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Enable plain text encryption as early as possible

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R Midhun Suresh
2025-05-22 16:56:34 +05:30
parent ec4c610158
commit 1d79fa633a
1 changed files with 6 additions and 6 deletions
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src/store.ts
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@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ class Store extends ElectronStore<StoreData> {
return this.upgradeLinuxBackend2();
}
// The following enables plain text encryption if the backend used is basic_text.
// It has no significance for any other backend.
// We do this early so that in case we end up using the basic_text backend (either because that's the only one available
// or as a fallback when the configured backend lacks encryption support), encryption is already turned on.
safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption(true);
// Whether we were using basic_text as a fallback before
const usingFallback = this.get("safeStorageBackendOverride") && safeStorageBackend === "basic_text";
@@ -343,12 +349,6 @@ class Store extends ElectronStore<StoreData> {
await clearDataAndRelaunch();
}
}
// We do not check allowPlaintextStorage here as it was already checked above if the storage is new
// and if the storage is existing then we should continue to honour the backend used to write the data
if (safeStorageBackend === "basic_text" && selectedSafeStorageBackend === safeStorageBackend) {
safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption(true);
}
} else if (!safeStorageBackend) {
safeStorageBackend = this.mode === Mode.Encrypted ? "system" : "plaintext";
this.recordSafeStorageBackend(safeStorageBackend);