From 60aa5d140770f57e6480a5357c12f14f07c81e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcin Rataj <lidel@lidel.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:40:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: default to https when recovering .eth (#847)

---
 add-on/src/lib/ipfs-request.js | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/add-on/src/lib/ipfs-request.js b/add-on/src/lib/ipfs-request.js
index e04748c45..66021f62e 100644
--- a/add-on/src/lib/ipfs-request.js
+++ b/add-on/src/lib/ipfs-request.js
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ function createRequestModifier (getState, dnslinkResolver, ipfsPathValidator, ru
       if (isRecoverableViaEthDNS(request, state)) {
         const url = new URL(request.url)
         url.hostname = `${url.hostname}.link`
+        url.protocol = 'https:' // force HTTPS, as HSTS may be missing on initial load
         const redirectUrl = url.toString()
         log(`onErrorOccurred: attempting to recover from DNS error (${request.error}) using EthDNS for ${request.url} → ${redirectUrl}`, request)
         return updateTabWithURL(request, redirectUrl, browser)