~sircmpwn/meta.sr.ht#125: 
Unable to upload PGP key

In my case, it doesn't have an EC subkey; the key is DSA 1024, with ElGamal 2048 and DSA 2048 subkeys. The error I'm getting is

We were unable to encrypt a test message with this key

I don't seem to be obviously having the same issue as any of #106, #79, or #54.

The export command I'm using is:

gpg --armor --export-options export-minimal --export ser@ser1.net

This may be another case of a gpgy bug, but filing just in case it isn't.

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5 years ago
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~rx14 5 years ago

I'm also having this issue, with this key: https://keybase.io/rx14/pgp_keys.asc

The only unusual part of my keys, is that the first UID has been revoked, and replaced (name change)

~ser 5 years ago

BTW, my key can be retrieved from most public keyservers; I know it's up-to-date at keys.gnupg.net. The key ID is 09E5788F. For testing:

gpg --receive-keys --keyserver keys.gnupg.net 09E5788F

~rx14 5 years ago

My issue is a pgpy bug, since my first UID is revoked, pgpy thinks neither uid is primary.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgpy/decorators.py", line 129, in _action
    return action(_key, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pgpy/pgp.py", line 2185, in encrypt
    cipher_algo = prefs.pop('cipher', uid.selfsig.cipherprefs[0])
IndexError: list index out of range
>>> key.userids[1].is_primary
False
>>> key.userids[0].is_primary
False
>>> key.userids[0].selfsig
<PGPSignature [CertRevocation] object at 0x7f852cdb5550>
>>> key.userids[1].selfsig
<PGPSignature [Positive_Cert] object at 0x7f852cdb5bb0>
>>> key.userids[0].selfsig.cipherprefs
[]
>>> key.userids[1].selfsig.cipherprefs
[<SymmetricKeyAlgorithm.AES256: 9>, <SymmetricKeyAlgorithm.AES192: 8>, <SymmetricKeyAlgorithm.AES128: 7>]

~ser 5 years ago

Oh, this could definitely be it for me too. I have had my key since 1999 and have several revoked UIDs, many which predate my current primary ID.

A quick search in the pgpy project's issue tracker didn't turn up any issues with the is_primary method, so they either aren't aware of it or there's something else going on.

Can you post a snippit of the commands you used to get to your keys using pgpy in the interpreter?

~rx14 5 years ago

key = pgpy.PGPKey.from_blob(keytext)[0]
msg = pgpy.PGPMessage.new("foooo")

# To get the backtrace for the failure on meta.sr.ht
key.encrypt(msg)

Then you can see the commands I used above.

~nycex 5 years ago

I can confirm, I also have that issue when using a key where the former primary id was revoked.

~apx 4 years ago

My primary key is 3072 DSA with 4096 RSA and 3072 Elgamal subkeys, none of them were revoked though and only one, in the middle of it, expired last year. Same error happening.

~armaan 4 years ago

Same issue happening with me as well, also the first UID revoked. Seems to be a systemic issue

~poldi1405 referenced this from #172 4 years ago

~erock 3 years ago

First UID was revoked, cannot upload public gpg.

~erock 3 years ago

Two issues for me:

Once I managed to add my key, meta.sr.ht used the wrong uid email because it simply grabs the first uid in the list: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/meta.sr.ht/tree/master/item/metasrht/types/pgpkey.py#L58

Once I removed the revoked uid, meta.sr.ht picked up the correct email address.

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