Get-Secret Does Not Pull Updated Password from KeePass DB

[magyarka]

NOTE: Not sure if this is an issue with the SecretManagement.KeePass module or the larger Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement module.

Situation:

• Start PowerShell session that has a KeePass vault registered already
• Store the credentials for one of the KeePass secrets as a variable Example: $testCreds = Get-Secret -Vault testVault -Name 'test-creds'
• Successfully connect to remote system with saved credential
• Update password for 'test-creds' in the KeePass database and save
• Attempt to update stored credential in PowerShell session by running the Get-Secret command again Example: $testCreds = Get-Secret -Vault testVault -Name 'test-creds'
• Unable to authenticate with remote system using $testCreds
• Close PowerShell session
• Open new PowerShell session
• Store the credentials again Example: $testCreds = Get-Secret -Vault testVault -Name 'test-creds'
• Successfully connect to remote system with saved credential

[JustinGrote]

Due to the nature of how keepass works, once you unlock a vault, that vault is persisted in memory for performance, otherwise you have to close and open the vault every single action. I will add a command Refresh-KeepassSecretVault that will remove the connection and allow you to get refreshed info.

[JustinGrote]

I figured out a way to have the refresh work automatically, since keepass persists the database hash of the last on-disk DB it saved.