Retain ipfs:// when localhost gateway is used

[markg85]

Hi,

I'm not quite sure if this is a bug or a feature. Or perhaps even well intentional but i don't understand it.

I'm running ipfs companion on the latest fancy brave (with IPFS):
Version 1.19.86 Chromium: 88.0.4324.96 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit)

Now any IPFS site i visit gets this appended to the URL:
ipns.localhost:8080

I'm fine with that if i'm using http:// or https:// and that clearly shows i'm using a gateway. A local one in this case.
In this very specific case i'm visiting (as in typing in the url bar):
ipns://dnslink.io

Which gets rewritten to:
http://dnslink.io.ipns.localhost:8080/

This makes no sense to me.
I'm specifically using the ipfs protocol so i'm expecting it not to be rewritten to the http protocol.

Am i just missing a checkbox somewhere that would fix this?
Or is this a bug? Or an intentional feature?

Best regards,
Mark

[lidel]

Thank you for reporting this @markg85, this needs to be fixed in Brave (Companion does not control how address bar renders things).
Good news is that is already on the TODO list, we track it at brave/brave-browser#13756

[markg85]

That is a better title indeed :) Thank you!

But i don't get why it's a Brave thing.
I'm also running chrome with ipfs companion and the exact same thing happens there.

I mean, somehow it does know how to resolve the site ipns://dnslink.io (ipfs companion magic i assume) but does redirect it to http://dnslink.io.ipns.localhost:8080/

[bbondy]

@markg85 can you explain how to reproduce?
For me if I have a gateway configured in settings it goes to: https://dnslink-io.ipns.dweb.link/ which is expected.

Maybe a screenshot of your brave://settings/extensions please? Thanks!

[markg85]

For me if I have a gateway configured in settings it goes to: https://dnslink-io.ipns.dweb.link/ which is expected.

That is exactly the problem.
If i type in the urlbar ipns://dnslink.io and have a local gateway running then i expect the site to stay on that very site. The urlbar should stay at "ipns://dnslink.io" and not rewrite/redirect to the http link.

Btw. It's awesome that Brave now natively supports IPFS. Thank you for that, @bbondy!

[lidel]

As this is Brave-specific behavior independent from Companion,
let's move to: brave/brave-browser#13872

[bbondy]

You might have this option on from brave://settings/extensions:

[bbondy]

it'll retain the ipns:// URI with the issue that @lidel mentioned though, as long as the configured gateway is localhost and matching your setting.