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Bootstrappers

Monitoring and Alerting

Status and availability of bootstrap nodes, a critical component of every network. Bootstrapper nodes help new peers discover and connect to the network.

ProbeLab's monitoring infrastructure is checking up on IPFS bootstrapper nodes' connectivity every 5 mins, utilising all available transports (i.e., TCP, QUIC, Websocket, WebTransport).

How to read the dashboards

  • Upon three failed attempts to connect to a bootstrap node with any of the transport options (i.e., if none of the attempts with any of the transports is successful), the node is considered offline and an alert is triggered.
  • If a node is offline, the corresponding tile at the top section of the dashboard turns red.
  • Upon each failed attempt to connect to a node with a particular transport, the disruption is indicated as a red stripe in the timeseries dashboard of the corresponding transport.
  • Unless all attempts to connect to a node with any of the transports fail, the top section tile remains green.
PeerID: QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ
Mars
UP
Probed 4 minutes ago
PeerID: QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN
QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN
UP
Probed 0 minutes ago
PeerID: QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa
QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa
UP
Probed 0 minutes ago
PeerID: QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb
QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb
UP
Probed 5 minutes ago
PeerID: QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt
QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt
UP
Probed 0 minutes ago

Overall Availability

Bootstrapper availability through all available transports

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (Overall)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (Overall)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts the probes of all types. A round is online if at least one probe of any type succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Availability by Probe Type

Bootstrapper availability for each probe type

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (TCP)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (TCP)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts only the TCP probes. A round is online if at least one of these probes succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (QUIC)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (QUIC)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts only the QUIC probes. A round is online if at least one of these probes succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (WebSocket)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (WebSocket)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts only the WebSocket probes. A round is online if at least one of these probes succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Bootstrappers

The bootstrappers that we probe and the probe types we use for each of them.

Name Endpoint Peer ID Probe Types
- /dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN
TCP Connect QUIC Connect WebSocket Connect
- /dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa
TCP Connect WebSocket Connect QUIC Connect
- /dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb
TCP Connect QUIC Connect WebSocket Connect
- /dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt
TCP Connect QUIC Connect WebSocket Connect
Mars /ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001 QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ
TCP Connect

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Latest Bootstrapper Probes

The following table shows the latest probes from our infrastructure in real-time. You can refresh the table in the upper right corner of the table.

Name Probe Type Result Error Timestamp

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