I updated a number of packages on 30.1.2026 at around 20:00 EST and since then, I have been unable to use gpg, e.g.:
$ gpg -d myfile.gpg gpg: AES256.CFB encrypted data gpg: can't connect to the gpg-agent: IPC connect call failed gpg: problem with the agent: No agent running gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase gpg: decryption failed: Bad session key That update included an upgrade of gnupg2 to 2.5.17-1. I have tried to roll back to 2.5.16-1, and this problem still happens, so this is clearly more than a problem with just gnupg2. I have also tried to reinstall gnupg2, the gpg support libraries, the cygwin base package, and I have tried to erase the .gnupg directory so that the defaults would be restored. Nothing has helped. I can see gpg-agent show up in the task manager when I run the above command, and I have tried to run it myself (gpg-agent --daemon) beforehand, but for some reason gpg can't communicate with them. I am running Windows 11 underneath. Regards, Gerald Penn -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
