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Can't add a device after resetting everything at Keybase
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Description
A few days ago I reset everything in my account at Keybase to start from scratch. I had my laptop added before as "MacBook Pro" and now I'm trying to login with `keybase login` and I'm getting error:
```
➜ keybase login
How would you like to sign this install of Keybase?
(1) Use an existing device
(2) Use a paper key
(3) Use my Keybase passphrase
(4) Use GPG
Choose a signing option: 3
Your keybase username or email address: yas375
Enter a public name for this device: MacBook Pro
▶ ERROR Device name is already in use by this user (error 1408)
➜
```
But I don't have any devices displayed in the UI at https://keybase.io/account/devices:
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Research direction
Begin with the `keybase login` flow and compare its device-name check with the devices page at https://keybase.io/account/devices. Reproduce the error using the described signing option and verify the account's post-reset device state. Done means a reset account can add a device named "MacBook Pro" without the client and UI disagreeing.
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Assessment
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100