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Message search initialisation failed (invalid passphrase)

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Steps to reproduce

Where are you starting? What can you see?

If I try to search messages in a non group chat, I get Message search initialisation failed, check your settings for more information.

If I click the settings, I can see: Message search initialisation failed. If I click the drop down I see Error opening the database: DatabaseUnlockError("Invalid passphrase").

I have no idea what passphrase this is. When I launch element, I am prompted for a password, which I type in and everything launches ok. I dont understand what passphrase this is that it is missing.

What do you click?
More steps…

Outcome

What did you expect?

Search to work

What happened instead?

Search didnt work

Operating system

Ubuntu 20.04 lts

Application version

Element Desktop Element version: 1.9.9 Olm version: 3.2.8

How did you install the app?

debian package

Homeserver

Non-public, not sure

Will you send logs?

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

broughtongcommented, Feb 3, 2022

Ah, I dont have the infinite loading spinner so figured it was a different problem. Deleting ~/.config/Element/EventStore seems to have resolved the problem though!

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broughtongcommented, Nov 20, 2022

Hah so I just tried this, and it seems the problem is back again. Exactly the same error message (“Invalid passphrase”). I tried to delete the folder again (rm -rf ~/.config/Element/EventStore). The only side affects were that element was unsearchable for a few minutes until it re-indexed the rooms. After that, all working fine again, no issues/side effects at all, as far as i can see.

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