{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/keybase/node-client/issues/186","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/keybase/node-client/issues/186/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/keybase/node-client/issues/186/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/keybase/node-client/issues/186/events","html_url":"https://github.com/keybase/node-client/issues/186","id":58910442,"number":186,"title":"VerifyError: merkle root: signature verification failed","user":{"login":"privong","id":1630295,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1630295?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong","html_url":"https://github.com/privong","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/privong/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-02-25T14:39:02Z","updated_at":"2015-02-25T14:41:00Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Recently (not sure how far back), the node client has stopped working and always exits with the following error:\r\n\r\n```\r\n$ keybase login\r\nwarn: When checking privon: VerifyError: merkle root: signature verification failed\r\nwarn: Likely this is a bug or transient error; but the server could be compromised\r\n```\r\n\r\nI am using the current version of the node client:\r\n```\r\n$ keybase -v\r\n0.7.7\r\n```\r\nbut it had been happening for several previous versions. \r\n\r\nThings were working properly in the past. There was a month or two period where I did not use the node client, and when I tried using it again, it was not working.\r\n\r\nFor what its worth, here is the keybase key I have in my GPG keyring:\r\n```\r\npub   rsa4096/0x2A32340CEC8C9492 2014-04-26\r\n      Key fingerprint = 03E1 46CD AF81 3668 0AD5  6691 2A32 340C EC8C 9492\r\nuid                 [ unknown] Keybase.io Merkle Signing (v1) <merkle@keybase.io>\r\nsub   rsa4096/0x8A01CE578080955B 2014-04-26\r\nsub   rsa4096/0xF43803A349DA99D5 2014-04-26 [expires: 2024-04-23]\r\n```\r\n\r\nIs this a bug in the client, some sort of server issue, or something else?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/keybase/node-client/issues/comments/75970637","html_url":"https://github.com/keybase/node-client/issues/186#issuecomment-75970637","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/keybase/node-client/issues/186","id":75970637,"user":{"login":"maxtaco","id":866815,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/866815?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco","html_url":"https://github.com/maxtaco","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/maxtaco/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-02-25T14:41:00Z","updated_at":"2015-02-25T14:41:00Z","body":"Can you send a `-d` output?  It's likely a bug, not a compromise.  Your key looks good to me."}}