Add more states to the connection-status #1731
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area/screen/status
Issues related to Status screen
effort/hours
Estimated to take one or several hours
exp/novice
Someone with a little familiarity can pick up
good first issue
Good issue for new contributors
help wanted
Seeking public contribution on this issue
kind/enhancement
A net-new feature or improvement to an existing feature
P2
Medium: Good to have, but can wait until someone steps up
status/blocked
Unable to be worked further until needs are met
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, a user doesn't know if their node is directly reachable for other nodes of the network (by UPnP or UDP hole punching) or if the node relies on a relay to have incoming connections work - or if incoming connections doesn't work at all.
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice to extend the connecton-status, which is currently binary "connected" or "not connected" and only shows the connection between the WebGUI and the IPFS Node itself.
I doubt that's really what a user would understand under "Connected to IPFS" (the tooltip of this icon). I think it should show if the bootstrapping has been completed (orange), connections work via a relay inbound, too (yellow), connections inbound work direct (green).
While bootstrapping there should be a "connecting" animation.
Describe alternatives you've considered
None
Additional context
I don't know if the autonat functionality has currently a way to receive their status via API, but if not it should be extended.
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