OperationError: The operation failed for an operation-specific reason on IPFS.create() (iOS 14.7.1)

[joe-p]

• Version: 0.10.8

• Platform: iPhone 11 running iOS 14.7.1

• Subsystem: libp2p-crypto (I think...)

Seems to be a problem stemming from SubtleCrypto since the exception is from SubtleCrypto.decrypt() or SubtleCrypto.encrypt(), so I assume it's somewhere in libp2p-crypto

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/decrypt#exceptions
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/encrypt#exceptions

Severity: High - iOS 14 functionality broken

Description:

When trying to use ipfs-core on iOS 14.7.1, IPFS.create() fails to run with the following exception shown in the console:

[Error] Unhandled Promise Rejection: OperationError: The operation failed for an operation-specific reason
	(anonymous function) (main.chunk.js:55:82)
	asyncFunctionResume
	(anonymous function)
	promiseReactionJobWithoutPromise
	promiseReactionJob

The console log shows the error is from App.js:8 but that isn't reflect when copy/pasting for some reason:

Steps to reproduce the error:

1. npx create-react-app ipfs-test && cd ipfs-test
2. npm i ipfs-core
3. Modified contents of App.js

import { useEffect } from "react";
import IPFS from 'ipfs-core';

function App() {

  useEffect(() => {
    (async () => {    
      const ipfs = await IPFS.create()
      const { cid } = await ipfs.add('Hello world')
      const { version } = await ipfs.version()
      console.info(cid)
      document.getElementById('cid').innerText = version + ' ' + cid
    })();
  })

  return (
    <div className="App">
      <div id="cid">Waiting for IPFS...</div>
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

4. npm start
5. Verify page works on desktop (I'm using Firefox on Mac OS and it works)
6. Attempt to visit page on iOS
7. Look at console log to see the aforementioned exception

package-lock.json
package.json

Note: I am running this on the node:14 docker image behind traefik so I am accessing the site via HTTPS

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[joe-p]

I just updated to iOS 15. which includes a significant update to Safari, and IPFS works as expected with the exact same source code. This bug seems to be specific to iOS/Safari 14.7.1. More testing would be needed to determine if it affects all older iOS versions or just 14.7.1.

[BigLep]

Thanks for reporting. Given new iOS addresses this issue, maintainers aren't going to dig into this issue for 14.7.

[sebastiendan]

Hi! I just noticed the same problem on iOS 14.[6|8]. Is there any one working on a solution? It does work on iOS 15, but according to figures from last month (here), only ~60% of iPhone users have upgraded to iOS 15, with still 36% of them on iOS 14.

It seems difficult to me to consider that a critical bug like this one shouldn't be fixed for such a large user base considering the notoriety IPFS has gained over the years.

[matheus23]

We're starting to hit these issues at fission as well. Has someone made progress on figuring out where this issue is coming from yet?

In case we can figure out a fix for this, would you be open to merging a fix for this @BigLep?

[icidasset]

Workaround, change the crypto algorithm for the peer id keypair:

IPFS.create({
  init: { algorithm: isSafari ? "RSA" : "Ed25519" }
})