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KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”.
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Entries lost in particular date range #10776

Closed ruleset closed 4 months ago

ruleset commented 4 months ago

Discussed in https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/discussions/10743

Originally posted by **ruleset** May 12, 2024 I had some data loss happen. I wonder if anyone might have insight as to how my process led to the loss? What methods might I try to recover the lost entries? Has anyone seen a similar gap appear? All keepassxc entries in "mydb" modified between 2024-03-25 and 2024-05-03 were gone upon opening a daily-use database. Entries with later and earlier mod times survive. **Dates of entries, sorted by Modified descending.** ... 2024-05-05 ~~2024-05-05~~ 2024-05-04 2024-05-03 2024-03-25 2024-03-25 2024-03-21 ... ## Sequence of Events I don't know how to reproduce the outcome, so I will describe what happened - before: - the usual backup filename pair: mydb.kdbx and mydb.kdbx - the db lived on a removable drive that remains attached always - upgraded to 2.7.7 from 2.7.5. Kept old app, renamed KeePassXC-2-7-5-intel.app - had recently moved all entries into Root group. Workaround for "I'm not seeing all the entries, because some group was selected in hidden sidebar". - between 3/25 and 5/03: there were many adds and edits of pre-existing entries. - May 2 or 3 - day: connected to a new wifi network - KeepassXC was running with dbs in tabs. the affected db may have been unlocked. - computer experienced total power failure. came unplugged, and battery failed. - 1 entry edited that night survived (the 5/3 bound) - May 4 - travel. connected to unsecured WIFI (i know!), with VPN/kill switch - open database - noticed the gap in entries - ensured that no search filters were active - examined mydb.old.kdbx and surrounding files. missing entries not found - mitigation: changed backup filename scheme to {FILE}-{DATE}.kdbx ## Expected Behavior [NOTE]: # ( Tell us what you expected to happen ) Expected the five weeks of entries to persist, or that backup mydb.old.kdbx would contain some of the missing entries or that loss would be "to date" (March 25 - current) or that loss would be total. ## Actual Behavior [NOTE]: # ( Tell us what actually happens ) A specific date range was lost. ## Context [NOTE]: # ( Give us any additional information you may have. ) During the timeframe described, the browser extension was reconnected. It had reported KeePassXC-Browser has encountered an error: Cannot connect to KeePassXC. Check that browser integration is enabled in KeePassXC settings. Months earlier, browser integration was working. [NOTE]: # ( Paste debug info from Help → About here ) KeePassXC - VERSION Revision: REVISION ## upgraded app debug info: ```text KeePassXC - Version 2.7.7 Revision: 68e2dd8 Qt 5.15.11 Debugging mode is disabled. Operating system: macOS 11.7 CPU architecture: x86_64 Kernel: darwin 20.6.0 Enabled extensions: - Auto-Type - Browser Integration - Passkeys - SSH Agent - KeeShare - YubiKey - Quick Unlock Cryptographic libraries: - Botan 3.1.1 ``` ## debug info, prior version: ```text KeePassXC - Version 2.7.5 Revision: 9d0537b Qt 5.15.8 Debugging mode is disabled. Operating system: macOS 11.7 CPU architecture: x86_64 Kernel: darwin 20.6.0 Enabled extensions: - Auto-Type - Browser Integration - SSH Agent - KeeShare - YubiKey - Quick Unlock Cryptographic libraries: - Botan 2.19.3 ``` [NOTE]: # ( Pick choices based on your environment ) Operating System: macOS
ruleset commented 4 months ago

Pilot error.

Work done in that date range was saved in a different filename. Maybe because the original filename was a string with no extension, it got saved as the default name, Passwords.kdbx ?

When filename foo is opened, the app Tab is named "Passwords".

droidmonkey commented 4 months ago

You can set the name of your database (what is shown in the tab) from the database settings. Database -> Database Settings