Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6

Erwan David <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:24:38 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user.kde
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 07:32:27AM CET, Nick Sal <[email protected]> said:
> Hi,
> 
> Did signal-desktop break for anyone else during the wallet upgrade? I'm running (latest) testing but signal broke a while ago.
> Does anyone have a solution without erasing the signal data and syncing again? The downside is that signal allows to sync data only from the last 45 days.
> 
> There's a related issue on github with solution suggestions, but no luck:
> https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/7439
> 
> I'm almost certain the kwallet 5 to 6 upgrade is what broke signal.
> I get the following error with signal-desktop, and tried many things but no luck.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nick

Did you try https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/7117 ? (not the same issue).

When I upgraded I just removed the configuration and redid the association with the phone

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Erwan David