flathub / flathub/com.belmoussaoui.Authenticator

Restore fails with Aegis database version 3

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Can version 3 of aegis backup be supported?
INFO authenticator::backup::aegis: Found unencrypted aegis vault with version 1 and database version 3. ERROR authenticator::widgets::backup::dialog: Failed to restore from a file Aegis database version expected to be 1 or 2. Found 3 instead.

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Start in the authenticator::backup::aegis restore path and inspect how authenticator::widgets::backup::dialog validates database versions. Reproduce the failure with an Aegis backup using database version 3, then verify that restoring it succeeds without regressing support for versions 1 and 2.

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databases
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Feature
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