OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest

Two big themes: a six-PR inventory-service cleanup sprint from shunr-hpe, and the OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026 agenda getting its final shape. Plus a tokensmith RFC 8693 refactor and the closure of a long-standing boot-service legacy-API issue.

Highlights#

• inventory-service cleanup sprint: shunr-hpe lands six PRs in a tight batch — PR #14 (project rename to inventory-service), #15 (remove unneeded go.mod replaces), #16 (EthernetInterface description handling), #17 (Makefile + test targets), #18 (package rename controllers → providers), and the earlier-week smd #87 (functional-test fix). Solid hygiene work.
• tokensmith RFC 8693 support: tokensmith PR #22 from alexlovelltroy refactors the TokenService to support RFC 8693 for opaque token management. Lands in tokensmith v0.4.0; v0.4.1 follows the next day with a quick patch.
• boot-service legacy API issue closed: boot-service #1 — the long-running BSS-compatibility ask on /boot/v1/bootparameters — closes this week. Connects to the boot-service v0.1.1 release.
• coresmd per-rule netmask action: coresmd PR #59 from synackd adds a per-rule netmask action with docs updates, closing the netmask/cidr inference ask from coresmd #58.
• UCL 2026 Summit prep continues: Multiple openchami.org PRs polish the Summit: Day 1 reorganisation, Day 2 AI workshop schedule fix, venue and session-room changes, and tutorial update from new contributor darkmatterdawn. Plus Install Slurm doc updated to use cloud-init from lunamorrow.
• Deployment recipes bump to v0.1.2: deployment-recipes PR #145 from mithileshreddy04 updates the OpenCHAMI release reference to v0.1.2.

New & Notable PRs#

• RFC 8693 opaque tokens (tokensmith #22) by alexlovelltroy
• Per-rule netmask action (coresmd #59) by synackd
• Project rename + cleanup (inventory-service #14) by shunr-hpe
• Test targets + Makefile (inventory-service #17) by shunr-hpe
• UCL Day 1 reorganisation (openchami.org #93) by green-br
• Cloud-init in Install Slurm docs (openchami.org #82) by lunamorrow

Issues to Watch#

No fresh blockers in this window — the active issues from prior weeks (magellan BMC config, structured logging, hardware identification RFD) continue to gather discussion.

Releases#

• tokensmith v0.4.1
• tokensmith v0.4.0 — RFC 8693 opaque tokens
• boot-service v0.1.1

Contributor Thanks#

• shunr-hpe — six inventory-service PRs in one week of cleanup and DX work.
• alexlovelltroy — tokensmith RFC 8693 refactor.
• synackd — coresmd netmask action plus ongoing review across many repos.
• green-br, aescoubas, darkmatterdawn — UCL 2026 Summit content polishing.
• lunamorrow — Slurm-on-cloud-init docs update.

What’s next?#

• Ship UCL 2026 Summit final content before the event.
• Continue inventory-service growth on the cleaner foundation.
• Land fabrica #39 Prometheus metrics and start using them in services.

Proposed Blog Titles#

1. “RFC 8693 in Practice: Opaque Token Management in tokensmith v0.4”
2. “inventory-service: A Week in Hygiene”
3. “Get Ready for OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026”
4. “Slurm on OpenCHAMI: The cloud-init Path”