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Loading a saved password reports failures

  • Before: MacKeychain.loadPassword returned null for every error, so a cancelled Touch ID prompt looked like no saved password.
  • After: it returns null only when no entry exists and throws KeychainAccessException otherwise, as the KeychainAccessProvider contract expects. Loads query the data-protection keychain first and fall back to the file-based keychain, so a failure on a protected entry isn't reported as a missing one.

Touch ID entries stay protected

  • Before: storing with requireOsAuthentication over an existing entry only replaced its data, so an entry saved without protection stayed unprotected under the Touch ID provider.
  • After: the protected entry is added to the data-protection keychain before any plain copy is removed. TouchIdKeychainAccess protects an entry it finds without protection when loading it, so the user is asked for Touch ID or their password as usual.

Touch ID provider without biometrics

  • Before: the provider was only supported while biometrics were available, so a closed lid or a biometry lockout at launch made Cryptomator fall back to the macOS Keychain provider.
  • After: it's supported whenever the user can authenticate with Touch ID or their password, matching the entries' user-presence access control, provided the app has a keychain access group entitlement.

Also

  • Removed the migration of entries stored under the legacy service name Cryptomator\0, which had stopped finding them.
  • Service and account names are built from the byte array length instead of reading up to a terminating NUL.
  • Raised the deployment target to macOS 11, matching Cryptomator's minimum (kSecUseDataProtectionKeychain needs 10.15).

Thanks to @kta1kri for the report.

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🟡 Changes recommended

Storage changes can lose existing protected passwords or report success while subsequent loads return stale values.

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What changed in this PR

Improves macOS keychain error reporting and Touch ID protection in the integration layer.

Changes:

  • Distinguishes missing passwords from load failures and protects unprotected entries on Touch ID loads.
  • Supports device-password authentication when biometrics are unavailable.
  • Fixes native string conversion, expands tests, and raises the minimum macOS version to 11.
File Description
src/​test/​java/​org/​cryptomator/​macos/​keychain/​TouchIdKeychainAccessTest.java Tests protection upgrades and failure handling.
src/​test/​java/​org/​cryptomator/​macos/​keychain/​MacSystemKeychainAccessTest.java Tests updated load results and propagated errors.
src/​test/​java/​org/​cryptomator/​macos/​keychain/​MacKeychainTest.java Tests result conversion, overwrites, and entitlement failures.
src/​main/​native/​org_cryptomator_macos_uiappearance_AppAppearance_Native.m Removes obsolete availability checks.
src/​main/​native/​org_cryptomator_macos_keychain_MacKeychain_Native.m Revises storage, loading, authentication checks, and string conversion.
src/​main/​native/​Integrations.xcodeproj/​project.pbxproj Sets the macOS deployment target to 11.
src/​main/​java/​org/​cryptomator/​macos/​keychain/​TouchIdKeychainAccess.java Protects unprotected entries before returning passwords.
src/​main/​java/​org/​cryptomator/​macos/​keychain/​MacSystemKeychainAccess.java Handles structured load results and exceptions.
src/​main/​java/​org/​cryptomator/​macos/​keychain/​MacKeychain.java Adds load-result records and removes legacy migration.
src/​main/​headers/​org_cryptomator_macos_keychain_MacKeychain_Native.h Updates native interface declarations.
CHANGELOG.md Documents behavior changes and fixes.

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Keychain loading now returns password and authentication-protection metadata. Non-missing access failures now raise KeychainAccessException. Native loading checks the data-protection keychain and can fall back to the file-based keychain. Touch ID access protects unprotected entries and verifies the reloaded value. OS authentication availability replaces the Touch ID-only check. The native build target is macOS 11.0, and appearance setters no longer use macOS 10.14 availability guards.

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Deleting or changing a Touch ID password can leave the old protected password available. Correct deletion across both keychains before merging.

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Description check Passed The description clearly explains the keychain error handling, protection behavior, authentication support, migration removal, name conversion fix, and deployment target change.
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- Line 158: Update deletePassword to explicitly delete both data-protection and
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🔵 Needs a closer look

Overwriting a protected entry can lose the saved password if adding its replacement fails.

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Medium severity Preserve protected password when SecItemAdd fails after deletion

src/​main/​native/​org_cryptomator_macos_keychain_MacKeychain_Native.m:73

Overwriting an existing protected entry deletes what may be the only saved copy before calling SecItemAdd. If the add fails, storePassword throws but the previous password is lost. Delaying deletion of the file-based copy does not help when that copy was removed by an earlier save. Update the protected entry in place, preserving its access control and authenticating as in the branch below; add a new entry only when the update returns errSecItemNotFound.

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