
Manu Coste engineered and maintained the Cosmian/kms repository over 14 months, delivering secure backend features, robust CI/CD pipelines, and reliable packaging for cryptographic key management. He implemented enhancements such as TLS 1.3 migration using Rustls, Smart Card HSM integration, and outbound proxy support for JWKS, addressing both security and deployment constraints. Manu automated release workflows, improved documentation, and migrated builds to Nix for reproducibility, leveraging Rust, Shell scripting, and Docker. His work balanced customer-facing capabilities with internal stability, demonstrating depth in backend development, DevOps, and cryptography, and resulting in faster, more predictable releases and improved operational reliability.

December 2025 performance highlights for Cosmian/kms: delivered core packaging and build pipeline improvements, migrated to Nix-based builds for reproducibility, and stabilized cryptographic tests. These efforts improved packaging reliability, ensured reproducible builds, and strengthened CI capabilities, enabling faster, more predictable releases with greater confidence in cryptographic correctness.
December 2025 performance highlights for Cosmian/kms: delivered core packaging and build pipeline improvements, migrated to Nix-based builds for reproducibility, and stabilized cryptographic tests. These efforts improved packaging reliability, ensured reproducible builds, and strengthened CI capabilities, enabling faster, more predictable releases with greater confidence in cryptographic correctness.
Month: 2025-11 — Concise monthly summary focused on delivery, impact, and technical excellence for Cosmian/kms. This period centered on packaging and shipping Cosmian KMS release 5.12.0, including new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates. The release was built, versioned, and committed, enabling customers to access updated capabilities and improved stability.
Month: 2025-11 — Concise monthly summary focused on delivery, impact, and technical excellence for Cosmian/kms. This period centered on packaging and shipping Cosmian KMS release 5.12.0, including new features, bug fixes, and documentation updates. The release was built, versioned, and committed, enabling customers to access updated capabilities and improved stability.
October 2025: Delivered KMS 5.10.0 release for Cosmian/kms with updated crate versions and build configuration. Implemented versioning improvements and updated documentation links to support reproducible builds and smoother downstream deployments. No major bugs fixed this month. This release reduces deployment risk, accelerates integration, and demonstrates strong release engineering and build tooling skills.
October 2025: Delivered KMS 5.10.0 release for Cosmian/kms with updated crate versions and build configuration. Implemented versioning improvements and updated documentation links to support reproducible builds and smoother downstream deployments. No major bugs fixed this month. This release reduces deployment risk, accelerates integration, and demonstrates strong release engineering and build tooling skills.
September 2025 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Key features delivered include KMIP Sign/VerifySignature support and TLS cipher suite selection, enabling secure KMIP workflows; Smart Card-based HSM support added for the 5.9.0 release, expanding hardware compatibility; and a bug fix to the server crate publish pipeline that stabilizes packaging and publishing (5.8.1). Overall impact: strengthened security capabilities, broader hardware support, and more reliable release processes, reducing deployment risk and accelerating time-to-value for customers. Technologies/skills demonstrated: KMIP protocol enhancements, TLS configuration, Smart Card HSM integration, Rust-based build and publish pipelines, CI/CD and release management.
September 2025 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Key features delivered include KMIP Sign/VerifySignature support and TLS cipher suite selection, enabling secure KMIP workflows; Smart Card-based HSM support added for the 5.9.0 release, expanding hardware compatibility; and a bug fix to the server crate publish pipeline that stabilizes packaging and publishing (5.8.1). Overall impact: strengthened security capabilities, broader hardware support, and more reliable release processes, reducing deployment risk and accelerating time-to-value for customers. Technologies/skills demonstrated: KMIP protocol enhancements, TLS configuration, Smart Card HSM integration, Rust-based build and publish pipelines, CI/CD and release management.
Summary for 2025-07: Cosmian/kms delivered security-focused TLS modernization, deployment automation, and stability improvements. The month centered on upgrading the TLS stack to TLS 1.3 using Rustls, updating the OpenID Connect dependency for newer APIs, and introducing a robust systemd-based deployment surface for KMS, including install/uninstall scripts and configuration for database, TLS, HTTP, proxy, and authentication with backup/restore capabilities. A rollback was performed to revert OpenSSL/tokio-openssl changes to restore a stable TLS configuration, ensuring reliability while preserving the security enhancements.
Summary for 2025-07: Cosmian/kms delivered security-focused TLS modernization, deployment automation, and stability improvements. The month centered on upgrading the TLS stack to TLS 1.3 using Rustls, updating the OpenID Connect dependency for newer APIs, and introducing a robust systemd-based deployment surface for KMS, including install/uninstall scripts and configuration for database, TLS, HTTP, proxy, and authentication with backup/restore capabilities. A rollback was performed to revert OpenSSL/tokio-openssl changes to restore a stable TLS configuration, ensuring reliability while preserving the security enhancements.
June 2025: Delivered targeted improvements to Cosmian KMS to improve operational reliability, network adaptability, and documentation quality. Implemented key features to support deployment in restricted environments, safeguarded configuration during packaging, improved CLI documentation, and tightened release/CI hygiene. The month balanced customer-facing capabilities with internal stability and maintainability improvements, laying groundwork for smoother production deployments and faster iteration cycles.
June 2025: Delivered targeted improvements to Cosmian KMS to improve operational reliability, network adaptability, and documentation quality. Implemented key features to support deployment in restricted environments, safeguarded configuration during packaging, improved CLI documentation, and tightened release/CI hygiene. The month balanced customer-facing capabilities with internal stability and maintainability improvements, laying groundwork for smoother production deployments and faster iteration cycles.
Month: 2025-05 — Focused on aligning Cosmian KMS tooling with the current project state and accelerating release readiness. Key work included synchronizing the CLI submodule to the latest develop commit and establishing release/versioning automation to streamline deployments.
Month: 2025-05 — Focused on aligning Cosmian KMS tooling with the current project state and accelerating release readiness. Key work included synchronizing the CLI submodule to the latest develop commit and establishing release/versioning automation to streamline deployments.
April 2025 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Delivered the KMS 4.23.0 release (KMIP digest and MAC operations, CBC encryption, UI) along with infrastructure and CI/build improvements (Debian Bookworm base image, CI time optimizations, CLI submodule maintenance, dependency cleanup, and enhanced release artifacts workflow). Added Oracle Key Vault integration documentation and improved testing/documentation. These efforts deliver stronger cryptographic capabilities, faster and more reliable deployments, and improved cross-system interoperability.
April 2025 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Delivered the KMS 4.23.0 release (KMIP digest and MAC operations, CBC encryption, UI) along with infrastructure and CI/build improvements (Debian Bookworm base image, CI time optimizations, CLI submodule maintenance, dependency cleanup, and enhanced release artifacts workflow). Added Oracle Key Vault integration documentation and improved testing/documentation. These efforts deliver stronger cryptographic capabilities, faster and more reliable deployments, and improved cross-system interoperability.
March 2025 (2025-03) focused on security hardening, documentation alignment for Google Workspace, repository synchronization, and packaging/build improvements. Key work reduced risk and improved release reliability across the Cosmian/kms project by updating Rust dependencies to address RUSTSEC-2025-0009, aligning S/MIME docs with Google Workspace requirements, synchronizing develop branches for core crates and CLI, and enhancing nightly builds and RPM packaging.
March 2025 (2025-03) focused on security hardening, documentation alignment for Google Workspace, repository synchronization, and packaging/build improvements. Key work reduced risk and improved release reliability across the Cosmian/kms project by updating Rust dependencies to address RUSTSEC-2025-0009, aligning S/MIME docs with Google Workspace requirements, synchronizing develop branches for core crates and CLI, and enhancing nightly builds and RPM packaging.
February 2025 performance summary for Cosmian/kms: Completed KMS 4.22.x release prep, including binary rename to cosmian_kms, cross-repo version alignment in Cargo and Docker, and refreshed changelog; fixed RHEL9 CI artifact naming to correctly identify and archive the cosmian_kms_server RPM, preventing mis-archiving. These efforts enhance release reliability, artifact integrity, and deployment readiness, while showcasing strong build/script hygiene and cross-team collaboration.
February 2025 performance summary for Cosmian/kms: Completed KMS 4.22.x release prep, including binary rename to cosmian_kms, cross-repo version alignment in Cargo and Docker, and refreshed changelog; fixed RHEL9 CI artifact naming to correctly identify and archive the cosmian_kms_server RPM, preventing mis-archiving. These efforts enhance release reliability, artifact integrity, and deployment readiness, while showcasing strong build/script hygiene and cross-team collaboration.
January 2025 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms focusing on stability, packaging reliability, and developer experience. Delivered a set of CI/CD and packaging improvements to ensure reliable releases and correct artifacts across OSes, advanced the KMS 4.21.0 release with documentation updates and a new demo environment reinitialization script, and expanded user-facing documentation for deployment and Google Cloud Search integration. Strengthened release governance with a dedicated release process doc.
January 2025 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms focusing on stability, packaging reliability, and developer experience. Delivered a set of CI/CD and packaging improvements to ensure reliable releases and correct artifacts across OSes, advanced the KMS 4.21.0 release with documentation updates and a new demo environment reinitialization script, and expanded user-facing documentation for deployment and Google Cloud Search integration. Strengthened release governance with a dedicated release process doc.
December 2024 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Focused on improving documentation quality and developer onboarding. Key outcomes include fixes to MkDocs docs, updates to README build badges, docker install guidance revisions in single_server_mode docs, and a typo fix in single_server_mode.md. All changes are traceable via commits 127c6f195f51e6e744832f78c5522f327e41b40e and 7db6e8d71aeafad2e69d0ec0212dc7e4027c1ffc, supporting reproducibility and maintainability.
December 2024 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Focused on improving documentation quality and developer onboarding. Key outcomes include fixes to MkDocs docs, updates to README build badges, docker install guidance revisions in single_server_mode docs, and a typo fix in single_server_mode.md. All changes are traceable via commits 127c6f195f51e6e744832f78c5522f327e41b40e and 7db6e8d71aeafad2e69d0ec0212dc7e4027c1ffc, supporting reproducibility and maintainability.
November 2024 performance summary for Cosmian/kms focused on delivering business value through CLI modularity, performance benchmarks, release readiness, and CI/CD modernization. The month emphasized cross-repo collaboration, robust documentation, and maintainable build pipelines, enabling faster delivery and more reliable security-focused features.
November 2024 performance summary for Cosmian/kms focused on delivering business value through CLI modularity, performance benchmarks, release readiness, and CI/CD modernization. The month emphasized cross-repo collaboration, robust documentation, and maintainable build pipelines, enabling faster delivery and more reliable security-focused features.
October 2024 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Delivered Google Client-Side Encryption enhancements across Calendar, Meet, and Drive; stabilized releases 4.19.2 and 4.19.3 addressing GMeet launch issues and macOS maturin build fixes; upgraded CI/CD to Python 3.13 for macOS maturin; improved versioning and docs. This work increased security, cross-service integration, platform compatibility, and CI/CD reliability, reducing production risk and accelerating onboarding for Google Workspace workflows.
October 2024 monthly summary for Cosmian/kms: Delivered Google Client-Side Encryption enhancements across Calendar, Meet, and Drive; stabilized releases 4.19.2 and 4.19.3 addressing GMeet launch issues and macOS maturin build fixes; upgraded CI/CD to Python 3.13 for macOS maturin; improved versioning and docs. This work increased security, cross-service integration, platform compatibility, and CI/CD reliability, reducing production risk and accelerating onboarding for Google Workspace workflows.
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