"Failed to decrypt text." in desktop app, but works in Terminal
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Description
Keybase GUI Version: 5.4.2-20200424204055+7b0bbf1e3c
**Observered behaviour:**
I encrypted a text for myself via the web interface and tried to decrypt it within the crypto tab of the desktop app (for presentation purposes in preparation for a workshop on encryption). However, the app comes up with the error message "Failed to decrypt text."
Decrypting via keybase pgp decrypt -m "message" in Terminal works though.
**System**:
MacOS (latest stable)
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Research direction
Start with the desktop app's crypto tab and compare its decryption path with the working `keybase pgp decrypt -m "message"` command. Reproduce the failure on macOS using the stated Keybase GUI version; done means text encrypted for the user through the web interface decrypts successfully in the desktop app.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, macos
- Domain
- cryptography, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100