[Bug 397665] Re: Preference to "Never remember passphrases" causes icon to stay in Notification Area, indefinitely.

[Derek White]

Thank you Daniel, I believe it is misplaced as well. Switched it to
seahorse-plugins.

If it were to be stored, I'd assume the 'Ask before using a cached
passphrase' option, which is active, would ask me to verify using the
stored passphrase (as it does when I select 'Remember passphrases for X
minutes'/'Always remember passphrases whenever logged in'. Since it does
not, the only two outcomes are that it is not storing it or it is
storing it, but removes it from cache as soon as the passphrase is
needed again.

Either way, it is wrong. 'Never remember passphrases' should not start
the notification area icon; furthermore, I should not have to/be able to
'Clear' the passphrase (from the icon) when it's "never remembered".
Which program uses the passphrase should not matter, as it's seahorse
/seahorse-plugins that handles the entering of and storing of the
passphrase, if I am not mistaken.(?)

Assitionally, this happens with all applications. If I right-click >
Encrypt a file/directory, the same results occur. I select the recipient
and signer keys on the "Choose Recipients" window & hit OK; the
passphrase window is shown (and occasionally the Encrypting window
sneaks in behind it); I type in my passphrase and hit OK; the
notification area icon is immediately visible; the Encrypting window
takes over, does its work, and finishes; I right-click > Encrypt another
file; select recipient and signer; at the same time, the passphrase
window appears and the notification area icon disappears; I type in my
passphrase and hit OK; the notification area icon is immediately visible
again; encryption takes over, does its work, and finishes. The icon is
still visible and stays indefinitely.

When I refer to the "Passphrase window", it is the window with the text:
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user:
"Derek Ryan White <d-man97 at yahoo.com>"
4096-bit RSA key, ID F816549A, created 2008-05-23

If that window is canceled, a second passphrase window comes up with the text:
Enter passphrase for 'Derek Ryan White <d-man97 at yahoo.com>'

If I enter my passphrase in this second, "backup" window, the
notification area icon never appears. It only happens with the first,
main entry window. Therefore, a workaround is to hit Cancel on the first
passphrase entry window and only use the second, backup window.

I have not tweaked gnupg or seahorse other than importing a few keys and
making the selections mentioned earlier on the Encryption and Keyrings
window (seahorse-preferences).

$ dpkg -l | grep seahorse
ii  seahorse                                   2.26.1-0ubuntu1
ii  seahorse-plugins                           2.26.1-0ubuntu1

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Preference to "Never remember passphrases" causes icon to stay in Notification Area, indefinitely.
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