# \#ipns

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## [Selective pinning](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/selective-pinning/20093)

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**Author:** [@slim2k](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/slim2k)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/selective-pinning/20093 "2026-04-20T23:07:40Z")

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What is the best way to selectively pin using IPFS Cluster? I need to turn off auto-pinning so every cluster node does not try to mirror everything in the entire cluster. I know I can run another cluster, but something…

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## [IPNS - beyond the basics - no IPNS pinning service? Any docs on this?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-beyond-the-basics-no-ipns-pinning-service-any-docs-on-this/13424)

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**Author:** [@pmorch](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/pmorch)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-beyond-the-basics-no-ipns-pinning-service-any-docs-on-this/13424 "2026-04-07T19:48:07Z")

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The “Hello IPFS” exercise with IPNS from the docs works great. Is there more IPNS documentation someplace? While something like pinata can pin IPFS hashes, there apparently is no service that can “pin” IPNS records. Af…

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## [Introducing Filebase Sites: Simplified IPFS Websites with IPNS](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/introducing-filebase-sites-simplified-ipfs-websites-with-ipns/20004)

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**Author:** [@filebase](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/filebase)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/introducing-filebase-sites-simplified-ipfs-websites-with-ipns/20004 "2026-01-28T19:09:47Z")

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Hey IPFS community :waving\_hand: — Filebase here. We’ve just released Filebase Sites, a new way to publish and manage static websites on IPFS with stable, updatable URLs using IPNS — without the usual complexity. If yo…

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## [IPNS resolves to the old CID for some time after publishI](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-resolves-to-the-old-cid-for-some-time-after-publishi/19994)

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**Author:** [@Caian](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Caian)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-resolves-to-the-old-cid-for-some-time-after-publishi/19994 "2026-01-21T16:41:41Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to bring new life to the git-remote-ipldproject by supporting IPNS. This project still uses go-ipfs-apiand has some issues with kubo-rpc. Nonetheless it’s working flawlessly… except for IPNS… I’m using ip…

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## [Kubo v0.34.0 is out!](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-v0-34-0-is-out/19181)

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**Author:** [@lidel](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/lidel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-v0-34-0-is-out/19181 "2025-03-20T22:23:57Z")

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Kubo v0.34.0 is out! AutoTLS is now enabled by default for public nodes with 1 hour uptime. Default IPNS TTL lowered from 1h to 5m New WebUI features: CAR import, QR code sharing Fixed hanging pinset operations during r…

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## [Kubo v0.34.0-rc2 is out!](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-v0-34-0-rc2-is-out/19145)

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**Author:** [@lidel](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/lidel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-v0-34-0-rc2-is-out/19145 "2025-03-14T21:28:48Z")

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Kubo v0.34.0-rc2 is out! AutoTLS is now enabled by default for public nodes with 1 hour uptime. Default IPNS TTL lowered from 1h to 5m New WebUI features: CAR import, QR code sharing Fixed hanging pinset operations duri…

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## [IPNS publishing guidance for high availability](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-publishing-guidance-for-high-availability/18928)

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**Author:** [@qwerty](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/qwerty)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-publishing-guidance-for-high-availability/18928 "2025-01-28T15:55:51Z")

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Hi there, I’m looking to ask for advice about IPNS. As it stands, it seems IPNS can only be published from one kubo daemon, because of the internal counter on the record. I might also be misunderstanding that so please …

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## [IPNS over DHT and PubSub](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-over-dht-and-pubsub/18880)

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**Author:** [@hector](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/hector)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-over-dht-and-pubsub/18880 "2024-12-30T05:47:51Z")

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Yes, but depending on how it’s chunked and structured you would only be maintaining the diff blocks. I really wish someone would clarify the current state of IPNS with regard to the pub/sub implementation. These are w…

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## [How is IPNS supposed to work for a new node?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-is-ipns-supposed-to-work-for-a-new-node/18512)

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**Author:** [@h30x](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/h30x)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-is-ipns-supposed-to-work-for-a-new-node/18512 "2024-09-20T15:20:50Z")

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After reading and practicing a lot with IPNS (starting from the doc), I wonder how ipns resolution is supposed to be working in the context of a new node joining the network. Suppose we have peer A who published an IPNS…

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## [IPFS Kubo Gateway Using Gateway.NoFetch Breaks IPNS Resolution](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-kubo-gateway-using-gateway-nofetch-breaks-ipns-resolution/18107)

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**Author:** [@AustinFoss](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/AustinFoss)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-kubo-gateway-using-gateway-nofetch-breaks-ipns-resolution/18107 "2024-09-17T10:34:39Z")

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I’ve been messing around with hosting my own public gateway to serve a static website. For now that’s just a hello world skeleton exported from Wordpress. I’ve gone through the steps of dns linking a domain to my /ipns/…

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## [Publish IPNS record in golang](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/publish-ipns-record-in-golang/18327)

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**Author:** [@nzin](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/nzin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/publish-ipns-record-in-golang/18327 "2024-08-01T00:13:36Z")

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Hi, I am under Macosx, behind a firewall (that doesn’t provide upnp), and I would like to create an app (in golang), that start a libp2p node, and is able to publish an IPNS record. I tried 2 approaches (using kadDHT.P…

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## [\`ipfs name resolve\` does not always return the freshest CID for IPNS on Kubo 0.20.0](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-name-resolve-does-not-always-return-the-freshest-cid-for-ipns-on-kubo-0-20-0/16624)

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**Author:** [@livid](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/livid)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-name-resolve-does-not-always-return-the-freshest-cid-for-ipns-on-kubo-0-20-0/16624 "2024-06-14T18:45:58Z")

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With --enable-pubsub-experiment --enable-namesys-pubsub enabled in IPFS 0.20.0, ipfs name resolve does not always return the most recent record I expect. However, if I add the -s option, it returns multiple results, one …

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## [Ipfs-cluster offline](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-cluster-offline/17930)

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**Author:** [@aditiakhauri](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/aditiakhauri)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-cluster-offline/17930 "2024-05-03T23:05:19Z")

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On checking for ipfs cluster peers, I am now getting this error: :~$ \*ipfs-cluster-ctl peers ls\* 2024-04-30T05:07:25.294Z ERROR apiclient client/lbclient.go:106 reached maximum number of retries without …

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## [Resolving IPNS with Helia in browser](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/resolving-ipns-with-helia-in-browser/17893)

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**Author:** [@h30x](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/h30x)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/resolving-ipns-with-helia-in-browser/17893 "2024-04-23T09:57:48Z")

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I’m trying to resolve an IPNS entry with Helia and get the following error: Could not find record for routing key Here is what happens in my code: import { peerIdFromString } from '@libp2p/peer-id' import { ipns, ty…

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## [IPNS Published Revisions Appear Slowly](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-published-revisions-appear-slowly/17737)

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**Author:** [@Taujor](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Taujor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-published-revisions-appear-slowly/17737 "2024-03-28T18:07:41Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m attempting to publish a revision to my site openbox.studio which uses dnslink to serve /ipns/k51qzi5uqu5dl6lwx0927ot5qg765dny7sne0gl54w4g0mxr9stsjf2z5i2471. When visiting the site canonically (via the li…

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## [How to create a browsable, tagged, IPFS archive of media](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-create-a-browsable-tagged-ipfs-archive-of-media/17742)

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**Author:** [@yeehi](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/yeehi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-create-a-browsable-tagged-ipfs-archive-of-media/17742 "2024-03-22T19:01:54Z")

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Members of a community with a shared interest might like to make their digital archive available to others using IPFS. Dumping the archive into ipfs-desktop would work but it wouldn’t help with: tagging announcing new…

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## [Announcing Filebase's Updated Pricing: More Storage and Lower Costs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/announcing-filebases-updated-pricing-more-storage-and-lower-costs/17711)

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**Author:** [@filebase](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/filebase)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/announcing-filebases-updated-pricing-more-storage-and-lower-costs/17711 "2024-03-14T19:11:04Z")

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## [IPNS.dev: Keyless Pinning Service](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-dev-keyless-pinning-service/17695)

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**Author:** [@sshmatrix](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/sshmatrix)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-dev-keyless-pinning-service/17695 "2024-03-12T10:10:31Z")

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IPNS.dev: Keyless Pinning Service Pin Content to IPNS Trustlessly and Securely! By: sshmatrix & 0xc0de4c0ffee for NameSys Client v1.0-beta: ipns.dev | pin.namesys.xyz | ipns.eth GitHub: @namesys/ipns-client Abstract IP…

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## [IPFS SWRM Peer confusion](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-swrm-peer-confusion/17580)

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**Author:** [@mihir1301](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/mihir1301)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-swrm-peer-confusion/17580 "2024-02-17T16:00:55Z")

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Hello Team, I have some questions related to IPFS swarm peers. It would be great if someone explain and give answer on my questions. Here is the questions: I have run three cluster in local machine with docker compos…

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## [IPNS discovery using DIDs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-discovery-using-dids/17539)

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**Author:** [@wesbiggs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/wesbiggs)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-discovery-using-dids/17539 "2024-02-14T19:45:10Z")

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Hi all, I’d like to share an (informal) proposal on a new IPNS strategy. As background, my work on DSNP has led to a lot of thinking about some of the limitations of IPNS for architecture patterns that require strong co…

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## [IPNS and IPFS: Everything You Need to Know](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-and-ipfs-everything-you-need-to-know/17509)

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**Author:** [@filebase](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/filebase)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-and-ipfs-everything-you-need-to-know/17509 "2024-01-31T16:16:07Z")

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## [Resolve domain fail](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/resolve-domain-fail/17495)

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**Author:** [@egoleecode](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/egoleecode)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/resolve-domain-fail/17495 "2024-01-28T19:00:00Z")

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When I use the last ( actually since v0.25.0) , it gose : ipfs get /ipns/cid.domain.com/ Error: DNSLink lookup for “cid.domain.com.” failed: could not resolve name: DNSLink lookup could not find a TXT record (DNSLink …

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## [Introducing IPFS2.ETH (ENS Resolver As Public IPFS Gateway)](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/introducing-ipfs2-eth-ens-resolver-as-public-ipfs-gateway/16487)

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**Author:** [@0xc0de4c0ffee](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/0xc0de4c0ffee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/introducing-ipfs2-eth-ens-resolver-as-public-ipfs-gateway/16487 "2023-12-22T21:10:43Z")

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Namaste :pray: from NameSys.eth.. IPFS2.ETH (“IPFS-To-ETH”) is a proof-of-concept ENS based public IPFS gateway backed by ENS gateways like @eth-limo. ipfs2.eth is an ENS resolver wrapped in base16/32/36 decoder to de…

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## [Is pinning mutable files possible in the IPFS Desktop app?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/is-pinning-mutable-files-possible-in-the-ipfs-desktop-app/17302)

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**Author:** [@ivanmarribas](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/ivanmarribas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/is-pinning-mutable-files-possible-in-the-ipfs-desktop-app/17302 "2023-12-10T17:48:50Z")

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I am interested in contributing to a blog that utilizes the IPFS protocol for content distribution. To facilitate access to the content for other peers, I have pinned the blog on my local node using the IPFS Desktop app,…

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## [Freeze while trying cat](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/freeze-while-trying-cat/4274)

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**Author:** [@paynalton](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/paynalton)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/freeze-while-trying-cat/4274 "2023-12-02T10:11:40Z")

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Hi guys. I’m newbie in IPFS. I’m trying to cat this file: ipn:QmQUXM5vQKBf715uzLYwK5tfo5RigvVerEYuoFdmNN3Fu1 but all methods ends in a freeze call. by console: ipfs cat QmQUXM5vQKBf715uzLYwK5tfo5RigvVerEYuoFdmNN3Fu1 …

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## [Spamming DHT errors: "ignoring incoming dht message while not in server mode"](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/spamming-dht-errors-ignoring-incoming-dht-message-while-not-in-server-mode/17254)

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**Author:** [@Man-Jain](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Man-Jain)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/spamming-dht-errors-ignoring-incoming-dht-message-while-not-in-server-mode/17254 "2023-11-30T07:57:06Z")

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Been getting this error continuously on my ipns node. The node is responsible for republishing almost 1000 IPNS records. System Specs - 12 CPU 48GB RAM IPFS Version - Was 0.21.0 now upgraded to 0.24.0, haven’t tried …

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## [Kubo versions \> 0.15.0 gateway and slow IPNS performance](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-versions-0-15-0-gateway-and-slow-ipns-performance/16012)

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**Author:** [@eth-limo](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/eth-limo)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/kubo-versions-0-15-0-gateway-and-slow-ipns-performance/16012 "2023-10-14T20:42:57Z")

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Hello IPFS community, We’re testing Kubo upgrades in our dev environment. When upgrading to anything above v0.15.0 we’ve noticed that gateway requests for IPNS names now take anywhere from 3-4m to resolve. Rolling back …

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## [Persistent Identifiers for Data based on CIDs or PeerIDs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/persistent-identifiers-for-data-based-on-cids-or-peerids/16932)

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**Author:** [@twdragon](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/twdragon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/persistent-identifiers-for-data-based-on-cids-or-peerids/16932 "2023-09-08T13:32:37Z")

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Hello everyone! I am working on the group of concepts introducing CIDs and PeerIDs from the IPFS ecosystem as possible solutions to create decentralized, on-site reproducible Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for the data, …

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## [NameSys.eth: IPNS+CCIP Based Offchain ENS Records Manager](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/namesys-eth-ipns-ccip-based-offchain-ens-records-manager/16792)

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**Author:** [@0xc0de4c0ffee](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/0xc0de4c0ffee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/namesys-eth-ipns-ccip-based-offchain-ens-records-manager/16792 "2023-08-08T14:50:22Z")

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NameSys.eth is an off-chain ENS Records Manager that provides free and secure ENS record management using IPNS and CCIP-Read. Users can set records off-chain using non-custodial IPNS private keys. It enables dynamic cont…

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## [IPNS Stopped Resolving](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-stopped-resolving/16549)

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**Author:** [@lloy0076](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/lloy0076)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipns-stopped-resolving/16549 "2023-06-13T19:36:46Z")

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I have a kubo node running behind NAT; I set it up as per the NAT guidelines. It is listening on port 4001 and the router is port forwarding my public IP to it. However, IPNS rarely or never (I cannot tell which) resolv…

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