ERROR api: CSRF-token verification failed for post (error 222)
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Description
Keybase GUI Version: 1.0.34-20171027003854+8e989533a
When attempting to use the CLI to recover my passphrase, or use the GUI to reset my passphrase, the request fails with "ERROR api post to passphrase/sign error: CSRF-token verification failed for post (error 222)"
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Research direction
Start by reproducing passphrase recovery from the CLI and passphrase reset from the GUI using the reported Keybase GUI version. Trace the passphrase/sign request that returns CSRF-token verification failed (error 222), then confirm the affected recovery and reset flows succeed without that error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- api, authentication, cli, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100