Vaultwarden not working on Android 14
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Spooky_Ghost · 2023-10-19 04:22

So I just got a Pixel 8 Pro and for some reason it'll always say
"syncing failed" when I try to sync my vault from Vaultwarden. I can
log in to the app just fine, just can't sync. I tested this both on
network, off network (via reverse proxy), but syncing always failed.
Also tried deleting storage on the app, uninstall/reinstall, but no
dice.


Syncing works fine on a number of other devices including my Zenfone 9
(Android 13), Mac, and PC. I tried other activities as well such as
using my Pixel as a log in device, and while it receives the request,
it errors trying to approve or deny it.

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ApathiaLol · 2023-10-19 04:32

I have a Pixel 7 and upgraded to Android 14 the other night. Just
tested my vault warden and it synced fine.

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junkleon7 · 2023-10-19 04:51

Check network permissions for the vaultwarden app.  Also are you
running a firewall app on the phone?

Maybe have a look at the vaultwarden server logs to see if its
attempting a connection.

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Spooky_Ghost · 2023-10-19 05:30

it's a brand new phone so no firewall/vpn or other network rules
setup. There's not much I can see on the vaultwarden admin page. For
Unraid (which it's hosted on) the logs just show general api GET
requests which all return 200.

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bigbearxl · 2023-10-19 08:22

I'm using GPixel 7 with Android 14, working fine.

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Spooky_Ghost · 2023-10-19 08:43

UPDATE: Figured out the issue for those who might run into the same.


Somehow a secure note I recently created had malformed metadata which
caused android clients to stop syncing while not affecting desktop
clients and extensions.


If you export your vault as a JSON, you will see your secure notes has
this key/value object


```
    "secureNote": {
            "type": 0
          }
```


I'm not sure if the type can be anything other than 0, but all new
secure notes I create have a value of 0. For some reason, my recently
created note had a value of `null` which caused my android clients to
fail syncing. I was unable to replicate how to get a new secure note
to have a type of `null`, but it must have happened on either the Mac
or Windows desktop clients or the firefox extension as those are the
only places I create entries besides on android.

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siddharthal · 2023-10-19 11:19

+1 same setup. Working fine even with QPR 1

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IllegalD · 2023-10-19 14:44

Damn, that's quite the update, good work