Test grid cheat code doesn't seem to work

[makew0rld]

I'm testing using the latest (0.5.0) AppImage on Arch Linux. When I join the test grid using 0-test-grid, it doesn't seem to work. The progress bar gets stuck halfway through:

The console log has nothing relevant:

libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
Fontconfig warning: "/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/05-reset-dirs-sample.conf", line 6: unknown element "reset-dirs"
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50
libpng warning: iCCP: profile 'icc': 0h: PCS illuminant is not D50

When I try to join the test grid manually, with the introducer fURL, it works fine.

Connecting to 0-demo-grid works fine, so I assume this is an issue with this cheat code specifically. Maybe using an old fURL or something?

Thank you!

[crwood]

Hi there! Thanks for opening this issue. :)

It looks like you're right; the introducer node for the Tahoe-LAFS public test grid does indeed appear to be down, as per the Tahoe web UI's welcome page:

I can confirm, too, that the test grid introducer fURL embedded in Gridsync matches the test grid introducer fURL published on the Tahoe-LAFS website.

When I try to join the test grid manually, with the introducer fURL, it works fine.

Hmm... Can you confirm which fURL you're actually using here? Is it somehow different, perhaps, from the test grid introducer fURL published on the Tahoe-LAFS website? If there's there is a newer authoritative introducer fURL out there for the "official" Tahoe-LAFS public test grid, I would be happy to update the Gridsync "cheat code" configuration accordingly (but would wonder why the latest/correct fURL isn't published on tahoe-lafs.org...).

[makew0rld]

Hmm, in the past I remember the cheat code not working but the fURL did. Now neither is working, which makes sense with what you said about the introducer being down I guess. Once it's up again I can test again, feel free to ping me.