sops hangs until gpg agent restarted (mac)
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Description
what: sops decrypts a file once, on further decryption attempts, sops hangs until gpg agent is restarted.
setup:
- exported
SOPS_PGP_FP - created the file "newtest.json" with
sops newtest.json - ran
sops -d newtest.json - the decrypted output appears
- ran
sops -d newtest.jsonagain, it hangs indefinitely without ouput - ctrl+c sops to stop it
- kill gpg-agent with
gpgconf --kill gpg-agent sops -d newtest.jsonworks again- repeats hanging on decryption
is there a better way to debug this?
versions:
macOS 10.13.3
sops 3.0.3 (latest)
gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.2.3
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with newtest.json using sops -d twice on macOS 10.13.3, with SOPS_PGP_FP set, and observe the gpg-agent behavior. Compare the first successful decryption with the subsequent hang and use gpgconf --kill gpg-agent only as the reported recovery step; done means repeated decryptions no longer hang or the cause is clearly documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, macos
- Domain
- cli, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100