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The manual workflow for verifying a public key fails on CSRF validation

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Description

After running the "verify my public key with curl + gpg" command, it spits out:

{"status":{"code":222,"desc":"CSRF-token verification failed for post","name":"CSRF"},"csrf_token":"..."}

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the manual “verify my public key with curl + gpg” workflow and inspect the returned CSRF error. Trace the verification request from that command to the server entry point; done means the documented workflow completes without CSRF-token verification failure.

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Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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