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Bug: keychain_available() returns True for "fail" backend — secrets silently lost

Before

The probe only calls get_password() for a non-existent key, which returns None without error on the fail keyring backend. This causes keychain_available() to return True even though set_password() silently discards secrets.

On the fail backend, set_password() also silently succeeds (does nothing), and the secret is not actually stored. The user receives confirmation of success, but the secret is lost forever.

# On a system with "fail" keyring backend:
keychain_available()  # → True (wrong! secrets will be silently discarded)

After

A round-trip verification is performed: write a probe value, read it back, and only return True if the value matches.

# On a system with "fail" keyring backend:
keychain_available()  # → False (correct! falls back to file storage)

Evidence

Before keychain_available() returns True on fail backend → secrets silently lost
After keychain_available() returns False on fail backend → correctly falls back to file storage

Fix

Replace the get_password probe with a write-read-delete round-trip verification. This ensures the keychain backend actually persists data before reporting availability.


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The probe only called get_password() for a non-existent key, which
returns None without error on the 'fail' keyring backend. This made
keychain_available() return True even though set_password() silently
discards secrets, causing user secrets to be lost without warning.

Add a round-trip verification: write a probe value, read it back,
and only return True if the value matches.

Before: keychain_available() returns True on 'fail' backend (secrets lost)
After:  keychain_available() returns False on 'fail' backend (falls back to file)

Bug: SC-008
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