ipfs/ipfs-desktop

Feature Enhancement: Allow users to manually restart, or manually start, bundled go daemon within the app (not only via tray icon)

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#2293 opened on Oct 10, 2022

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. go daemon startup is tightly coupled to app startup. If you start IPFS desktop and the node fails to start due to repo lock or other issue, users have no ability to get things working without a full app restart.

We're all familiar with this screen which is indicative that a full app restart, or separate daemon start (via CLI) is required:

Describe the solution you'd like ipfs go daemon status should be toggle-able, restartable, stoppable, etc, from the ipfs desktop application

Describe alternatives you've considered N/A

Additional context Related: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/issues/1977

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Tech stack
javascriptnodejselectrongo
Domain
desktopdevops
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
IPFS basicsElectron app structureNode.jsGo daemon interaction
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
Investigate the current daemon startup logic in the Electron main process (likely in src/daemon/ or similar). Understand how the daemon status is communicated to the renderer process. Look at the related issue #1977 for context. Explore adding UI controls (e.g., buttons) in the status screen to manually start/stop/restart the daemon, and implement the corresponding IPC handlers.