Change of directory structures of the releases impacting icp.ninja examples

[testpuddle]

ICP Ninja had a working version of whoami that could be exported to local replicas. The team had updated the code so that it would work correctly in the last 24 hours. For some reason, a new release was made and the release directory structure changed breaking the ICP.ninja version as well as well as anyone who was relying on the directory structures for the frontend and backend wasm and did of Internet Identity and the frontend.

Internet Identity wasm was stored at:
"wasm": "https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/latest/download/internet_identity_dev.wasm.gz"

it is now at:
https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity_production.wasm.gz

Internet Identity frontend was stored at:
"wasm": "https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/latest/download/internet_identity_frontend.wasm.gz",

it is now at:
https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity_frontend.wasm.gz

The did is now here:
https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity.did

The icp.ninja whoami dfx.json now needs to be updated as follows:

{
"canisters": {
"internet_identity_app_backend": {
"main": "src/internet_identity_app_backend/main.mo",
"type": "motoko"
},
"internet_identity_app_frontend": {
"dependencies": ["internet_identity_app_backend"],
"internet_identity_app_frontend": {
"entrypoint": "src/internet_identity_app_frontend/index.html"
},
"source": ["src/internet_identity_app_frontend/dist"],
"type": "assets"
},
"internet_identity": {
"candid": "https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity.did",
"type": "custom",
"specified_id": "rdmx6-jaaaa-aaaaa-aaadq-cai",
"remote": {
"id": {
"ic": "rdmx6-jaaaa-aaaaa-aaadq-cai"
}
},
"wasm": "https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity_production.wasm.gz"
},
"internet_identity_frontend": {
"candid": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dfinity/internet-identity/refs/heads/main/src/internet_identity_frontend/internet_identity_frontend.did",
"type": "custom",
"specified_id": "uqzsh-gqaaa-aaaaq-qaada-cai",
"remote": {
"id": {
"ic": "uqzsh-gqaaa-aaaaq-qaada-cai"
}
},
"wasm": "https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity_frontend.wasm.gz",
"init_arg": "(record { fetch_root_key = opt true; dev_csp = opt true; backend_canister_id = principal "rdmx6-jaaaa-aaaaa-aaadq-cai"; analytics_config = null; related_origins = opt vec { "http://uqzsh-gqaaa-aaaaq-qaada-cai.localhost:4943\" }; backend_origin = "http://rdmx6-jaaaa-aaaaa-aaadq-cai.localhost:4943\"; captcha_config = opt record { max_unsolved_captchas = 50 : nat64; captcha_trigger = variant { Static = variant { CaptchaDisabled } } }})"
}
},
"output_env_file": ".env",
"defaults": {
"build": {
"packtool": "mops sources"
}
}
}

[marc0olo]

@testpuddle sorry again for the incovenience with the examples.

@aterga @sea-snake I think the issue in the examples is now that we use the internet_identity_dev.wasm.gz artifact for the backend. is this no longer recommended to use? is the production artifact the one we should reference?

in any case, I think it would be good if the latest release link would be stable.

[aterga]

Hi @testpuddle and @marc0olo,

We're in the process of retiring build flavors, the production backend internet_identity_production.wasm.gz file is now suitable for local development and should be adopted by IC Ninja.

In case it helps, I've added https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/download/release-2026-04-03/internet_identity_dev.wasm.gz, which is identical to internet_identity_production.wasm.gz, so existing scripts could still pick it up.

Otherwise, the URLs starting with https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity/releases/latest/download/... seems to be working as before. Please let me know if you have any questions.

PS. Keep in mind that relying on the latest release results in non-deterministic CI configurations, so use it with caution.

[aterga]

Made a PSA for visibility: https://forum.dfinity.org/t/psa-internet-identity-build-flavors-are-being-retired/66964?u=aterga

[marc0olo]

@aterga is there also a plan to publish the frontend .did as a release artifact or is it fine to reference to it like this in the dfx.json?

"candid": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dfinity/internet-identity/refs/heads/main/src/internet_identity_frontend/internet_identity_frontend.did",

[aterga]

Sure we could publish it,

but it's fixed for the time being to just a single Candid function, namely, http_request

In other words, the intended use case is to interact with that canister via Http as opposed to raw ingress (e.g., icp-cli).

Let me know if you still need the literal candid, we'll then start publishing it.

[marc0olo]

Let me know if you still need the literal candid, we'll then start publishing it.

I don't think we need it if it is fine to link to the raw url of the main branch. just wanted to doublecheck on this before we merge the PR to fix the url for the wasm.

note: dfx requires the candid to be specified, in icp-cli we can skip this entirely because ii: true setting is enough to activate II on the local network via PocketIC

[aterga]

dfx requires the candid to be specified

Gotcha, thanks.

So for the time being, please use the link above.