Bug 2552171 - GVFS hardcodes gnome-keyring, with oo7 it fails to retrieve ssh key passphrases
Summary: GVFS hardcodes gnome-keyring, with oo7 it fails to retrieve ssh key passphrases
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Status: VERIFIED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gvfs
Version: 45
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: GNOME SIG Unassigned
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: RejectedBlocker
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-10-14 12:36 UTC by Kamil Paral (Fedora Quality)
Modified: 2026-10-19 15:49 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
GNOME Gitlab GNOME/gvfs/-/work_items/886 0 None None None 2026-10-15 12:07:31 UTC
Github linux-credentials oo7 issues 599 0 None open oo7 broke Nautilus/GIO handling of sftp connections, failing to retrieve/reuse ssh key passphrases 2026-10-14 12:36:18 UTC

Description Kamil Paral (Fedora Quality) 2026-10-14 12:36:19 UTC
Description of problem:
This a downstream bug for the following upstream bug:
https://github.com/linux-credentials/oo7/issues/599

This is created only for the purpose of a blocker discussion:
"Saving passwords to and retrieving passwords from the default keyring must work for all release-blocking desktops. "
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Final_Release_Criteria#Desktop_keyring

Comment 1 Kamil Paral (Fedora Quality) 2026-10-15 12:08:00 UTC
This turned out to be a GVFS bug instead, filed here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/-/work_items/886

Comment 2 Kamil Paral (Fedora Quality) 2026-10-16 09:41:34 UTC
The upstream issue was fixed, can we please get a patch in Fedora?

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-10-16 10:36:44 UTC
FEDORA-2026-2efc3d4d6e (gvfs-1.62.0-4.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-2efc3d4d6e

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-10-17 01:56:03 UTC
FEDORA-2026-2efc3d4d6e has been pushed to the Fedora 45 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-2efc3d4d6e`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-2efc3d4d6e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Kamil Paral (Fedora Quality) 2026-10-19 11:20:55 UTC
Works fine in my testing, fixes the sftp location issue

Comment 6 Adam Williamson (Fedora) 2026-10-19 15:49:47 UTC
-5 / +1 in https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2227 , marking rejected blocker.


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