[gui error report] SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input: Error: open /Users/nn/.ipfs/c

[susannatoni]

👉️ Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

Specifications

• OS: darwin 23.4.0
• IPFS Desktop Version: 0.34.0
• Electron Version: 19.1.9
• Chrome Version: 102.0.5005.167

Error

SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input: Error: open /Users/nn/.ipfs/config: no such file or directory
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Daemon._getConfig (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/ipfsd-ctl/src/ipfsd-daemon.js:368:21)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async Daemon.init (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/ipfsd-ctl/src/ipfsd-daemon.js:158:9)
    at async getIpfsd (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:63:7)
    at async startDaemon (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/daemon.js:210:17)
    at async startIpfs (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:49:17)
    at async setupDaemon (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/daemon/index.js:116:3)
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async run (/Applications/IPFS Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/src/index.js:68:5)

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[alexgleason]

Same error. This is a Snap issue I think.

I have /home/alex/snap/ipfs-desktop/49/.ipfs/config but it is trying to access /home/alex/snap/ipfs-desktop/46/.ipfs/config

[lidel]

See workaround from https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/issues/2259#issuecomment-1239275950 (just use linux paths instead of Windows ones – Where are my IPFS configuration and log files?)