How to update webUI?

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How to use latest web UI keeping Kubo version as it is?
Just changing CID after /ipfs/ path does not work. It throws 404 error.
I have to access webui only at localhost.

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It looks like we pin a specific CID for the WebUI in the Kubo source code:

If you’re compiling Kubo locally, you could probably just update that.

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Thanks for the reply.
But I am using available binaries, not compiling by myself.
As shown in given link, I can open any webUI version below default one. But as soon as I open the newer version cid, it throws 404 error.

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What URL are you entering in your browser?

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Currently, following is only success.
http://127.0.0.1:5001/ipfs/bafybeibozpulxtpv5nhfa2ue3dcjx23ndh3gwr5vwllk7ptoyfwnfjjr4q/

Following is 404
http://127.0.0.1:5001/ipfs/bafybeihfkeactw26tghz7m3puzh4zqlukvft2f7atfdc7t2qmqn2vszhc4/

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Using any CID with public facing gateway domain is OK. But as soon as I switch to 127.0.0.1, it throws error.
I don’t want to expose APIs to public. So I hahe to use only localhost ip address viz. 127.0.0.1

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Port should be 8080, not 5001.

http://127.0.0.1:8080/ipfs/bafybeibozpulxtpv5nhfa2ue3dcjx23ndh3gwr5vwllk7ptoyfwnfjjr4q

http://127.0.0.1:8080/ipfs/bafybeihfkeactw26tghz7m3puzh4zqlukvft2f7atfdc7t2qmqn2vszhc4

Should work fine like that. Both URLs work for me.

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When you access the webUI via the API port (5001) it’s restricted to that list of CIDs

Here’s the explanation (security via origin isoiation)

As @Discordian suggested, that constraint doesn’t exist over the gateway port (8080)