From e2a1df10d1fb9826f160b066e995cb97807053ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Krasiuk <rokrassyuk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 22:30:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): read existing jwt instead of recreating (#2096)

---
 bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs b/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs
index f534026e8d..78eca92d69 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/args/rpc_server_args.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ impl RpcServerArgs {
             None => {
                 let default_path = PlatformPath::<JwtSecretPath>::default();
                 let fpath = default_path.as_ref();
-                JwtSecret::try_create(fpath)
+                if fpath.exists() {
+                    JwtSecret::from_file(fpath)
+                } else {
+                    JwtSecret::try_create(fpath)
+                }
             }
         }
     }