This log lists the architectural decisions for wasmCloud. When an architectural decision record has arisen from an RFC or other public issues, those issues will be linked from the record.
| Status | ADR | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accepted | 0000 | Use Markdown Architectural Decision Records |
| Accepted | 0001 | Use the Actor model for WebAssembly modules |
| Accepted | 0002 | Actors are Stateless |
| Accepted | 0003 | Use NATS as the foundation for lattice |
| Accepted | 0004 | Enforce signed artifacts during OCI registry interactions |
| Accepted | 0005 | Flexible security foundation based on ed25519 PKI |
| Accepted | 0006 | Actor-to-actor calls are allowed by default |
| Accepted | 0007 | The wasmCloud Host is the smallest unit of tenancy |
| Accepted | 0008 | wasmCloud Host will not run on embedded devices w/out an OS |
| Accepted | 0009 | Use NATS JetStream for distributed cache |
| Accepted | 0010 | Use Elixir/OTP for the main cloud host runtime |
| Accepted | 0011 | Separate RPC/invocation events from regular events on wasmbus |
| Accepted | 0012 | RFCs are Managed in GitHub and Completed As ADRs |
| Accepted | 0013 | Transition feature focus to Rust |
| Accepted | 0014 | Detach UI from Host |
| Accepted | 0015 | Actor Autoscaling & Scale to Zero |
| Accepted | 0016 | Rename Lattice Prefix to Lattice |
| Accepted | 0017 | Define interfaces using WIT |
| Accepted | 0018 | Add OTEL-compliant metrics to wasmCloud |
For new ADRs, please use template.md.
General information about architectural decision records is available at https://adr.github.io