1675: Add Commit Builder #1673: Feat: Better error when attempting to decrypt own messages #1672: VerifiableGroupInfo::epoch() added to public API Contributors @franziskuskiefer @kkohbrok @raphaelrobert @josephlukefahr @keks