0011629: can't bootstrap

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0011629	GNUnet	GNS	public	2026-07-12 01:45	2026-07-17 10:05

Reporter	Jllx	Assigned To	schanzen
Priority	normal	Severity	block	Reproducibility	always
Status	assigned	Resolution	open
Product Version	0.27.0

Summary	0011629: can't bootstrap
Description	Hi, I'm testing gnunet on gentoo, I did build it from source, started "gnunet-arm -s" checked that services are available with "gnunet-arm -I" so after I wanted to check if I was connected, so I done a "gnunet-gns -u gnunet.gns.alt" and it wait... wait... wait... and never timeout so I done some wireshark capture to see if there was some firewall/NAT issue... and... nothing.... just regular ICMP some unrelated UDP trafic. gnunet-config -s gns t .gnunet.gns.alt = 000G0522TTKQESZ9KPRT2K0RA9ZC8YMD52D2XYVYVGPDCNPMWHH9QXXF4W .pin.gns.alt = 000G0522TTKQESZ9KPRT2K0RA9ZC8YMD52D2XYVYVGPDCNPMWHH9QXXF4W INTERCEPT_DNS = NO MAX_PARALLEL_BACKGROUND_QUERIES = 1000 UNIX_MATCH_GID = YES UNIX_MATCH_UID = NO UNIXPATH = $GNUNET_RUNTIME_DIR/gnunet-service-gns.sock BINARY = gnunet-service-gns HOSTNAME = localhost IMMEDIATE_START = YES START_ON_DEMAND = YES I wonder what is wrong....
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-07-12 01:45	Jllx	New Issue
2026-07-17 10:04	schanzen	Assigned To	=> schanzen
2026-07-17 10:04	schanzen	Status	new => assigned
2026-07-17 10:05	schanzen	Note Added: 0029166

schanzen 2026-07-17 10:05 administrator ~0029166	I need to investigate this, testing via GNS is probably not helpful, first it must be verified that you are actually connected and bootstrap via hostlist server(s) works. It is likely that due to recent urgent server updates the bootstrap peer is/was down for a prolonged period of time.