The notary repository has experienced minimal activity in recent years. You can explore the repository insights for detailed information. CNCF devstats provides further data, for example, commits data. Furthermore, there have been security issues reported within the notary repository, some of which remain unresolved over a long period. For instance, issue #1695 remains open. Recently, a suspicious issue was raised and has not yet been addressed.

As the Notary Project continues to evolve, its specifications and the reference implementation, notation, serve as solutions for users to ensure the integrity and authenticity of container images, OCI artifacts, and blobs.

In accordance with the governance process, I propose archiving the notary repository. I invited community feedback on this proposal. Please express your support by commenting with a “+1.” Note that a supermajority (two-thirds) approval from Notary Project governance maintainers is required and the notary repository will be archived after 30 days' notice.

/cc:
Org maintainers: @notaryproject/notaryproject-org-maintainers
Governance maintainers: @notaryproject/notaryproject-governance-maintainers
notary project maintainers: @notaryproject/notaryproject-notary-maintainers