gpg decryption fails with no secret key error

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I just ran into this issue, on the gpg CLI in Arch Linux. I needed to kill the existing "gpg-agent" process, then everything was back to normal ( a new gpg-agent should auto-launch when you invoke the gpg command, again; ...).

  • edit: if the process fails to reload (e.g. within a minute), type gpg-agent in a terminal and/or reboot ...

~ Answered on 2017-02-26 18:57:45


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