Size reported by explorer different from ipfs object stat

[lanzafame]

Size reported in explorer: Size reported from ipfs:

This may or may not be a bug, my question though is how is the size determined by the explorer? Is it a combination of things or something else entirely? Or have I just used the wrong ipfs command?

[olizilla]

It always returns the value of node.size for a dag-pb node

https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipld-explorer-components/blob/a2415f2ebf6928c21bd430443422b350a2220053/src/lib/normalise-dag-node.js#L53

Looking at the latest code for js-ipfs that seems like it should be updated to take into account the unixfs data, and either return 0 for directories or the value of unixfs.fileSize()

https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/blob/7aba8354134d0d1d8132892c338b474e20e56b76/packages/ipfs/src/core/components/files/stat.js#L76-L91

though that gets to the heart of the question, perhaps, as this is the ipld explorer it should show both the dag node size (as currently) and the unixfs size.