moonD4rk/HackBrowserData · error

get collections: %w

Error message

get collections: %w

What it means

Enumerating the Secret Service collections (e.g. the 'login' collection) failed after a session was opened. GetAllCollections performs D-Bus calls against org.freedesktop.Secret.Collection objects; failures here mean the keyring's collection tree could not be read.

Source

Thrown at masterkey/retriever_linux.go:44

	conn, err := dbus.SessionBus()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dbus session: %w", err)
	}

	svc, err := keyring.GetSecretService(conn)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("secret service: %w", err)
	}

	session, err := svc.OpenSession()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open session: %w", err)
	}
	defer session.Close()

	collections, err := svc.GetAllCollections()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get collections: %w", err)
	}

	for _, col := range collections {
		items, err := col.GetAllItems()
		if err != nil {
			continue
		}
		for _, item := range items {
			label, err := item.GetLabel()
			if err != nil {
				continue
			}
			if label == storage {
				secret, err := item.GetSecret(session.Path())
				if err != nil {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("get secret for %s: %w", storage, err)
				}
				if len(secret.Value) > 0 {

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Solutions

1. Unlock the login collection: secret-tool search --unlock ... or via seahorse ('Unlock' on the keyring)
2. Restart gnome-keyring-daemon and retry, since stale collection objects cause transient D-Bus errors
3. Inspect the underlying error (%w) — D-Bus error names like org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied point to permission vs corruption
4. Fall back to the v10 path: PosixRetriever's PBKDF2("peanuts") key often suffices for older profiles

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key, err := dbusRetriever.RetrieveKey(hints)
if err != nil && strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "get collections:") {
    key, err = posixRetriever.RetrieveKey(hints) // v10 fallback
}

When it happens

Trigger: svc.GetAllCollections() errors: the default collection is locked in a way that blocks listing, the daemon returns an internal D-Bus error, or collection objects vanished mid-enumeration.

Common situations: Keyring collection corrupt after an unclean shutdown; daemon upgraded/restarted between the OpenSession and GetAllCollections calls; restricted environments where the service refuses collection enumeration.

Understand the failure class

Background: Database query failed: Internal Server Error 500s wrapping SQL, Prisma, and connection failures — what to check first — this error's family across 16 libraries.

Related errors

• dbus session: %w
• secret service: %w
• open session: %w
• get secret for %s: %w
• %q: %w

AI-assisted analysis of moonD4rk/HackBrowserData@0503d04d7a (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fb52ff8eab2a2899. Report an issue: GitHub.