Thunderbird Beta and Release: External GnuPG Keys Not Working with GnuPG 2.5.x

DEUTSCH (English see below): Hallo zudammen, Konfiguration: - Window11 25H2 (aktuell) - Thunderbird Beta-6 (BuildID=20260213180051) - gpg2.5.17 (Gpg4Win 5.0.1); siehe au… (emoñe’ẽve)

DEUTSCH (English see below):

Hallo zudammen,

Konfiguration: - Window11 25H2 (aktuell) - Thunderbird Beta-6 (BuildID=20260213180051) - gpg2.5.17 (Gpg4Win 5.0.1); siehe auch: <https://www.gpg4win.de/>

Der bisherige und standarmärige Installationspfad von "Gpg4Win": "C:\Progam Diles (x86)\Gpg4Win\" wurde softwareseitig auf: "C:\Progam Diles\Gpg4Win\" geändert!

Bug 1967121 (Closed) => thunderbird148 --- fixed! <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1967121>

Zur Zeit verfolge ich die Änderungen bezüglich der externen Schlüsselverwaltung in Thunderbird-Beta, da das Arbeiten mit externen Schlüsseln in der esr- und in der relesease-Version von Thunderbird seit der offiziellen Herausgabe von gpg2.5.x absolut nicht mehr möglich ist! Die geheimen Schlüssel für das Entschlüsseln und Signieren werden mit gpg2.5.x nicht mehr gefunden!

In der Schlüsselverwaltung von TB-Beta befinden sich meine öffentlichen Schlüssel und alle öffentlichen Schlüssel meiner Kommunikationspartner. Extern sind meine geheimen Schlüssel gelagert. Folgende Präferenz wurde aufgrund von gpg2.5.x hinzugefügt:

https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2026-02-25-14-35-46-df59be.png

Allerdings erscheint nach all diesen Maßnahmen die Fehlermeldung: "The secret key that's required to decrypt this message is not availlable."

https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2026-02-25-14-36-58-d8280e.png

Mit Herausgabe von Thunderbird/148.0 (release) sind dort die gleichen Probleme mit der externen Schlüsselverwaltung zu bepbachten!

Mit Versionen gpg < 2.5 funktioniert unter Windows alles problemlos!

UNTER LINUX haben hier Änderungen an der Präferenz: "mail.openpgp.load_untested_gpgme_version" nachweislich keinerlei Auswirkungen!

Was übersehe ich?

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ENGLISH:

Hello,

Configuration: - Window11 25H2 (current status) - Thunderbird Beta-6 (BuildID=20260213180051) - gpg2.5.17 (Gpg4Win 5.0.1); see also: <https://www.gpg4win.de/>

The previous and default installation path of "Gpg4Win": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4Win\" has been changed by the software to: "C:\Program Files\Gpg4Win\"!

Bug 1967121 (Closed) => thunderbird148 --- fixed! <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1967121>

At the moment, I’m following the changes regarding external key management in Thunderbird Beta, because working with external keys in the ESR and release versions of Thunderbird has become absolutely impossible since the official release of gpg 2.5.x! The secret keys required for decryption and signing are no longer found when using gpg 2.5.x!

In Thunderbird Beta’s key manager, my public keys and all public keys of my communication partners are present. My secret keys are stored externally. The following preference was added because of gpg 2.5.x:

https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2026-02-25-14-35-46-df59be.png

However, even after all these measures, the following error message appears: **"The secret key that's required to decrypt this message is not available."**

https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2026-02-25-14-36-58-d8280e.png

With the release of Thunderbird 148.0 (release), the same problems with external key management can be observed there as well!

With gpg versions **older than 2.5**, everything works flawlessly under Windows!

    • UNDER LINUX**, changes to the preference

"mail.openpgp.load_untested_gpgme_version" have demonstrably no effect at all!

What am I missing?

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