# ERROR: failed to query versions:  cat: could not resolve name

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/error-failed-to-query-versions-cat-could-not-resolve-name/9564>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** go-ipfs\
**Created:** [December 5, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/error-failed-to-query-versions-cat-could-not-resolve-name/9564 "2020-12-05T20:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![netindexroot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/netindexroot/32/4264_2.png) [@netindexroot](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/netindexroot)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/error-failed-to-query-versions-cat-could-not-resolve-name/9564/1 "2020-12-05T20:54:40Z")

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➜ ~ ipfs-update --verbose versions

- fetching “/ipns/dist.ipfs.io/go-ipfs/versions”
- using local ipfs daemon for transfer  
ERROR: failed to query versions: cat: could not resolve name

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**Author:** ![hector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/hector/32/178_2.png) [@hector](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/hector)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/error-failed-to-query-versions-cat-could-not-resolve-name/9564/2 "2020-12-07T10:16:26Z")

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Your local ipfs daemon is having trouble to resolve /ipns/dist.ipfs.io. Check that it is well connected. This resolution uses DNS, so I can only guess lack of connectivity of some sort.