Bug#1141141: libpam-gnome-keyring: gnome-keyring remains locked after fingerprint login

[Dóczi, Péter]

You're right, thanks for fixing the title!

As a user my logic would go like this:
Did I just logged in to my system by authenticating myself? Yes.
So I'd expect gnome-keyring to be unlocked.
As a user it does not matter to me what method I used to log in.

Reframing the issue like this:
Is there a way to make sure gnome-keyring unlocks whatever pam-supported 
authentication method I use? Be it fingerprint or anything else.

On 2026. 07. 06. 16:46, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 libpam-gnome-keyring: gnome-keyring remains locked 
> after fingerprint login
>
> Please try to be precise in bug reports: if you say "remains unlocked" 
> when you meant "remains locked", that completely changes the meaning.
>
> On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 at 15:51:50 +0200, Dóczi, Péter wrote:
>> using fingerprint login does not unlock gnome-keyring
>
> How could this work? The keyring is stored "encrypted at rest" with 
> your password as the decryption key (that's the point of 
> gnome-keyring). If you logged in without ever typing your password 
> (for example using a fingerprint), how would gnome-keyring be expected 
> to obtain the password and decrypt the keyring?
>
>     smcv