sending works, but receiving does not work: Exception: org.signal.libsignal.protocol.InvalidMessageException: invalid Whisper message: decryption failed (ProtocolInvalidMessageException)

[Wikinaut]

• signal-cli --version 0.12.8
• Sending: works
• Receiving: does not work

[After 108 days not running the receive command, ] now I see this when receiving a message:

How can I fix this issue?

signal-cli -u +YY receive
Envelope from: “X” +XX (device: 3) to +YY
Timestamp: 1716293968492 (2024-05-21T12:19:28.492Z)
Server timestamps: received: 1716293968558 (2024-05-21T12:19:28.558Z) delivered: 1716293968561 (2024-05-21T12:19:28.561Z)
Sent by unidentified/sealed sender
Exception: org.signal.libsignal.protocol.InvalidMessageException: invalid Whisper message: decryption failed (ProtocolInvalidMessageException)

Envelope from: “X” +XX (device: 3) to +YY
Timestamp: 1716293968853 (2024-05-21T12:19:28.853Z)
Server timestamps: received: 1716293969955 (2024-05-21T12:19:29.955Z) delivered: 1716293969957 (2024-05-21T12:19:29.957Z)
Received a receipt message
  When: 1716293969955 (2024-05-21T12:19:29.955Z)
  Is delivery receipt
  Timestamps:
  - 1716293968853 (2024-05-21T12:19:28.853Z)

[m-ueberall]

@Wikinaut: Depending on where you got your installation of signal-cli from, did you already try to switch to a current version (v13.3 at the time of writing)?

[Wikinaut]

See my other issue which prevents running >= 13.0

@Wikinaut: Depending on where you got your installation of signal-cli from, did you already try to switch to a current version (v13.3 at the time of writing)?

#1531

[Wikinaut]

Is there a way to restart the ratcheting....? I could not find a command.

[m-ueberall]

See my other issue which prevents running >= 13.0
#1531

Ah, I missed that. For Debian 12/Bookworm, you currently have two options (depending on your architecture, that is): Either upgrade to JDK21 using external packages (see, e.g., https://computingforgeeks.com/install-java-jdk-or-openjdk-21-on-debian/) or use a signal-cli binary produced with GraalVM (see https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/wiki/Binary-distributions).
For other/currently unsupported architectures, you best bet would be to backport Open JDK 21 based on testing/Trixie packages; on Ubuntu, a backport for 20.04/Focal exists since January (which suggests that it's not an impossible task).

[AsamK]

You can try to reset the session with send -e

[Wikinaut]

You can try to reset the session with send -e

This worked from the server Y to my smartphone X (I see a message there that the secure session was reset).
But it did not help to receive.

I still got

Envelope from: “X" XX (device: 3) to Y
Timestamp: 1716389047416 (2024-05-22T14:44:07.416Z)
Server timestamps: received: 1716389047603 (2024-05-22T14:44:07.603Z) delivered: 1716389047605 (2024-05-22T14:44:07.605Z)
Sent by unidentified/sealed sender
Exception: org.signal.libsignal.protocol.InvalidMessageException: invalid Whisper message: decryption failed (ProtocolInvalidMessageException)