| 1 | name: Feature |
| 2 | description: Suggest a new feature in Kubo. |
| 3 | labels: |
| 4 | - kind/feature |
| 5 | - need/triage |
| 6 | body: |
| 7 | - type: markdown |
| 8 | attributes: |
| 9 | value: | |
| 10 | Suggest a new feature in Kubo (the program). If you'd like to suggest an improvement to the IPFS protocol, please discuss it on [the forum](https://discuss.ipfs.tech). |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Issues in this repo must be specific, actionable, and well motivated. They should be starting points for _building_ new features, not brainstorming ideas. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | If you have an idea you'd like to discuss, please open a new thread on [the forum](https://discuss.ipfs.tech). |
| 15 | |
| 16 | **Example:** |
| 17 | |
| 18 | > Add deduplication-optimized chunking of tar files in `ipfs add` (specific) by examining tar headers ... (actionable). This would let me efficiently store and update many versions of code archives (motivated). |
| 19 | |
| 20 | - type: checkboxes |
| 21 | attributes: |
| 22 | label: Checklist |
| 23 | description: Please verify the following. |
| 24 | options: |
| 25 | - label: My issue is specific & actionable. |
| 26 | required: true |
| 27 | - label: I am not suggesting a protocol enhancement. |
| 28 | required: true |
| 29 | - label: I have searched on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/issues?q=is%3Aissue) for my issue. |
| 30 | required: true |
| 31 | - type: textarea |
| 32 | attributes: |
| 33 | label: Description |
| 34 | description: | |
| 35 | Please describe your idea. When requesting a feature, please be sure to include your motivation and and a concrete description of how the feature should work. |