Replication not working with Manyverse

[mplorentz]

I know this repo isn't being maintained, but I wanted to open this in case others are having this issue. My friend just installed Manyverse and redeemed an invitation to my pub sucessfully, but replication fails with this error (IP address redacted):

sbot_1    | server error, from net:11.11.111.111:53861~shs:
sbot_1    | Error: stream ended with:0 but wanted:64
sbot_1    |     at drain (/home/node/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ssb-server/node_modules/pull-reader/index.js:43:26)
sbot_1    |     at /home/node/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ssb-server/node_modules/pull-reader/index.js:63:18
sbot_1    |     at /home/node/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ssb-server/node_modules/pull-reader/index.js:20:7
sbot_1    |     at drain (/home/node/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ssb-server/node_modules/stream-to-pull-stream/index.js:126:18)
sbot_1    |     at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/node/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ssb-server/node_modules/stream-to-pull-stream/index.js:143:5)
sbot_1    |     at Socket.emit (events.js:388:22)
sbot_1    |     at endReadableNT (internal/streams/readable.js:1336:12)
sbot_1    |     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:21)

Replication does appear to still be working with other apps, like Planetary.

[mplorentz]

@staltz do you know of any changes on the Manyverse side that might be causing this? Is Manyverse expected to work with oldish JS pubs?

[staltz]

@mplorentz The biggest reason that I can imagine is that the pub is missing ssb-ebt (and AFAIK Planetary does not have EBT so it's operating on the old "ssb-replicate" style of replication, because EBT in go-ssb is fairly new). Manyverse some months dropped support for the old style of replication and is now using only ssb-ebt. I only later realized that this was a breaking change, but I think we'll keep it because it's best in the long run, and ssb-ebt is prepared for future developments because it supports replicating alternative formats (gabby grove, "insert your favorite format feed here", and more importantly, it support indexed feeds which is vital for partial replication).

Gladly with JS pubs it's easy to just install ssb-ebt.

[staltz]

Yeah it seems that this repo is just using [email protected]. But it seems like that version should have ssb-ebt installed, so I don't know what's going on. The lack of an shs key in the error server error, from net:11.11.111.111:53861~shs: sounds fishy. Another thing that could be going on is that the version of ssb-ebt is too old. But there could be other reasons too.

[mplorentz]

Thanks Andre! I’m not sure if I’ll dive into fixing this anytime soon but if I do this is a really great starting point.

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On Feb 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM, André Staltz ***@***.***> wrote:  Yeah it seems that this repo is just using ***@***.*** But it seems like that version should have ssb-ebt installed, so I don't know what's going on. The lack of an shs key in the error server error, from net:11.11.111.111:53861~shs: sounds fishy. Another thing that could be going on is that the version of ssb-ebt is too old. But there could be other reasons too. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.