fix: explain a stored non-master xprv wallet instead of throwing at signing time (closes #234)

An xprv wallet imported before non-master keys were refused holds a key
whose depth is greater than zero. Its addresses were derived by applying
the Ethereum path beneath that key, so they are not the addresses the key
produces under the standard path, and signing for them now throws — on the
send screen, with no explanation.

Detect it at wallet-list render time instead. An xprv wallet stores the
neutered node four levels below the imported key, so a master import stores
a depth-4 xpub and a depth-d import stores depth d + 4; the stored xpub is
therefore an exact read on the imported key's depth and needs no password.

The wallet list renders a named explanation under the wallet's name, the
"+" button is withheld, and send, dapp transaction approval, dapp message
signing and private-key export all refuse before asking for a password.
getSignerForAddress remains the backstop and now says why in a sentence.

The copy states what is true and nothing more: the addresses do descend
from the key that was imported, so it neither promises the funds are safe
nor implies anything was lost. The wallet is not deleted or rewritten.

README.md

@@ -435,7 +435,11 @@ The core hierarchy is **Wallets → Addresses**:
       multi-address behavior as an HD wallet, including the "+" button and the
       address scan on import, but imported from an extended private key rather
       than a recovery phrase. It therefore has no recovery phrase to display or
-      back up.
+      back up. Only a master key may be imported; an xprv wallet already in
+      storage that was imported from a non-master key is detected from the depth
+      of its stored `xpub` by `src/shared/walletDefects.js`, explained in the
+      wallet list, and blocked from signing, sending and private-key export. It
+      is never deleted or rewritten.
 - An **address** holds ETH and ERC-20 tokens.
 - The user can have multiple wallets, each with multiple addresses (HD) or a
   single address (key).

TODO.md

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ undefined identifiers, which is how
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-12: An xprv wallet already in storage that was imported from a
+  non-master key is detected from the depth of its stored `xpub`, explained in
+  the wallet list, and blocked from signing, sending and private-key export
+  instead of throwing on the send screen
+  ([#234](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/234)).
 - 2026-08-12: Bundled token list documentation no longer states a count. The
   four "top 250" claims in `README.md` and the "roughly 500" claim in
   `docs/README.md` are replaced with a description of how the list is actually

src/popup/views/addressDetail.js

@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ const { log } = require("../../shared/log");
 const makeBlockie = require("ethereum-blockies-base64");
 const { decryptWithPassword } = require("../../shared/vault");
 const { getSignerForAddress } = require("../../shared/wallet");
+const { walletDefect } = require("../../shared/walletDefects");
+
+// The defect of the wallet the selected address belongs to, or null. Both the
+// send and the private-key export path check it before asking for a password,
+// so a wallet that cannot derive its keys says so instead of failing after the
+// user has typed one in.
+function selectedWalletDefect() {
+    if (state.selectedWallet === null) return null;
+    return walletDefect(state.wallets[state.selectedWallet]);
+}
 
 let ctx;
 
@@ -254,6 +264,11 @@ function init(_ctx) {
     });
 
     $("btn-send").addEventListener("click", () => {
+        const defect = selectedWalletDefect();
+        if (defect) {
+            showFlash(defect.shortMessage);
+            return;
+        }
         const addr =
             state.wallets[state.selectedWallet].addresses[
                 state.selectedAddress
@@ -298,6 +313,14 @@ function init(_ctx) {
     $("btn-export-privkey").addEventListener("click", () => {
         moreDropdown.classList.add("hidden");
         moreBtn.classList.remove("bg-fg", "text-bg");
+        // There is no private key to export for an address this wallet
+        // cannot derive. Without this the export screen would take a
+        // password and then report it as wrong.
+        const defect = selectedWalletDefect();
+        if (defect) {
+            showFlash(defect.shortMessage);
+            return;
+        }
         pushCurrentView();
         const wallet = state.wallets[state.selectedWallet];
         const addr = wallet.addresses[state.selectedAddress];

src/popup/views/addressToken.js

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const {
 } = require("./send");
 const { log } = require("../../shared/log");
 const makeBlockie = require("ethereum-blockies-base64");
+const { walletDefect } = require("../../shared/walletDefects");
 
 let ctx;
 
@@ -338,6 +339,11 @@ function init(_ctx) {
     });
 
     $("btn-address-token-send").addEventListener("click", () => {
+        const defect = walletDefect(state.wallets[state.selectedWallet]);
+        if (defect) {
+            showFlash(defect.shortMessage);
+            return;
+        }
         const addr =
             state.wallets[state.selectedWallet].addresses[
                 state.selectedAddress

src/popup/views/approval.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const { ERC20_ABI } = require("../../shared/constants");
 const { TOKEN_BY_ADDRESS } = require("../../shared/tokenList");
 const { decryptWithPassword } = require("../../shared/vault");
 const { getSignerForAddress } = require("../../shared/wallet");
+const { walletDefect } = require("../../shared/walletDefects");
 const { getProvider } = require("../../shared/balances");
 const txStatus = require("./txStatus");
 const uniswap = require("../../shared/uniswap");
@@ -280,6 +281,7 @@ function showTxApproval(details) {
 
     showView("approve-tx");
     attachCopyHandlers("view-approve-tx");
+    gateOnWalletDefect("approve-tx-error", "btn-approve-tx");
 }
 
 function decodeHexMessage(hex) {
@@ -379,6 +381,7 @@ function showSignApproval(details) {
 
     showView("approve-sign");
     attachCopyHandlers("view-approve-sign");
+    gateOnWalletDefect("approve-sign-error", "btn-approve-sign");
 }
 
 function show(id) {
@@ -431,6 +434,20 @@ function setSignButtonBusy(busy) {
     $("btn-approve-sign").classList.toggle("text-muted", busy);
 }
 
+// Say so on the approval screen itself, and disable the approve button, when
+// the active address belongs to a wallet whose keys cannot be derived. Without
+// this the screen would take a password and fail after deriving it. Reject
+// stays available; the wallet is not touched. Returns true when it gated.
+function gateOnWalletDefect(errorId, buttonId) {
+    const active = findActiveWallet();
+    const defect = active ? walletDefect(active.wallet) : null;
+    if (!defect) return false;
+    showError(errorId, defect.shortMessage);
+    $(buttonId).disabled = true;
+    $(buttonId).classList.add("text-muted");
+    return true;
+}
+
 // Locate the wallet and the address index owning the currently active
 // address. Returns null when no wallet holds it.
 function findActiveWallet() {
@@ -492,6 +509,14 @@ function init(ctx) {
             return;
         }
 
+        const defect = walletDefect(active.wallet);
+        if (defect) {
+            password = null;
+            showError("approve-tx-error", defect.shortMessage);
+            setTxButtonBusy(false);
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Decrypt here, in the popup. The password must never cross the
         // extension messaging boundary; only the signed transaction does.
         let decryptedSecret;
@@ -583,6 +608,14 @@ function init(ctx) {
             return;
         }
 
+        const defect = walletDefect(active.wallet);
+        if (defect) {
+            password = null;
+            showError("approve-sign-error", defect.shortMessage);
+            setSignButtonBusy(false);
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Decrypt here, in the popup. The password must never cross the
         // extension messaging boundary; only the signature does.
         let decryptedSecret;

src/popup/views/home.js

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ const {
     resetSendValidation,
 } = require("./send");
 const { deriveAddressFromXpub } = require("../../shared/wallet");
+const {
+    walletDefect,
+    walletDefectHtml,
+} = require("../../shared/walletDefects");
 const {
     formatUsd,
     getPrice,
@@ -214,25 +218,23 @@ async function loadHomeTxs(ctx) {
     }
 }
 
-function render(ctx) {
-    const container = $("wallet-list");
-    if (state.wallets.length === 0) {
-        container.innerHTML =
-            '<p class="text-muted py-2">No wallets yet. Add one to get started.</p>';
-        renderTotalValue();
-        renderActiveAddress();
-        return;
-    }
-
+// The wallet list markup. Pure: it reads state and returns a string, so the
+// list can be asserted on without a DOM.
+function walletListHtml() {
     let html = "";
     state.wallets.forEach((wallet, wi) => {
+        const defect = walletDefect(wallet);
         html += `<div>`;
         html += `<div class="flex justify-between items-center bg-section py-1 px-2" style="margin:0 -0.5rem">`;
         html += `<span class="font-bold cursor-pointer wallet-name underline decoration-dashed" data-wallet="${wi}">${wallet.name}</span>`;
-        if (wallet.type === "hd" || wallet.type === "xprv") {
+        // No "+" on a defective wallet: deriving another address from that
+        // xpub would only add one more address the key does not produce
+        // under the standard path.
+        if (!defect && (wallet.type === "hd" || wallet.type === "xprv")) {
             html += `<button class="btn-add-address border border-border px-1 hover:bg-fg hover:text-bg cursor-pointer text-xs" data-wallet="${wi}" title="Add another address to this wallet">+</button>`;
         }
         html += `</div>`;
+        html += walletDefectHtml(wallet);
 
         wallet.addresses.forEach((addr, ai) => {
             html += `<div class="address-row py-1 border-b border-border-light cursor-pointer hover:bg-hover" data-wallet="${wi}" data-address="${ai}">`;
@@ -260,7 +262,20 @@ function render(ctx) {
 
         html += `</div>`;
     });
-    container.innerHTML = html;
+    return html;
+}
+
+function render(ctx) {
+    const container = $("wallet-list");
+    if (state.wallets.length === 0) {
+        container.innerHTML =
+            '<p class="text-muted py-2">No wallets yet. Add one to get started.</p>';
+        renderTotalValue();
+        renderActiveAddress();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    container.innerHTML = walletListHtml();
 
     container.querySelectorAll(".address-row").forEach((row) => {
         row.addEventListener("click", async () => {
@@ -348,6 +363,13 @@ function render(ctx) {
     loadHomeTxs(ctx);
 }
 
+// The defect of the wallet the selected address belongs to, or null. Call
+// after selectActiveAddress().
+function selectedWalletDefect() {
+    if (state.selectedWallet === null) return null;
+    return walletDefect(state.wallets[state.selectedWallet]);
+}
+
 function selectActiveAddress() {
     for (let wi = 0; wi < state.wallets.length; wi++) {
         for (let ai = 0; ai < state.wallets[wi].addresses.length; ai++) {
@@ -371,6 +393,13 @@ function init(ctx) {
             showFlash("No active address selected.");
             return;
         }
+        // Before the balance check and before any password is asked for: this
+        // wallet cannot sign at all, so the send screen is a dead end.
+        const defect = selectedWalletDefect();
+        if (defect) {
+            showFlash(defect.shortMessage);
+            return;
+        }
         const addr = currentAddress();
         if (!addr.balance || parseFloat(addr.balance) === 0) {
             showFlash("Cannot send \u2014 zero balance.");
@@ -396,4 +425,4 @@ function init(ctx) {
     });
 }
 
-module.exports = { init, render };
+module.exports = { init, render, walletListHtml };

src/shared/wallet.js

@@ -120,9 +120,24 @@ function getSignerForAddress(walletData, addrIndex, decryptedSecret) {
         return node.deriveChild(addrIndex);
     }
     if (walletData.type === "xprv") {
-        const node =
-            masterXprvOrThrow(decryptedSecret).derivePath(BIP44_ETH_PATH);
-        return node.deriveChild(addrIndex);
+        // Checked here rather than through masterXprvOrThrow so the message
+        // fits the situation: nobody is importing anything at signing time,
+        // and this wallet is already in storage. src/shared/walletDefects.js
+        // catches it at list-render time; this is the backstop behind that.
+        const node = parseExtendedKey(decryptedSecret);
+        if (!node || !node.privateKey) {
+            throw new Error(
+                "This wallet's stored key is not a valid extended private " +
+                    "key, so it cannot sign.",
+            );
+        }
+        if (node.depth !== MASTER_DEPTH) {
+            throw new Error(
+                "This wallet was imported from an extended private key that " +
+                    "is not a master key, so it cannot sign.",
+            );
+        }
+        return node.derivePath(BIP44_ETH_PATH).deriveChild(addrIndex);
     }
     return new Wallet(decryptedSecret);
 }
@@ -142,6 +157,7 @@ function walletHasRecoveryPhrase(walletData) {
 
 module.exports = {
     generateMnemonic,
+    parseExtendedKey,
     deriveAddressFromXpub,
     hdWalletFromMnemonic,
     hdWalletFromXprv,

src/shared/walletDefects.js

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Wallets already in stored state whose key cannot be used, and the copy that
+// explains them.
+//
+// Refusing a non-master extended private key at import time does nothing for a
+// wallet imported before that refusal existed. Such a wallet is detected here,
+// at wallet-list render time, so the user meets the explanation on the list
+// screen rather than an exception on the send screen. Nothing here modifies or
+// removes a wallet: the record is the user's data.
+
+const { parseExtendedKey } = require("./wallet");
+
+const NON_MASTER_XPRV = "non-master-xprv";
+
+// An "xprv" wallet stores the neutered BIP-44 Ethereum node, four levels below
+// the key that was imported: the current import path derives the absolute
+// m/44'/60'/0'/0 from a depth-0 key, and the pre-#210 path derived the same
+// four levels as a relative path beneath whatever depth it was given. A master
+// import therefore stores a depth-4 xpub and a depth-d import stores depth
+// d + 4, which makes the stored xpub an exact read on the imported key's
+// depth — and it is readable without the password, unlike the key itself.
+const BIP44_ETH_XPUB_DEPTH = 4;
+
+const DEFECTS = {
+    [NON_MASTER_XPRV]: {
+        id: NON_MASTER_XPRV,
+        heading: "This wallet's addresses were derived incorrectly.",
+        paragraphs: [
+            "This wallet was imported from an extended private key that is " +
+                "not a master key. An earlier version applied the Ethereum " +
+                "derivation path beneath that key instead of from a master " +
+                "key, so the addresses listed here are not the ones that key " +
+                "produces under the standard path.",
+            "Signing and sending are disabled for this wallet. The addresses " +
+                "do descend from the extended private key you imported, so " +
+                "anything they hold is still reachable by software that " +
+                "repeats the same non-standard derivation. Check them in a " +
+                "block explorer before deciding what to do.",
+            "To see the addresses this key produces under the standard path, " +
+                "import the master extended private key, or the recovery " +
+                "phrase it came from, as a new wallet. Nothing here has been " +
+                "changed or removed, and this wallet stays until you delete " +
+                "it yourself.",
+        ],
+        // One sentence for the places that have room for one: the flash on a
+        // blocked Send, the inline error on the approval screens.
+        shortMessage:
+            "This wallet cannot sign, because it was imported from an " +
+            "extended private key that is not a master key. The wallet list " +
+            "explains what happened.",
+    },
+};
+
+// The defect record for a wallet, or null if there is nothing wrong with it
+// that this module can see. Read-only.
+//
+// A wallet whose xpub will not parse gets null rather than a defect: there is
+// no basis in that case to tell the user their key was not a master key, and a
+// wrong explanation is worse than none.
+function walletDefect(walletData) {
+    if (!walletData || walletData.type !== "xprv") return null;
+    const node = parseExtendedKey(walletData.xpub);
+    if (!node) return null;
+    if (node.depth === BIP44_ETH_XPUB_DEPTH) return null;
+    return DEFECTS[NON_MASTER_XPRV];
+}
+
+// The notice block for the wallet list, or "" for a wallet with no defect.
+// The copy is fixed text from this module, so it needs no escaping.
+function walletDefectHtml(walletData) {
+    const defect = walletDefect(walletData);
+    if (!defect) return "";
+    let html =
+        '<div class="border border-red-500 border-dashed p-2 my-1 text-xs text-red-500">';
+    html += `<div class="font-bold mb-1">${defect.heading}</div>`;
+    for (const p of defect.paragraphs) {
+        html += `<p class="mb-1">${p}</p>`;
+    }
+    html += "</div>";
+    return html;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    NON_MASTER_XPRV,
+    walletDefect,
+    walletDefectHtml,
+};

tests/walletDefects.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+// Tests for the stored-state half of the non-master extended key problem.
+//
+// Refusing a non-master xprv at import time does nothing for a wallet that is
+// already in storage: the import that created it ran before the refusal
+// existed. Such a wallet used to sign for the wrong tree and now throws on the
+// send screen instead. These tests pin down that it is named and explained in
+// the wallet list, that nothing on the way there throws, and that a wallet
+// imported from a real master key is untouched by any of it.
+
+const { HDNodeWallet, Mnemonic } = require("ethers");
+
+const wallet = require("../src/shared/wallet");
+const {
+    walletDefect,
+    walletDefectHtml,
+    NON_MASTER_XPRV,
+} = require("../src/shared/walletDefects");
+
+// BIP-39 test vector phrase, published; never used for real funds.
+const VECTOR_PHRASE =
+    "test test test test test test test test test test test junk";
+
+function seedNode(phrase) {
+    return HDNodeWallet.fromSeed(Mnemonic.fromPhrase(phrase, "").computeSeed());
+}
+
+// The master (depth-0) key, which is what the import flow accepts today.
+function masterXprv(phrase) {
+    return seedNode(phrase).extendedKey;
+}
+
+// The account-level (depth-3) key m/44'/60'/0'. A normal thing for a user to
+// hold, and what the import flow used to accept.
+function accountXprv(phrase) {
+    return seedNode(phrase).derivePath("m/44'/60'/0'").extendedKey;
+}
+
+// The wallet record the CURRENT import path writes for a master key: the
+// neutered m/44'/60'/0'/0 node, four levels below a depth-0 key.
+function healthyXprvWallet(name = "Master") {
+    const { xpub, firstAddress } = wallet.hdWalletFromXprv(
+        masterXprv(VECTOR_PHRASE),
+    );
+    return {
+        name,
+        type: "xprv",
+        xpub,
+        nextIndex: 1,
+        encryptedSecret: "irrelevant-to-these-tests",
+        addresses: [{ address: firstAddress, balance: "0.0000" }],
+    };
+}
+
+// The wallet record the PRE-#210 import path wrote for an account-level key:
+// the same four levels, but derived as a relative path *beneath* the key, so
+// the stored xpub sits at depth 3 + 4 = 7. Built here the way the old code
+// built it rather than by calling the module under test, which now refuses.
+function brokenXprvWallet(name = "Imported xprv") {
+    const node = HDNodeWallet.fromExtendedKey(
+        accountXprv(VECTOR_PHRASE),
+    ).derivePath("44'/60'/0'/0");
+    return {
+        name,
+        type: "xprv",
+        xpub: node.neuter().extendedKey,
+        nextIndex: 1,
+        encryptedSecret: "irrelevant-to-these-tests",
+        addresses: [
+            { address: node.deriveChild(0).address, balance: "0.0000" },
+        ],
+    };
+}
+
+describe("the fixtures are what the two import paths actually produced", () => {
+    test("a master import stores a depth-4 xpub", () => {
+        expect(
+            HDNodeWallet.fromExtendedKey(healthyXprvWallet().xpub).depth,
+        ).toBe(4);
+    });
+
+    test("the pre-fix account-level import stored a depth-7 xpub", () => {
+        expect(
+            HDNodeWallet.fromExtendedKey(brokenXprvWallet().xpub).depth,
+        ).toBe(7);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("walletDefect", () => {
+    test("names the defect on a stored non-master xprv wallet", () => {
+        const defect = walletDefect(brokenXprvWallet());
+
+        expect(defect).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(defect.id).toBe(NON_MASTER_XPRV);
+    });
+
+    test("a depth-0 xprv wallet has no defect", () => {
+        expect(walletDefect(healthyXprvWallet())).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    test("hd and key wallets are never assessed", () => {
+        expect(
+            walletDefect({ type: "hd", xpub: brokenXprvWallet().xpub }),
+        ).toBe(null);
+        expect(walletDefect({ type: "key" })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    test("an xprv wallet whose xpub cannot be parsed makes no claim", () => {
+        // No basis to say the key was non-master, so nothing is asserted
+        // about it rather than guessing.
+        expect(walletDefect({ type: "xprv", xpub: "not-a-key" })).toBeNull();
+        expect(walletDefect({ type: "xprv" })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    test("nothing about the wallet record is modified by the check", () => {
+        const w = brokenXprvWallet();
+        const before = JSON.stringify(w);
+
+        walletDefect(w);
+
+        expect(JSON.stringify(w)).toBe(before);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("the explanatory copy", () => {
+    const defect = walletDefect(brokenXprvWallet());
+
+    test("every sentence of it is a full sentence", () => {
+        for (const text of [defect.heading, ...defect.paragraphs]) {
+            expect(text).toMatch(/^[A-Z]/);
+            expect(text.trimEnd()).toMatch(/\.$/);
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("it says what was derived wrongly and that these are not the standard addresses", () => {
+        const body = defect.paragraphs.join(" ");
+
+        expect(body).toContain("not a master key");
+        expect(body).toMatch(/standard path/);
+    });
+
+    test("it does not claim the funds are safe and does not claim a loss", () => {
+        const all = [defect.heading, ...defect.paragraphs].join(" ");
+
+        expect(all).not.toMatch(/\bsafe\b/i);
+        expect(all).not.toMatch(/\blost\b|\bstolen\b|\bgone\b/i);
+    });
+
+    test("it says the wallet is not deleted and what the user can do", () => {
+        const body = defect.paragraphs.join(" ");
+
+        expect(body).toMatch(/until you delete it yourself/);
+        expect(body).toMatch(/recovery phrase/);
+    });
+
+    test("it uses the project's vocabulary", () => {
+        const all = [
+            defect.heading,
+            ...defect.paragraphs,
+            defect.shortMessage,
+        ].join(" ");
+
+        expect(all).not.toMatch(/seed phrase|mnemonic|passphrase/i);
+        expect(all).not.toMatch(/\baccounts?\b/i);
+    });
+});
+
+describe("walletDefectHtml", () => {
+    test("renders the heading and every paragraph for a defective wallet", () => {
+        const defect = walletDefect(brokenXprvWallet());
+        const html = walletDefectHtml(brokenXprvWallet());
+
+        expect(html).toContain(defect.heading);
+        for (const p of defect.paragraphs) {
+            expect(html).toContain(p);
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("renders nothing at all for a healthy wallet", () => {
+        expect(walletDefectHtml(healthyXprvWallet())).toBe("");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("the wallet list", () => {
+    let home;
+    let state;
+
+    beforeAll(() => {
+        global.chrome = {
+            storage: { local: { get: async () => ({}), set: async () => {} } },
+            runtime: { sendMessage: () => {} },
+        };
+        home = require("../src/popup/views/home");
+        state = require("../src/shared/state").state;
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        state.wallets = [];
+        state.activeAddress = null;
+    });
+
+    test("a stored depth-3 xprv wallet renders the explanation", () => {
+        state.wallets = [brokenXprvWallet("Imported xprv")];
+
+        const html = home.walletListHtml();
+
+        expect(html).toContain(walletDefect(state.wallets[0]).heading);
+        expect(html).toContain("Imported xprv");
+    });
+
+    test("it does not offer to derive further addresses from that wallet", () => {
+        state.wallets = [brokenXprvWallet()];
+
+        expect(home.walletListHtml()).not.toContain("btn-add-address");
+    });
+
+    test("a normal depth-0 xprv wallet renders exactly as it did before", () => {
+        state.wallets = [healthyXprvWallet("Master")];
+
+        const html = home.walletListHtml();
+
+        expect(html).not.toContain(walletDefect(brokenXprvWallet()).heading);
+        expect(html).toContain("btn-add-address");
+        expect(html).toContain(state.wallets[0].addresses[0].address);
+    });
+
+    test("the defective wallet's notice does not bleed onto a healthy one", () => {
+        state.wallets = [brokenXprvWallet("Broken"), healthyXprvWallet("Fine")];
+
+        const html = home.walletListHtml();
+        const healthyPart = html.slice(html.indexOf("Fine"));
+
+        expect(html).toContain(walletDefect(state.wallets[0]).heading);
+        expect(healthyPart).not.toContain(
+            walletDefect(state.wallets[0]).heading,
+        );
+        expect(healthyPart).toContain("btn-add-address");
+    });
+});
+
+describe("no path throws an unhandled error for a defective wallet", () => {
+    test("address derivation from the stored xpub still works", () => {
+        // The stored xpub is at a non-standard depth but is a valid extended
+        // key; deriving from it is what the list render already does.
+        const w = brokenXprvWallet();
+
+        expect(() => wallet.deriveAddressFromXpub(w.xpub, 0)).not.toThrow();
+        expect(wallet.deriveAddressFromXpub(w.xpub, 0)).toBe(
+            w.addresses[0].address,
+        );
+    });
+
+    test("the wallet list renders without throwing", () => {
+        const { state } = require("../src/shared/state");
+        const home = require("../src/popup/views/home");
+        state.wallets = [brokenXprvWallet()];
+
+        expect(() => home.walletListHtml()).not.toThrow();
+
+        state.wallets = [];
+    });
+
+    test("signing refuses with the named defect rather than a bare failure", () => {
+        // getSignerForAddress is the backstop behind the UI gate. It must
+        // still refuse, and it must say why in a sentence the user can read.
+        let thrown = null;
+        try {
+            wallet.getSignerForAddress(
+                { type: "xprv" },
+                0,
+                accountXprv(VECTOR_PHRASE),
+            );
+        } catch (e) {
+            thrown = e;
+        }
+
+        expect(thrown).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(thrown.message).toMatch(/master key/);
+        expect(thrown.message.trimEnd()).toMatch(/\.$/);
+    });
+
+    test("a healthy xprv wallet signs as it always did", () => {
+        const signer = wallet.getSignerForAddress(
+            { type: "xprv" },
+            0,
+            masterXprv(VECTOR_PHRASE),
+        );
+
+        expect(signer.address).toBe(healthyXprvWallet().addresses[0].address);
+    });
+});