'datastore key does not have a valid format' error in ipfs-core

[Aragar199]

Same issue as here:

#1615

Version: 0.10.0
Platform: ipfs-core in Chrome
Subsystem: ipns

Type: Bug
Severity: Low

I was testing a clean install into a new directory while the original was still running and saw this error. Took me a few cycles to figure out what was going on since it was not clear to me from the error message.

Fix referenced above should just be applied to

js-ipfs/packages/ipfs-core/src/ipns/publisher.js

Line 95 in 4afd24a

if (!(key instanceof Key)) {

or error message changed to be more informative.

Steps to reproduce:

git clone https://github.com/austintgriffith/eth.build
npm install
npm start
open localhost:3000 in Chrome
in 'Network' subdirectory, create an ipfs module and wait for it to connect by changing color
mkdir && cd to different directory
git clone https://github.com/austintgriffith/eth.build
npm install
npm start
will prompt to open a different port like 3001
open localhost:3001 in different Chrome window
in 'Network' subdirectory, create an ipfs module and wait for it to connect by changing color

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[achingbrain]

The problem in #1615 was that there were two copies of interface-datastore in the dep tree so key instanceof Key fails when key is instantiated from one copy and Key is required from another.

You are running two isolated IPFS processes in the browser with (in theory) only one copy of interface-datastore each.

Could you please confirm that you only have one copy of interface-datastore in the dependency tree?

I've followed your instructions but am not seeing the error - could you share a stack trace please?

[Aragar199]

Huh. Sorry for not including the stack trace, that's how I determined it was coming from publisher.js.

I restarted my comp and am not seeing the error anymore. Guessing my instructions are missing a step or it's just something on my local but I'm also not able to reproduce.

Thank you for taking the time to look in to this, I love submitting phantom issues in a public forum /s

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