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A fresh login creates a new key backup #26814

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BillCarsonFr opened this issue Jan 2, 2024 · 3 comments · Fixed by matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#12102
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A fresh login creates a new key backup #26814

BillCarsonFr opened this issue Jan 2, 2024 · 3 comments · Fixed by matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#12102
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O-Occasional Affects or can be seen by some users regularly or most users rarely S-Major Severely degrades major functionality or product features, with no satisfactory workaround T-Defect Team: Crypto X-Regression X-Release-Blocker

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BillCarsonFr commented Jan 2, 2024 •
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Step to reproduce:

  • Do a new login
  • Verify with the passphrase

If you don't have other sessions at the time of this fresh login, you history will be lost

https://github.com/matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes/issues/23524
@BillCarsonFr BillCarsonFr added S-Major Severely degrades major functionality or product features, with no satisfactory workaround A-Element-R Issues affecting the port of Element's crypto layer to Rust labels Jan 2, 2024
@github-actions github-actions bot added the Z-Labs label Jan 2, 2024
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maybe related to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/12005/files#diff-20944ce35a330477363479408f48c769e19c1239c4a62bc03bf8e425f20bbfb1R327

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Looks like that clicking on Restore From backup in settings will reset everytime (after asking for the 4s passphrase)

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richvdh commented Jan 2, 2024

Introduced by matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#12005

@richvdh richvdh changed the title ElementR: A fresh login on webR just deleted the existing backup and created a new one A fresh login creates a new key backup Jan 2, 2024
@richvdh richvdh added Team: Crypto T-Defect O-Occasional Affects or can be seen by some users regularly or most users rarely and removed A-Element-R Issues affecting the port of Element's crypto layer to Rust Z-Labs labels Jan 2, 2024
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Revert "Set up key backup using non-deprecated APIs (#12005)" matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk
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