thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Decryption of gnupg v1 encrypted emails fails
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Description
Moto G
Android 5.9
Latest K9 mail with openkeychain
I can decrypt emails from other PGPmail clients such as Mailvelope but we have system generated emails using gnupg v1 that fail to decrypt. It just says "decryption error" no further detail.
These worked with APG integration.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the decryption failure with a system-generated email encrypted by GnuPG v1, using the reported Android and OpenKeychain setup. Compare it with an email that decrypts successfully and trace the source of the generic "decryption error"; done means the affected message decrypts or the failure exposes actionable detail.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100