OperationError: The operation failed for an operation-specific reason (anonymous function): Gnome Epiphany & Tauri

[AustinFoss]

• Version:
  npm ipfs v^0.65.0

• Platform:
  Linux pop-os 6.0.6-76060006-generic #202210290932166906205022.04~d94609a SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon N x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

• Subsystem:
  ipfs & ipfs-core

Severity:

medium

Description:

Error creating a js-ipfs (ipfs & ipfs-core) node in a Tauri project.

OperationError: The operation failed for an operation-specific reason (anonymous function)

I started by trying to get js-ipfs working with a build of my Nuxt 3 app using Tauri (Rust counterpart of Electron). It produced a non-descriptive error so I tested a plain TS implementation using the template produced with yarn create tauri-app and got a different non-descriptive error, similar to the one mentioned in issue #3878, but much longer, you can find the repo I used here

Prior to this issue I opened one in the Tauri repo here

After someone on their team explained a bit, and pointed me in the direction of #3878, I tried create(options) with all 3 options passed to options.init.algorithm; 'Ed25519', 'RSA', secp256k1'. No luck.

Steps to reproduce the error:

Clone my linked repo, cd into it, and:

yarn && yarn dev

Open link in the Epiphany browser. Or wait a little longer for Tauri, you may need to install Tauri and rust deps, to compile it and run:

yarn && yarn tauri dev

Clicking the "Init IPFS" button tries running the create() function which causes the error.

Do you think this is a problem with Epiphany or with WebKitGTK? The ipfs node is created fine when yarn dev is output in any other desktop browser I've tested except Epiphany(which is what Tauri uses for display). Is there a work around usable through js-ipfs or should I take this to the webkitgtk repo?

I know support for the Epiphany browser is probably not high on anyone's priority list, can't imagine many people use it as a daily driver, but compatibility could be useful for building IPFS desktop/mobile apps with tauri.

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[AustinFoss]

Friendly bump , I know it's sunday and I'm not in a rush

Ran another test using the example repo from js-ipfs-examples, using the 'browser-vite' example: https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples/tree/master/examples/browser-vite

For the purposes of replication, and if you don't trust my repo, or are suspicious Tauri is adding something unique to the dependencies that's causing the problem, your example repo also results in the same error using Epiphany but works just fine in Brave.

[achingbrain]

js-IPFS is in the process of being deprecated, the replacement is Helia - please see the State of IPFS in JS post for a bit of background and the migration guide for how to port your app over.

I'm not 100% but I think the wonderfully descriptive The operation failed for an operation-specific reason error was something to do with a difference between WebKit and every other rendering engine around key derivation - it was fixed by libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto#313 - can you please upgrade your app to Helia and see if the problem still exists?