** Unable to decrypt: The sender's device has not sent us the keys for this message. **

[kevincox]

Description

Can't read the message. Sent between devices that have been talking using e2ee for a long time.

Log: sent

Version information

• Platform: All

For the web app:

• Browser: Safari
• OS: NixOS and macOS
• URL: app.element.io

[kevincox]

This was mostly to send logs which have been sent from the element-web interface. However I can not decrypt on any of my devices.

[kevincox]

Instance of #2996

[kevincox]

It is worth noting that subsequent messages sent from the same device were perfectly fine.

[jryans]

I have forwarded this issue to our E2EE team to investigate what's going wrong here.

[kevincox]

Thanks, this is ongoing. We just had an extended period of this issue today and I asked the sender to send logs from the Android app referencing this issue.

FWIW I now believe that this is an element-android issue as I think the sending device is to blame.

[kevincox]

This instance has been restored when the app cache was cleared. Usually we didn't clear the cache, it just recovered on its own but this time it went on for an extended period of time so I suggested that the sender clear the cache. It could have been coincidence but messages sent after the cache clear were readable to all devices.

I also confirmed that the sender uploaded logs from the app. They did a shake and sent this URL in the description.

[uhoreg]

I was unable to do much with the first set of debug logs because we don't have the logs from the sender. With the second set, it looks like the problem started with a spurious network error on the sender's side. In theory, it should have been able to recover, but it could be that it's not working properly.

[kevincox]

This is on a mobile phone so flakey network is likely if not expected.

[solomon-b]

This instance has been restored when the app cache was cleared. Usually we didn't clear the cache, it just recovered on its own but this time it went on for an extended period of time so I suggested that the sender clear the cache. It could have been coincidence but messages sent after the cache clear were readable to all devices.

I also confirmed that the sender uploaded logs from the app. They did a shake and sent this URL in the description.

How do you clear the app cache?

[jryans]

How do you clear the app cache?

Top left user menu -> Settings -> Help -> Scroll down -> Click "Clear cache and reload" button

[akhilman]

I have similar issue.

The interlocutor can read my messages, but I can't read his messages with Unable to decrypt: The sender's device has not sent us the keys for this message error.

A while ago I had reset my keys by Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Encryption -> Secure Backup -> Reset. Since that I never able to read any message from my friend. The problem continues more than half of the year. We tried many times to create a new room. We also tried different clients, including element-web with multiple browser, nheko, fluffychat in my side, and element-web and element-android on another side. Always same result.

Here is recent try:
Room ID: !nAkgXNdTyzUuREuqGI:ru-matrix.org
My ID: @akhil:ru-matrix.org
Interlocutor's ID: @s6:matrix.org

From my side:

akhil.log

From interlocutor's side:

s6.log

[akhilman]

My issue solved by server admin. It was instance of matrix-org/synapse#6867.