From 26d0ed2d81453684111c0591fa43bafe4ae4461c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: acul71 <34693171+acul71@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 23:25:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] remove deprecated IK pattern TODO

---
 libp2p/security/noise/transport.py | 5 -----
 newsfragments/816.internal.rst     | 1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/816.internal.rst

diff --git a/libp2p/security/noise/transport.py b/libp2p/security/noise/transport.py
index 8fdd6b6e..b26e0644 100644
--- a/libp2p/security/noise/transport.py
+++ b/libp2p/security/noise/transport.py
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ class Transport(ISecureTransport):
     early_data: bytes | None
     with_noise_pipes: bool
 
-    # NOTE: Implementations that support Noise Pipes must decide whether to use
-    #   an XX or IK handshake based on whether they possess a cached static
-    #   Noise key for the remote peer.
-    # TODO: A storage of seen noise static keys for pattern IK?
-
     def __init__(
         self,
         libp2p_keypair: KeyPair,
diff --git a/newsfragments/816.internal.rst b/newsfragments/816.internal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ade49df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/816.internal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The TODO IK patterns in Noise has been deprecated in specs: https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/noise#handshake-pattern