"use of closed network connection" when `ipfs add -r`

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I am trying to recursively add a directory using ipfs add -r.

It calculates and displays 8 CIDs, then it stops with: Error: read tcp 127.0.0.1:57868->127.0.0.1:5001: use of closed network connection

Adding the individual files works flawlessly, though.

What could be the cause?

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Hard to say. Theipfs add CLI talks to Kubo (ipfs daemon) over HTTP RPC at 127.0.0.1:5001/api/v0, either your daemon got killed, or something killed that connection.

ipfs CLI will prefer HTTP RPC if ~/.ipfs/api is present (or %IPFS_PATH/api)

If you can’t figure out what kills HTTP connection to local RPC, you could try workaround: stop daemon and run ipfs add in offline mode, which operates on repository directly, and once finished, start demon again.

If you have more information and it looks like a bug, report one at GitHub · Where software is built