The startup wizard doesn't create keys, no way to recover. #999

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opened 2025-06-18 23:56:43 +12:00 by ousado · 2 comments

ousado commented

2025-06-18 23:56:43 +12:00

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Reproduce:

Select "Create a New Nostr Account" on the first wizard page
click continue
there's one more page to set up the relays
clicking continue button there brings you back to the first page, IOW, the continue buttons loop through the first 2 pages

It's possible to exit the wizard via "Exit Setup Wizard" button, but keys are not set up. Trying to set up keys in the settings / navigating to Account / Keys crashes the app. ````called Result::unwrap()on anErr` value: Error { kind: Nostr(NoPublicKey)``` etc.

I haven't found a way to recover from this from inside the app and it seems there's no way to recover from it via the commandline. There's also no documentation how to reset gossip in such a case. For people who don't know how to find and delete the database, that's it.

I've compiled gossip from master today.

Reproduce: - Select "Create a New Nostr Account" on the first wizard page - click continue - there's one more page to set up the relays - clicking continue button there brings you back to the first page, IOW, the continue buttons loop through the first 2 pages It's possible to exit the wizard via "Exit Setup Wizard" button, but keys are not set up. Trying to set up keys in the settings / navigating to Account / Keys crashes the app. ````called Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Error { kind: Nostr(NoPublicKey)``` etc. I haven't found a way to recover from this from inside the app and it seems there's no way to recover from it via the commandline. There's also no documentation how to reset gossip in such a case. For people who don't know how to find and delete the database, that's it. I've compiled gossip from master today.

ousado commented

2025-06-19 00:58:17 +12:00

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I have similar issues when choosing "I Already Have A Nostr Account" and then "Import a Private Key" , the GUI shows a page with the input fields for a tiny fraction of a second, but then jumps back to the start of the Wizard. Seems to be a GUI issue.

mikedilger commented

2025-06-19 10:49:34 +12:00

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Try the unstable branch. I believe I fixed this a week ago but the fix may have side-effects so I didn't merge it yet. Please let me know how it goes.