IPNS name resolve fails the first time name.publish and name.resolve are called but works on next call

[imthe-1]

• Version:
  ipfs-core: 0.12.2
  libp2p: 0.33.0
  libp2p-crypto: 0.19.7

• Platform:
  macOS: 12.4
  chrome browser: 104.0.5112.101

• Subsystem:
  IPNS

Severity: High

Description:

we have forked the js-ipfs repo and have added the functionality to pass an optional secp256k1 private key for creating custom IPNS keypairs. This allows us to create IPNS keypairs that are created from a child derived from a seed phrase giving more control to the seed phrase. The repos modified are ipfs-core, libp2p, libp2p-crypto. We are using a downgraded version since we faced issues using the latest versions then. We have tried using current latest version as well but faced this issue(4148).

the setup has a browser running ipfs-core and is connected to a go-ipfs(kubo) node so that propagation of IPNS publishing works properly. The IPNS name.publish works properly and returns the public key hash but the name does not resolves when resolved via the go-ipfs node and strangely if the same process is repeated twice we are able to resolve the IPNS name. Due to the modifications we can pass the same private key again on the second name.publish call.

expected result: the IPNS name should resolve on the first call itself.

libp2p-crypto/src/keys/secp256k1-class.js(modified)

  async function generateKeyPair (bits, optPrivateKey) {
    const privateKeyBytes = optPrivateKey || await crypto.generateKey()
    return new Secp256k1PrivateKey(privateKeyBytes)
  }

creating an IPNS keypair

    const keypair = await this.browserIpfsCore.key.gen(name, {
      type: 'secp256k1',
      optPrivateKey: Buffer.from(privateKey, 'hex'),
    });

IPNS publish using the keypair generated above

    const resp = await this.browserIpfsCore.name.publish(ipfsCID, {
      key: keypair.id,
      resolve: false, // since it mostly fails
      lifetime: '2400h',
    });

resolving via the go-ipfs node running on an instance

    for await (const name of this.ipfsHttpClient.name.resolve(ipnsPubKeyHash)) {
      cid = name;
    }

modified ipfs-core module w/ libp2p and libp2p-crypto changes: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mdip/ipfs-core

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[BigLep]

2022-09-02 triage conversation: can you confirm if this happens with the default key type as well?
Please also create a repo with a runnable reproducible case to help with the debugging. Thanks.

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[imthe-1]

@BigLep it resolves when using the default key. I have pushed the runnable scenario to the repo - https://github.com/imthe-1/keychain-ipns-sample/tree/master. The console can be checked for the different steps. Please refer to keychain-ipns-sample/src/App.js for the issue specific code sample.
let me know if you face any issues.

[imthe-1]

@BigLep @lidel can you reopen the issue.

[imthe-1]

@BigLep it resolves when using the default key. I have pushed the runnable scenario to the repo - https://github.com/imthe-1/keychain-ipns-sample/tree/master. The console can be checked for the different steps. Please refer to keychain-ipns-sample/src/App.js for the issue specific code sample. let me know if you face any issues.

@BigLep @lidel please let me know if you need any further info. Also, can you please reopen the issue?