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Research ways to support verifying the PEP 740 digital attestations early

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#2,080 opened on Apr 26, 2024

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The upstream is moving forward now — https://github.com/pypi/warehouse/issues/15871 — so should pip-tools. I don't yet know what it'll look like here but we need to watch for the opportunities to integrate a preliminary support for such security-related features.

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Research direction
The issue is to research integration of PEP 740 digital attestations into pip tools. Start by reading the upstream warehouse issue #15871 to understand the attestation verification model. Then explore pip tools' dependency resolution and download code, particularly in piptools/sync.py and piptools/resolver.py, to identify where verification could be inserted. Provide a summary of potential integration points and a proposed approach for preliminary support.
Tech stack
python
Domain
securitytooling
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Needs investigation
Prerequisites
PythonPEP 740pip tools internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25