[gui error report] Error: Initializing daemon...

[timebankspace]

👉️ Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

Specifications

• OS: darwin
• IPFS Desktop Version: 0.20.5
• Electron Version: 18.0.3
• Chrome Version: 100.0.4896.75

Error

Error: Initializing daemon...
go-ipfs version: 0.12.2
Repo version: 12
System version: amd64/darwin
Golang version: go1.16.15
Found outdated fs-repo, migrations need to be run.
Looking for suitable migration binaries.
Need 1 migrations, downloading.
Downloading migration: fs-repo-11-to-12...
Fetching with HTTP: "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdaCHYBDHEhXCMoynH5UcohEay6m1XayZCcxWZzKAHNVN/fs-repo-11-to-12/versions"
Fetching with HTTP: "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdaCHYBDHEhXCMoynH5UcohEay6m1XayZCcxWZzKAHNVN/fs-repo-11-to-12/versions"
Fetching with HTTP: "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdaCHYBDHEhXCMoynH5UcohEay6m1XayZCcxWZzKAHNVN/fs-repo-11-to-12/versions"
Error fetching: exceeded number of retries. last error was http.DefaultClient.Do error: Get "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdaCHYBDHEhXCMoynH5UcohEay6m1XayZCcxWZzKAHNVN/fs-repo-11-to-12/versions": dial tcp 162.125.32.10:443: i/o timeout
Fetching with IPFS: "fs-repo-11-to-12/versions"
Error fetching: context deadline exceeded
could not get latest version of migration fs-repo-11-to-12: 2 errors occurred:
	* exceeded number of retries. last error was http.DefaultClient.Do error: Get "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdaCHYBDHEhXCMoynH5UcohEay6m1XayZCcxWZzKAHNVN/fs-repo-11-to-12/versions": dial tcp 162.125.32.10:443: i/o timeout
	* cont

[lidel]

@ljoez was your internet down, or were you behind a restrictive firewall?

[github-actions]

Oops, seems like we needed more information for this issue, please comment with more details or this issue will be closed in 7 days.

[SgtPooki]

@ljoez this is a fairly frequent problem when users experience connectivity issues, need a VPN, or other network issues.

You can find similar issues at https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/search?q=context+deadline+exceeded&type=issues

Also, if it helps, you can perform some diagnostics using https://ipfs-check.on.fleek.co/
https://pl-diagnose.on.fleek.co/.

[lidel]

Continued in ipfs/kubo#8911

[hacdias]

Duplicate of #2023