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PVA protocol client/server library and utilities.

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Oct 28, 2026
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  • PVXS does not build against EPICS base with INSTALL_LOCATION set
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    epics-base/pvxs#230 · 11 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Handle changes to network environment
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 12/100

    epics-base/pvxs#228 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • singlesource: PUT ignores the client's bitset — unmarked value is written as 0, or silently dropped
    Open
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    epics-base/pvxs#226 · 1 comment ·

  • std::is_pod is deprecated since C++20
    Open
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    Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    epics-base/pvxs#223 · 1 comment ·

  • Access rights information
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

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

    epics-base/pvxs#222 · 1 comment ·

  • Normative types
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    question

    Difficulty 4/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    epics-base/pvxs#221 · 1 comment ·

  • 32-bit support
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

    epics-base/pvxs#220 · 1 comment ·

  • group monitor stop+start may be inconsistent
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

    epics-base/pvxs#204 ·

  • QSRV2 group mapping cannot produce a spec-conformant NTNDArray (no named union in +type)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

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

    epics-base/pvxs#203 · 1 comment ·

  • QSRV2: initial monitor update for a group ignores +trigger and the group lock, but reports atomic=true
    Open
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    epics-base/pvxs#202 · 2 comments ·

  • Test testconfig fails on Windows
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    question

    epics-base/pvxs#191 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Intermittent pvalink test failures on version 1.5.2
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    epics-base/pvxs#187 · 11 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • client: expose peer name/address
    Open
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    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    epics-base/pvxs#185 ·

  • libevent build uses wrong (host) compiler
    Open
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    epics-base/pvxs#183 · 2 comments ·

  • Compiler warning with RTEMS 5.1 pc686
    Open
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    epics-base/pvxs#182 ·

  • QSRV PUT performance
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

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

    epics-base/pvxs#176 · 1 comment ·

  • Proposal: make PVXS DNS/interface-derived client and server state refreshable at runtime
    Open
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 12/100

    epics-base/pvxs#173 · 2 comments ·

  • Dynamic IOC builds on Windows cannot find event_core.dll at runtime
    Open
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    epics-base/pvxs#169 · 1 comment ·

  • Alarm status and severity lack enums and docs
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

    epics-base/pvxs#163 · 1 comment ·

  • Add documentation on how to build from source on Windows
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    epics-base/pvxs#160 · 22 comments ·

  • RFC: optional abicheck path for pvxs ABI checks
    Open
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    enhancement question

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

    epics-base/pvxs#158 · 8 comments ·

  • Feature: Allow alarm.msg to be set from record INFO fields
    Open
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    epics-base/pvxs#157 · 1 comment ·

  • pvRequest parser completeness/compatibility
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 22/100

    epics-base/pvxs#156 · 1 comment ·

  • Add EPICS_PVA_MAX_SEARCH_PERIOD
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    epics-base/pvxs#155 · 1 assignee ·

  • PVA link handle long string
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement good first issue

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

    epics-base/pvxs#152 · 5 comments ·

  • No equivalent of CONFIG_ENV for pva-related variables
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement help wanted

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

    epics-base/pvxs#142 · 3 comments ·

  • PVXS calls errlogInit early enough that it is not possible to override in an st.cmd
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement help wanted

    epics-base/pvxs#140 · 8 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Update bundle/ for RTEMS >=6
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug help wanted

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

    epics-base/pvxs#132 ·

  • pvxs for RTEMS6?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    epics-base/pvxs#131 · 24 comments ·

  • Cross complilation of bundle libevent for windows uses wrong compiler
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    epics-base/pvxs#114 · 18 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • pvxs de-/serialization API not public
    Open
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

    epics-base/pvxs#111 · 9 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Document pvRequest options
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    documentation

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

    epics-base/pvxs#106 · 1 comment ·

  • Coldfire ISA A doesn't include atomic instructions
    Open
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    epics-base/pvxs#104 ·

  • Not working with WINE 8
    Open
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 22/100

    epics-base/pvxs#103 · 3 comments ·

  • bug: libevent Warn: epoll_wait: Function not implemented
    May be free again Open
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    epics-base/pvxs#96 · 11 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • NTTable fields are sorted alphabetically instead of by insertion order
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    help wanted

    epics-base/pvxs#87 · 7 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • PVA's port field in search request makes it not NAT/firewall friendly
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    epics-base/pvxs#70 · 1 assignee ·

  • Not possible to distinguish between scalars and arrays of length 1
    May be free again Open
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    epics-base/pvxs#69 · 5 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Feature suggestion: pvxget and pvxmonitor could use more output options
    Open
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    epics-base/pvxs#66 · 5 comments ·

  • pvxput doesn't understand NTEnum
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug

    epics-base/pvxs#44 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Intermittent failure of `testsock`
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug

    epics-base/pvxs#23 · 6 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • CMake support?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement help wanted

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    epics-base/pvxs#15 · 9 comments ·

  • (De)serialization of Value fields
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement question

    epics-base/pvxs#9 · 6 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Cannot shutdown and restart an IOC
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    epics-base/pvxs#233 · 1 assignee ·

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