A failed secret add --force leaves the secret unchanged (closes #136)
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addVersion wrote the new version before it unlocked the vault to set
notAfter on the version being replaced, so a wrong passphrase or mnemonic
left an extra version behind. It now unlocks the vault and loads that
version's metadata first; writing notAfter and switching current still
come after the new version is saved. generate secret --force and
import --force take the same path.

updatePreviousVersion asks for the long-term key again. The vault keeps
it in memory after the first unlock, so this neither prompts nor derives
it a second time.

Model: opus-5-5
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2026-10-14 17:51:56 +00:00
parent fd6c5df1a8
commit 8e825bd666
3 changed files with 121 additions and 12 deletions
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@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ func (v *Vault) addVersion(
) error {
now := time.Now()
// Unlock the vault before writing anything, so that a wrong passphrase
// or mnemonic leaves the secret as it was
err := v.loadPreviousVersionMetadata(previousVersion)
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Create the new version and save the encrypted value
versionName, err := v.createAndSaveVersion(
name, secretDir, value, previousVersion, &now)
@@ -632,8 +639,35 @@ func (v *Vault) checkExistingSecret(
return true, previousVersion, nil
}
// loadPreviousVersionMetadata unlocks the vault and loads the metadata of
// the version being superseded. It is a no-op when previousVersion is nil.
func (v *Vault) loadPreviousVersionMetadata(
previousVersion *secret.Version,
) error {
if previousVersion == nil {
return nil
}
ltIdentity, err := v.GetOrDeriveLongTermKey()
if err != nil {
secret.Debug("Failed to get long-term key for previous version", "error", err)
return fmt.Errorf("failed to get long-term key: %w", err)
}
err = previousVersion.LoadMetadata(ltIdentity)
if err != nil {
secret.Debug("Failed to load previous version metadata", "error", err)
return fmt.Errorf("failed to load previous version metadata: %w", err)
}
return nil
}
// updatePreviousVersion sets the notAfter timestamp on the version being
// superseded. It is a no-op when previousVersion is nil.
// superseded, whose metadata loadPreviousVersionMetadata has loaded. It is
// a no-op when previousVersion is nil.
func (v *Vault) updatePreviousVersion(
previousVersion *secret.Version, now *time.Time,
) error {
@@ -641,22 +675,13 @@ func (v *Vault) updatePreviousVersion(
return nil
}
// Get long-term key to decrypt/encrypt metadata
// loadPreviousVersionMetadata unlocked the vault, so this returns the
// key it keeps in memory
ltIdentity, err := v.GetOrDeriveLongTermKey()
if err != nil {
secret.Debug("Failed to get long-term key for metadata update", "error", err)
return fmt.Errorf("failed to get long-term key: %w", err)
}
// Load previous version metadata
err = previousVersion.LoadMetadata(ltIdentity)
if err != nil {
secret.Debug("Failed to load previous version metadata", "error", err)
return fmt.Errorf("failed to load previous version metadata: %w", err)
}
// Update notAfter timestamp
previousVersion.Metadata.NotAfter = now