dist.ipfs.io unreliable or blocking automated requests
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Description
npm install is failing fairly regularly now, hanging at:
> go-ipfs-dep@0.4.19 install /home/mark/Projects/orbitdb/orbit-db/node_modules/go-ipfs-dep
> node src/bin.js
I believe three's some automated protection on dist.ipfs.io now that's blocking these requests and causing 504 timeouts. You can emulate it by simply calling wget over and over again until it freezes.
Reproduced on multiple devices and internet connection situations.
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Research direction
Start with the reported npm install reproduction and the src/bin.js entry point, then inspect how requests to dist.ipfs.io are handled when repeated downloads hang or return 504 timeouts. Reproduce the failure with repeated wget requests and define done as npm install completing reliably without the reported timeout.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100