IntersectMBO/kes-agent

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KES agent provides a solution for storing KES keys in-process, in order to allow them to be erased securely and enable forward security in the Cardano blockchain.

Is IntersectMBO/kes-agent beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to IntersectMBO/kes-agent to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
2
Forks
13
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
19
Dominant language
Haskell
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Sep 30, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 17, 2026
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
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How to contribute to IntersectMBO/kes-agent

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. It ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file, so you can run it without installing its whole toolchain.
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  • Mainnet KES-period calculation ignores Byron slot duration
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#109 ·

  • Better tear down on critical failure
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#102 ·

  • Wrong maxKESEvolutions
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#79 ·

  • Add requirements about hibernation and sleep.
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#78 · 1 reaction ·

  • Add rust/mithril based test vectors to the haskell bls sig implementation
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#70 ·

  • Correctly document how to build OpenSSH with mlock
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#69 ·

  • Integrate with cardano node
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#67 ·

  • Add the a sign data end point to the KES-agent control socket for mithril
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#65 · 1 assignee ·

  • Integrate the Mithril Crypto
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#64 · 3 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Compatibility with Mithril
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#56 · 15 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Extensibility for additional KES keys?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#52 · 2 comments ·

  • Automate SSH tunnels
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement feedback research

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#49 · 1 comment ·

  • Convenient installation packages
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#43 ·

  • TCP
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement research

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#42 · 2 comments ·

  • Evolve keys in demo service client
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    backburner enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#41 ·

  • OpCert counters
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    backburner research

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#40 · 1 comment ·

  • Dealing with KES key validity discrepancies
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    backburner feedback

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#39 · 1 comment ·

  • Formal protocol specs
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    backburner documentation enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#33 · 1 comment ·

  • Evolution timing
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    backburner research

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    IntersectMBO/kes-agent#7 · 3 comments ·

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