spacedriveapp/spacedrive · error

Failed to create networking service: {}

Error message

Failed to create networking service: {}

What it means

Error "Failed to create networking service: {}" thrown in spacedriveapp/spacedrive.

Source

Thrown at core/src/service/mod.rs:189

		Ok(())
	}

	/// Initialize networking service
	pub async fn init_networking(
		&mut self,
		device_manager: std::sync::Arc<crate::device::DeviceManager>,
		key_manager: std::sync::Arc<crate::crypto::key_manager::KeyManager>,
		data_dir: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
	) -> Result<()> {
		use crate::service::network::{utils::logging::ConsoleLogger, NetworkingService};

		info!("Initializing networking service");
		let logger = std::sync::Arc::new(ConsoleLogger);
		let networking_service =
			NetworkingService::new(device_manager, key_manager, data_dir, logger)
				.await
				.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to create networking service: {}", e))?;

		self.networking = Some(Arc::new(networking_service));
		Ok(())
	}

	/// Start networking service after initialization
	pub async fn start_networking(&self) -> Result<()> {
		if let Some(networking) = &self.networking {
			// Create a temporary mutable reference to start the service
			// This is safe because start() is only called once during initialization
			let networking_ptr =
				Arc::as_ptr(networking) as *mut crate::service::network::NetworkingService;
			unsafe {
				(*networking_ptr)
					.start()
					.await
					.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to start networking service: {}", e))?;
			}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/src/service/mod.rs:189 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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