[Bug]: login with Hub causes "attempt to decrypt with incorrect key"?

[voltagex]

What did you expect to happen?

Install, login and sync to work without error

What happened?

voltagex@x4 ~ % atuin sync
Downloading 24212 records from 018xxx/history
  [00:01:11] [####################################################################################] 24,212/24,212 (0.0s)Downloading 12 records from 018xxx/history
  [00:00:00] [############################################################################################] 12/12 (0.0s)Downloading 673 records from 018aaa/history
  [00:00:02] [##########################################################################################] 673/673 (0.0s)Downloading 3887 records from 018yyy/history
  [00:00:11] [######################################################################################] 3,887/3,887 (0.0s)Downloading 2043 records from 019zzz/history
  [00:00:06] [######################################################################################] 2,043/2,043 (0.0s)Error: attempting to decrypt with incorrect key. currently using k4.xxx, expecting k4.lid.yyy

Location:
    crates/atuin-client/src/record/encryption.rs:132:9

(unsure what needed to be redacted here, if anything)

Atuin doctor output

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.13.6",
    "commit": "e0d97af547ccbe4bcfdae64b97746ac2eecdf6fb",
    "sync": {
      "auth_state": "Hub (authenticated)",
      "records": true,
      "auto_sync": true,
      "last_sync": "2026-04-05 5:33:44.40757016 +00:00:00"
    },
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "zsh",
    "default": "zsh",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "built-in"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Debian GNU/Linux",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "version": "unknown",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
        "filesystem": "vfat"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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[lukemcguire]

I also got a similar error on login (I had one machine which never got the right key when setting it up)

❯ atuin login -u $ATUIN_UN -p $ATUIN_PASSWD -k $ATUIN_KEY
IMPORTANT
If you are already logged in on another machine, you must ensure that the key you use here is the same as the key you used there.
You can find your key by running 'atuin key' on the other machine.
Do not share this key with anyone.

Read more here: https://docs.atuin.sh/guide/sync/#login


Re-encrypting local store with new key
Error: attempting to decrypt with incorrect key. currently using k4.lid.XXX, expecting k4.lid.YYY

Location:
    crates/atuin-client/src/record/encryption.rs:132:9