Public bug reported: The helper app from the webext-browserpass package, located at /usr/lib/browserpass/browserpass, does not work with the current version of the browser extension. Unfortuantely I haven't been able to build it from source to debug. I originally thought it has to do with an apparmor profile, but disabling apparmor has no effect. I was able to strace it, and replicate the behaviour in a terminal (I copy&pasted the json data to stdin of browserpass).
The error I'm getting is "[Browserpass] 2019/01/06 11:31:32 Invalid action", which I see in syslog. Upgrading the package webext-browserpass to the one from disco solves the problem, as does replacing the binary to the one from debian sid. It looks to me like the protocol changed between 2.0.11 and 2.0.22. Looking at the github source, the "match_domain" command which the current browser extensions are using, isn't yet available in 2.0.11. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: webext-browserpass 2.0.11+dfsg-2 [modified: usr/lib/browserpass/browserpass] Uname: Linux 4.20.0-042000-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jan 6 14:24:22 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-03 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: browserpass UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2019-01-03 (2 days ago) ** Affects: browserpass (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1810664 Title: helper app broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/browserpass/+bug/1810664/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs