IPFS-Companion shows offline, but I have IPFS-Desktop working

[chadlupkes]

Describe the bug
IPFS-Companion is offline, no matter what I do. I have tried restarting IPFS-Desktop, updating all software, etc.

Expected behavior
It was working perfectly until the last update.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Browser: Chrome Version 99.0.4844.82 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Browser: Brave Version 1.36.116 Chromium: 99.0.4844.74 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• IPFS-Desktop Version: 0.20.2
• IPFS-Companion Version: 2.19.1

Additional context
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[lidel]

Thank you for reporting this.

This is a regression introduced by ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1956 – it clashed with a bug in go-ipfs where localhost rpc api origin was safelisted only when no custom safelist was present. That PR added custom safelist, effectively disabling access to rpc api.

We fixed it in go-ipfs in ipfs/kubo#8690 by always safelisting 127.0.0.1:<port> (where port is RPC API at 5001) but go-ipfs 0.13 is not released yet.

I'll prepare a bugfix release of ipfs-desktop shortly (it will manually add 127.0.0.1:5001 for now)

[chadlupkes]

Fixed, works perfectly. Thank you!