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Kleopatra: Disable smartcard actions if a factory reset is needed
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When a smartcard is irrevocably blocked (PIN: 0, PUK: 0, Admin PIN: 0), all actions on the smartcard dialog will result in errors.
In this case, the menu (or all menu items) could just be deactivated, and a helpful message could be displayed (e.g. below the menu or on top as a banner) to explain the state.

Suggestion for the content of the message:

  • Color: Warning style (red)
  • Icon: Warning
  • Text: This card cannot be unblocked, no remaining PIN/PUK/Admin PIN attempts are left. The keys on this card are lost. You may factory reset the card to be able to reuse it with new keys.

Remarks:

  • Trying to generate new keys in this state will currently lead to an unhelpful "card error":
  • Would be a factory reset via Kleopatra possible and desired? (only accessible via button in the message to prevent user mistakes) not desired

Split from T6425: improve pinentry behavior and texts in smart card context

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gpg4win-5.1.0-beta658 @ win11

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timegrid triaged this task as Low priority.Wed, Jul 15, 12:16 PM
timegrid created this task.
timegrid created this object with edit policy "Contributor (Project)".
timegrid mentioned this in T6425: improve pinentry behavior and texts in smart card context .Wed, Jul 15, 12:20 PM
timegrid added a parent task: T6785: Kleopatra: Improvements related to smart cards.Wed, Jul 15, 12:27 PM
• ebo lowered the priority of this task from Low to Wishlist.Wed, Jul 15, 1:16 PM
• ikloecker added a comment.Wed, Jul 15, 2:04 PM

We explicitly don't want potentially disastrous low-level card operations like a factory reset to be possible from within Kleopatra.

timegrid updated the task description. (Show Details)Wed, Jul 15, 2:08 PM