element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Device verification gives success message, but device is still unverified
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### Steps to reproduce
1. Open element desktop.
2. A banner shows with the message: "Verify this session. Other users may not trust it"
3. click "Verify:
4. Three buttons are presented: "Use another device", "Use recovery key", "Can't confirm?"
5. click "Use another device"
6. In the "Choose how to verify" dialog, choose "Compare using unique emoji"
7. Confirm on other device that the emoji match
8. Confirm on element-desktop that the emoji match
9. Dialog displays message: "Device verified. Now you can read or send messages securely, and anyone you chat with can also trust this device."
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
The "Verify this session. Other users may not trust it" banner disappears and _All settings_ -> _Encryption_ shows device is verified
#### What happened instead?
banner does not go away.
In _All settings_ -> _Encryption_ it shows: "Device not verified. You need to verify this device in order to view your encryption settings."
### Operating system
Debian 13
### Application version
Element version: 1.12.3 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.14.0 (c3b7918), Vodozemac 0.9.0
### How did you install the app?
elemnt's apt repo
### Homeserver
matrix.org
### Will you send logs?
No
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