Cannot configure sync, gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-io-error-quark: user interaction failed (0)

[v6ak]

Environment

• Fedora 40 / Debian 12, virtualized in Qubes OS
• Flatpak
• X11

Reproduction

1. Freshly install Errands
2. Configure sync – use CalDAV
3. Test Connection
4. Exit settings

Expected results

1. Errands contacts the server to test the connection
2. Connection details are stored

Actual results

1. No connection attempt is made. (Verified with Wireshark.)
2. I can no longer open settings
3. Errands shows the following error in console:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/share/errands/errands/widgets/preferences.py", line 130, in <lambda>
    self.sync_providers.connect("notify::selected", lambda *_: self._setup_sync())
                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/errands/errands/widgets/preferences.py", line 195, in _setup_sync
    password: str = GSettings.get_secret(account)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/errands/errands/lib/gsettings.py", line 47, in get_secret
    return Secret.password_lookup_sync(SECRETS_SCHEMA, {"account": account}, None)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-io-error-quark: user interaction failed (0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/share/errands/errands/widgets/preferences.py", line 130, in <lambda>
    self.sync_providers.connect("notify::selected", lambda *_: self._setup_sync())
                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/errands/errands/widgets/preferences.py", line 195, in _setup_sync
    password: str = GSettings.get_secret(account)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/errands/errands/lib/gsettings.py", line 47, in get_secret
    return Secret.password_lookup_sync(SECRETS_SCHEMA, {"account": account}, None)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-io-error-quark: user interaction failed (0)

[mrvladus]

Do you have libsecret installed? Seems like it errors when trying to call libsecret function. Another cause can be that you don't have keyring setup. Like gnome-keyring.

[v6ak]

Fedora

I've restarted the VM, which has affected list of installed packages. After the restart, it works well. I can't tell what packages have changed.

Debian

I have libsecret installed, but the issue persists:

~% apt search libsecret
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
gir1.2-secret-1/stable,now 0.20.5-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  Secret store (GObject-Introspection)

libsecret-1-0/stable,now 0.20.5-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  Secret store

libsecret-1-dev/stable 0.20.5-3 amd64
  Secret store (development files)

libsecret-common/stable,now 0.20.5-3 all [installed,automatic]
  Secret store (common files)

libsecret-tools/stable 0.20.5-3 amd64
  tool for storing and retrieving GObject passwords

I test it in a fresh VM:

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user flathub io.github.mrvladus.List
flatpak run io.github.mrvladus.List

[hjc4869]

This happened to me once when my kwalletd crashed and it recovered after I restarted the kwallet service manually.

When I encountered the issue, the main problem for me was that the app didn't handle it gracefully. The synchronizing icon kept spinning and it wasn't even possible to open preferences to check what happened. A graceful handling of the error (e.g. a dialog telling the user that the keyring connection failed) would be nice to have.