# Issues with GVA nodes

**URL:** https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926
**Category:** Duniter-v1
**Created:** [12 February 2025 17:54 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926 "2025-02-12T17:54:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [12 February 2025 17:54 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/1 "2025-02-12T17:54:11Z")

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Hi there,

We have several issues with the 1.9 GVA nodes (used by g1nkgo and g1superbot).

- The are nodes running in mirror:
  - [https://duniter.pini.fr/gva](https://duniter.pini.fr/gva)
  - [https://g1.guenoel.fr/gva](https://g1.guenoel.fr/gva)

- Nodes that are synced in BMA but not in GVA (sounds like a [bug](https://forum.duniter.org/t/nodes-1-9-with-gva-part-desynchronized/12527)).
  - [https://g1.copylaradio.com/](https://g1.copylaradio.com/) in this case g1nkgo does not use unsynced gva nodes

- Nodes with different SSL issues (~~cc @elmau see [1]~~ FIXED) and
  - [GraphQL Playground](https://g1.asycn.io/gva/playground)

- And nodes corrupted and now syncing:
  - ~~[https://duniter-v1.comunes.net/gva](https://duniter-v1.comunes.net/gva) (mine)~~ FIXED

 ![image](https://forum.duniter.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5cabb317daac20f7ad519dce127621399b2787d8.png)

At the end, this is quite problematic for the users that are reporting issues (like problems with the balance, and similar). For instance G1nkgo cannot connect to some of these with the ssl issues:

 ![image](https://forum.duniter.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8819b8343ec1301ecba13698559383731ff02f56.png)

Can the different node maintainers have a look?

Thanks!

cc @pini @Frederic_Renault @guenoel

EDIT: things fixed

~~[1] SSL issues~~  
~~SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/fania.g1server.net/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “[https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/](https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/)”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”~~  
~~SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/fania.g1server.net/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “https://[2a0a:4cc0:1:1156:8c1:caff:fe4b:b6d2]:443/gva/”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”~~  
~~SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/gibraleon.g1server.net/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “[https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/](https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/)”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”~~  
~~SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/gibraleon.g1server.net/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “https://[2a0a:4cc0:1:1156:8c1:caff:fe4b:b6d2]:443/gva/”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”  
SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/g1.cuates.net/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “[https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/](https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/)”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”~~  
~~SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/g1.cuates.net/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “https://[2a0a:4cc0:1:1156:8c1:caff:fe4b:b6d2]:443/gva/”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”  
SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/g1.madeirawonders.com/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “[https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/](https://152.53.16.178:443/gva/)”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”~~  
~~SSL\_do\_handshake() failed (SSL: error:0A000410:SSL routines::sslv3 alert handshake failure:SSL alert number 40) while SSL handshaking to upstream, client: 2400:cb00:366:1000:7117:9c6a:34e9:bf6f, server: [g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org), request: “POST /proxy/g1.madeirawonders.com/gva/ HTTP/1.1”, upstream: “https://[2a0a:4cc0:1:1156:8c1:caff:fe4b:b6d2]:443/gva/”, host: “[g1nkgo.comunes.org](http://g1nkgo.comunes.org)”, referrer: “[https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/](https://g1nkgo.comunes.org/)”~~

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### Author: ![Frederic\_Renault](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/frederic_renault/32/3778_2.png) [@Frederic\_Renault](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Frederic_Renault)
#### Post date: [12 February 2025 20:31 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/2 "2025-02-12T20:31:24Z")

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> [@vjrj](#):
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> Nodes that are synced in BMA but not in GVA

Hi @vjrj  
I didn’t know that “bug” was going on.  
Does node should resync from scratch to get OK, or there is another method ?

What is the problem abour mirror nodes ?

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [12 February 2025 21:11 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/3 "2025-02-12T21:11:47Z")

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> [@Frederic\_Renault](#):
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> Does node should resync from scratch to get OK, or there is another method ?

I do a sync from scratch (it only happened to me once).

> [@Frederic\_Renault](#):
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> What is the problem abour mirror nodes ?

That they don’t forge/sign/etc, only mirror the blockchain for queries.

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### Author: ![Frederic\_Renault](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/frederic_renault/32/3778_2.png) [@Frederic\_Renault](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Frederic_Renault)
#### Post date: [14 February 2025 15:11 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/4 "2025-02-14T15:11:16Z")

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> [@vjrj](#):
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> I do a sync from scratch

This is taking hours and needs RAM !!

Before trying this method : [La synchronisation de Duniter v1 occupe beaucoup de RAM - #21 by Moul](https://forum.duniter.org/t/la-synchronisation-de-duniter-v1-occupe-beaucoup-de-ram/9839/21)

Moving from an “in-sync” node

- `duniter.db`
- `peers.db`
- `txs.db`
- `/data`
- `/g1`

Have you ever done it this way ??

> [@vjrj](#):
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> only mirror the blockchain for queries.

I thought they can handle transactions…

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [16 February 2025 18:27 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/5 "2025-02-16T18:27:52Z")

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4 days later, we only have a working 1.9 node ([https://duniter-v1.comunes.net](https://duniter-v1.comunes.net)).

Any help? TIA

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### Author: ![Frederic\_Renault](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/frederic_renault/32/3778_2.png) [@Frederic\_Renault](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Frederic_Renault)
#### Post date: [19 February 2025 23:19 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/6 "2025-02-19T23:19:15Z")

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Hi @vjrj

It’s clear these problems are troublesome.

I wanted to mention of **[Astroport.ONE](https://github.com/papiche/Astroport.ONE)** who is using “twin key” system & “primal TX marking” to make Duniter nodes transfer their Web of Trust level to their SSH and IPFS keys (and more) !

This would allow a secured update of database for forked nodes from another node via SFTP over SSH. Combined with Uplanet it brings nice conditions to run our blockchain smoothly with extra services

> **[How I succeed using IPFS to power a virtual datacenter from in the home of my...](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-i-succeed-using-ipfs-to-power-a-virtual-datacenter-from-in-the-home-of-my-friends/11002/6)**
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> Hi @Orderch Didn’t came here for a while 😉 Thank you for your interest. Now we are using IPFS in a more advanced manner called “UPlanet”. It introduces a master boot record (MBR) and an allocation table through 5 layers of spherical spacial...

But nobody seems to like network automation or understand what I am talking about ??

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [20 February 2025 20:00 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/7 "2025-02-20T20:00:17Z")

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Astroport.OT🤦‍♂️

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### Author: ![kimamila](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/kimamila/32/185_2.png) [@kimamila](https://forum.duniter.org/u/kimamila)
#### Post date: [20 February 2025 21:41 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/8 "2025-02-20T21:41:38Z")

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@Pini il me.semble que tu avais une machine avec un Duniter v1.9 non ? Arrives tu encore a la démarrer ?

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### Author: ![Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/pini/32/6819_2.png) [@Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Pini)
#### Post date: [20 February 2025 21:54 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/9 "2025-02-20T21:54:32Z")

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Elle n’a jamais (enfin, pas souvent) été arrêtée. C’est [duniter.pini.fr:443](http://duniter.pini.fr:443).

EDIT: Mais comme rapporté dans le post initial, c’est juste un miroir. Je n’ai pas bien compris en quoi ça posait problème.

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [23 February 2025 21:29 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/10 "2025-02-23T21:29:40Z")

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Can I use a mirror node to do payments? Maybe I wrong but for me a mirror node works read only, so helps with queries but not forging. So in other words currently still we can only use a gva node for payments.

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### Author: ![elois](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/elois/32/1541_2.png) [@elois](https://forum.duniter.org/u/elois)
#### Post date: [24 February 2025 16:39 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/11 "2025-02-24T16:39:19Z")

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> [@vjrj](#):
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> Can I use a mirror node to do payments?

Yes, you can use a mirror node to submit transactions. As long as it is well-connected to the P2P network, it will relay its transactions to other nodes via the WS2P protocol.

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [24 February 2025 18:29 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/12 "2025-02-24T18:29:55Z")

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Good to know. Thanks for the clarification @elois .

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### Author: ![poka](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/poka/32/6827_2.png) [@poka](https://forum.duniter.org/u/poka)
#### Post date: [12 March 2025 10:06 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/13 "2025-03-12T10:06:25Z")

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is `duniter/duniter:dev` the latest “stable” GVA docker image to use for duniter 1.9 in docker ?

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [12 March 2025 20:52 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/14 "2025-03-12T20:52:11Z")

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HI @poka, I used the one shared in this forum by you or @pini I don’t remember well, but probably it’s the same.

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### Author: ![Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/pini/32/6819_2.png) [@Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Pini)
#### Post date: [12 March 2025 22:12 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/15 "2025-03-12T22:12:17Z")

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My node runs pinidh/duniter:dev.

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### Author: ![Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/pini/32/6819_2.png) [@Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Pini)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 10:00 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/16 "2025-03-17T10:00:33Z")

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I’ve been seeing this error on my 1.9.0 node [duniter.pini.fr](http://duniter.pini.fr) since 3 days ago:

```auto
2025-03-17T09:57:08+00:00 - error: { httpCode: 400,
  uerr:
   { ucode: 1005,
     message: 'Document has unkown fields or wrong line ending format' } }

```

Any clue?

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### Author: ![poka](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/poka/32/6827_2.png) [@poka](https://forum.duniter.org/u/poka)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 18:13 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/17 "2025-03-17T18:13:51Z")

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Same, impossible to keep up to date a GVA node due to this error. I believe the error occur on node startup juste after the sync success, whatever the block number at the end of sync (the sync is up to date when finished)

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### Author: ![Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/pini/32/6819_2.png) [@Pini](https://forum.duniter.org/u/Pini)
#### Post date: [17 March 2025 18:34 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/18 "2025-03-17T18:34:07Z")

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It doesn’t prevent the node to keep in sync as I understand it. These messages stopped 1h30 after my post.

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [26 June 2025 21:30 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/19 "2025-06-26T21:30:54Z")

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Hi there,

We have only one GVA in sync. If someone can help here:

 ![Screenshot_2025-06-26-23-25-51-514_org.comunes.ginkgo](https://forum.duniter.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e46883e2da6a5a0dc72a986ed4ad53a22e0facd6.png)

TIA

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### Author: ![vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/user_avatar/forum.duniter.org/vjrj/32/8487_2.png) [@vjrj](https://forum.duniter.org/u/vjrj)
#### Post date: [4 August 2025 22:06 UTC](https://forum.duniter.org/t/issues-with-gva-nodes/12926/20 "2025-08-04T22:06:44Z")

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Hi @guenoel

Your gva node is acepting all the paymens but not processing them correctly.

 ![Screenshot_2025-08-04-23-50-44-362_org.comunes.ginkgo](https://forum.duniter.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/35ba24298c29a72cb1559522459af2c90717ab13.png)

As we are short again of gva nodes, this is causing a bit of pain to g1nkgo users

 ![Screenshot_2025-08-05-00-01-42-779_org.comunes.ginkgo](https://forum.duniter.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/30c680f92cf6459a5aa2786ec585aec22bb9678f.png)

Others gva nodes welcome

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