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aws/aws-encryption-sdk

AWS Encryption SDK

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The maintainers of aws/aws-encryption-sdk usually reply to a pull request within 6 days. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
68
Forks
30
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
7
Avg merge
5d 2h
Merged PRs (30d)
1
Dominant language
Rust
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Sep 28, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed

How to contribute to aws/aws-encryption-sdk

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
  4. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • Go: Data race triggered by Encrypt/Decrypt (trips Go race detector)
    Open
    golang

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

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#902 · 5 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

  • Rust: Deadlock when concurrency is set more than available CPUs
    Open
    bug

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

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#899 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

  • Go io.Reader Decrypt Example
    Open
    enhancement

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

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#796 · 1 comment ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

  • .NET caching CMM support forecast
    Open

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

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#659 · 4 reactions ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

  • add netstandard2.0 support
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#620 · 1 comment · 4 reactions ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

  • Provide native implementations using traits instead of static methods
    Open

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

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#318 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

  • Ensure dafny.msbuild is released properly
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    aws/aws-encryption-sdk#260 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 6 days

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