Encryption "upgrade" deletes all verifications #21370
Labels
A-E2EE
A-E2EE-SAS-Verification
O-Uncommon
Most users are unlikely to come across this or unexpected workflow
S-Critical
Prevents work, causes data loss and/or has no workaround
T-Defect
Steps to reproduce
I get the notification "Encryption upgrade available"
I click on it and proceed.
Outcome
What did you expect?
That the security of my encrypted keys would somehow be improved (though I'd appreciate a "learn more" link on such messages)
What happened instead?
All my other devices and all my contact were suddenly untrusted. I had to verify all my devices again, but now I'm still left with no verified session with other users. Until I see each of them in person, I'm basically left with an insecure channel now.
Operating system
NixOS
Application version
Element Desktop 1.10.1
How did you install the app?
Via nixpkgs (home-manager)
Homeserver
Synapse v1.54.0
Will you send logs?
No
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