Relay is not working

[realdennis]

• Version:

0.6.1

• Platform:

(WSL) Microsoft x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
(MacOS) Darwin Kernel Version 20.4.0

• Subsystem:

Guess it's about js-libp2p, ipfs-core

Severity:

Medium?

Description:

Relay is not working

Steps to reproduce the error:

according to this ipfs-core usage (https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/examples/circuit-relaying#so-what-just-happened)

1. In ipfs-core and nodejs, ipfs.create with relay: { enable: true }, relay is not working either.
2. log await ipfs.swarm.addrs()
3. not seeing /p2p-circuit

Update

I found out that if the repo is created by $ jsipfs init, then it'll have the /p2p-circuit/ but if it's created by ipfs-core

const node = await ipfs.create({
  repo: '<repo_path>'
});
const addrs = await node.swarm.addrs();

// check all addrs, do not have the `/p2p-circuit/`

then the relay will not work, the relay.enabled seems not the point.

Update 2

Guess the root cause is the jsipfs get the p2p-circuit slowly, so only the daemon one has the p2p-circuit, and if I create the repo in app, then I'll not have the p2p-circuit address immediately...

Update 3

Also the $ jsipfs daemon not always get the /p2p-circuit

$ rm -rf ~/.jsipfs
$ jsipfs init
$ jsipfs daemon

// another session
$ jsipfs swarm addrs | grep p2p

Sometime attached circuit-relay in few seconds, sometimes still not have /p2p-circuit/ in few minutes

[lidel]

Triage note: perhaps default config is different (programmatic -core vs CLI use)?

[whizzzkid]

js-ipfs is being deprecated in favor of Helia. You can follow the migration plan here #4336 and read the migration guide.

Please feel to reopen with any comments before 2023-06-05. We will do a final pass on reopened issues afterward (see #4336).

This issue has been resolved in Helia, if not, please let us know!