Maniphest T8349

Kleopatra: Misleading success message when signing archive
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• ikloecker
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• ikloecker
Jul 14 2026, 5:31 PM
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Description

When I OpenPGP-signed two files (as archive) I first got the "Unusual Signature Warning" message. After pressing Continue and entering the passphrase I got the success message

Successfully signed ‘/home/ingo/dev/g10/testdata/encrypt-me.txt’ and ‘/home/ingo/dev/g10/testdata/encrypt-me-too.txt’ and saved the signature in ‘archive.tar.sig’.

I think this is misleading because "saved the signature in [...]" might be understood as detached signature (despite the warning explicitly mentioning that the result is not a detached signature).

Revisions and Commits

rKLEOPATRA Kleopatra
rKLEOPATRA8d2e03ccc249 Fix result message if not signing with detached signature
rKLEOPATRAcbd598e6aa44 Use plural also for encrypt and sign&encrypt result
rKLEOPATRA40715b1f403d Fix result message if not signing with detached signature
rKLEOPATRA7086db73a5b4 Use plural also for encrypt and sign&encrypt result

Event Timeline

• ikloecker created this task.Jul 14 2026, 5:31 PM
timegrid triaged this task as Normal priority.Jul 15 2026, 8:29 AM
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timegrid added a project: Bug Report.
• ikloecker claimed this task.Mon, Aug 10, 9:57 AM
• ikloecker added a project: gpd5x.
• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRA7086db73a5b4: Use plural also for encrypt and sign&encrypt result.Mon, Aug 10, 12:07 PM
• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRA40715b1f403d: Fix result message if not signing with detached signature.
• ikloecker added a comment.Mon, Aug 10, 12:09 PM

The above text is now only used if a detached signature is created (which is only done for single files). Otherwise, the success message follows the pattern used for encryption (with or without signing), e.g.

Successfully signed ‘/home/ingo/dev/g10/testdata/encrypt-me.txt’ and ‘/home/ingo/dev/g10/testdata/encrypt-me-too.txt’ and saved them as ‘archive.tar.sig’.

• ikloecker changed the task status from Open to Testing.Mon, Aug 10, 12:09 PM
• ikloecker moved this task from Backlog to WIP on the gpd5x board.
• ebo added a subscriber: • ebo.Tue, Aug 11, 3:33 PM

backport not possible, as the texts in the VSD branch are completely different.

• ikloecker mentioned this in Unknown Object (Maniphest Task).Mon, Aug 17, 9:39 AM
• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRA8d2e03ccc249: Fix result message if not signing with detached signature.Mon, Aug 24, 6:04 PM
• ikloecker added a commit: rKLEOPATRAcbd598e6aa44: Use plural also for encrypt and sign&encrypt result.