IPNS Resolves only CLI, not Gateway

[johnnyshankman]

• Version:
  0.56.1

• Platform:
  OSX Mojave

• Subsystem:

Severity:

Medium

Description:

I cannot get IPNS content that resolves locally in the CLI to resolve on the gateway even after waiting 24hrs for propagation.

I added and pinned content to IPFS successfully.

I then used name publish to reference that content via IPNS.

○ → jsipfs name publish QmbatBaJZCpEDoDx8CrFSM4NVaH9MnbbGL58JonoJaNnCu
Published to QmfSPG1QgJM9oEHsLvH1rZ4qH7WESGjiq1p5TZuXdg6b4f: /ipfs/QmbatBaJZCpEDoDx8CrFSM4NVaH9MnbbGL58JonoJ

The IPFS Gateway resolves original IPFS pinned content
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbatBaJZCpEDoDx8CrFSM4NVaH9MnbbGL58JonoJaNnCu

CLI resolves the IPNS reference:

○ → jsipfs resolve -r /ipns/QmfSPG1QgJM9oEHsLvH1rZ4qH7WESGjiq1p5TZuXdg6b4f
/ipfs/QmbatBaJZCpEDoDx8CrFSM4NVaH9MnbbGL58JonoJaNnCu

but Gateways refuse to resolve:
https://ipfs.io/ipns/QmfSPG1QgJM9oEHsLvH1rZ4qH7WESGjiq1p5TZuXdg6b4f
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipns/QmfSPG1QgJM9oEHsLvH1rZ4qH7WESGjiq1p5TZuXdg6b4f

It loads for a few minutes then eventually times out and says:

ipfs resolve -r /ipns/QmfSPG1QgJM9oEHsLvH1rZ4qH7WESGjiq1p5TZuXdg6b4f: could not resolve name

Which is the exact command that resolves for me using the CLI.
Daemon is running the whole time, I have 5 peers.

Also not sure how I'm supposed to access file using 127.0.0.1 webui

Steps to reproduce the error:

$ jsipfs add -r somedirectory
# returns <the_ipfs_hash>
$ jsipfs pin add <the_ipfs_hash>
$ jsipfs name publish <the_ipfs_hash>
# returns a peer ID for IPNS that never resolves on gateway

[lidel]

@johnnyshankman please reinstall (update to the latest patch of js-ipfs) – it should include relevant IPNS fix, then you need to republish IPNS record using the latest version.

lmk if this helped.

[carlosdp]

Doesn't seem to be working still, latest patch

[lidel]

Ok, it seems the problem you are experiencing is caused by the lack of full DHT support in js-ipfs (see #3722).
go-ipfs running on gateways is unable to resolve IPNS record because js-ipfs is only publishing on pubsub, which is not enabled by default in go-ipfs (you need to opt-in on your node – https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/blob/master/docs/experimental-features.md#ipns-pubsub).

tldr blocked by #3722 ← lets continue there