ipfs/kubo

Warn when publishing ipns records without a running daemon.

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#4442 opened on Nov 30, 2017

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help wantedtopic/commandstopic/ipns

Description

It technically works and has some use-cases but IPNS records won't persist unless a daemon republishes them in the background. This has now come up several times on the forums and I expect it to come up more frequently in the future.

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Tech stack
go
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
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
Go programmingIPFS daemon lifecycle
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Investigate the IPNS publishing code in the kubo repository, likely in the 'core/commands' or 'namesys' package. Add a check to detect if the daemon is running before publishing. If not, emit a warning. Review existing tests and ensure the warning is appropriately logged.