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Element-R: After interactive verification the backup decryption key is not in cache #26288

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BillCarsonFr opened this issue Oct 3, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#3778
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Element-R: After interactive verification the backup decryption key is not in cache #26288

BillCarsonFr opened this issue Oct 3, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#3778
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A-Element-R Issues affecting the port of Element's crypto layer to Rust T-Defect Z-Element-R-Blocker A blocker for enabling Element R by default Z-Labs

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a session on web, create an encrypted room then setup recovery.
  2. Use another tab/browser to login with the same account
  3. Verify the new session with the old one using emoji

Outcome

What did you expect?

Expect to get access to my history.

What happened instead?

History messages are Unable to decrypt

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^ the backup decryption key is not cache, it should have been received via secret gossping and stored.

The restore from backup button ask to enter the passphrase
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Operating system

macOS

Browser information

chrome 117.0.5938.88

URL for webapp

No response

Application version

No response

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

No
@BillCarsonFr BillCarsonFr added T-Defect A-Element-R Issues affecting the port of Element's crypto layer to Rust labels Oct 3, 2023
@BillCarsonFr BillCarsonFr self-assigned this Oct 3, 2023
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richvdh commented Oct 4, 2023

As I understand it, the problem here is that we are not handling the incoming m.secret.send message from the other device that includes the backup decryption key

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@BillCarsonFr BillCarsonFr changed the title Element-R: After interactive verification the message history is not automatically restored Element-R: After interactive verification the backup decryption key is not in cache Oct 6, 2023
@BillCarsonFr BillCarsonFr added the Z-Element-R-Blocker A blocker for enabling Element R by default label Oct 6, 2023
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