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Same IPNS name on several servers serves old copies

Publishing one IPNS name from several servers returns stale or random records, so clients may load an old snapshot.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 10 July 2025 · last reported 11 July 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who run a static website on several servers want one stable IPNS name, but report that clients get old or random versions when the same key is used on more than one node.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.