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Cannot rekey
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Description
- Open chat on Android
- See message "This conversation needs to be rekeyed. To unlock this conversation, open one of your other devices or enter a paperkey."
- Open Windows app
- Nothing happens in Android app
- Click "Rekey" in Windows app, nothing happens
- Try to use the command line
>keybase rekey status
No TLFs need rekeying.
>keybase rekey paper
... popup window show up
... enter paper key
... popup disappears
... nothing happens
... both android and windows app continue to say chat needs rekeying
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure in the Android and Windows apps, then run the mentioned keybase rekey status and keybase rekey paper commands. Trace the rekey flow from those entry points; done means entering a paper key or clicking Rekey completes successfully and the conversations no longer report that they need rekeying.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android
- Domain
- cli, cryptography, desktop-dev, mobile-dev, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100