github gopasspw/gopass v1.17.0

3 hours ago

[1.17.0] - 2026-08-30

Added

  • Add --safe flag to set safecontent on demand (#3318)
  • Add --stdin, --file, and --exec modes to gopass env
  • Add JSON output to audit, list, find, and recipients commands (I-3)
  • Add gopass doctor diagnostic command (I-4)
  • Add show.fuzzysearch config and --nofuzzysearch flag to control automatic fuzzy lookup in show
  • Add show.hidden-keys config option for customizable safecontent redaction (I-5)
  • Add stable structured exit codes; --exit-codes flag lists all codes (I-2)
  • add configurable show.hidden-keys for safecontent redaction
  • changelog: migrate to Keep a Changelog 1.1.0 (#3506) (#3414)
  • env: add --stdin, --file, and --exec modes to gopass env
  • gpg: support v5/v6 PGP keys with 64-character fingerprints (#3496)
  • machine-readable JSON output (I-3)
  • pwgen: add memorable generator support (#3494)
  • show: add configurable fuzzy-search fallback toggle (#3449)
  • structured exit codes (I-2)
  • support -c=N to copy specific line to clipboard (#3386)

Changed

  • Define pkg/gopass API stability contract: best-effort stable policy with [PKG-BREAK] changelog tag and minimum deprecation window (A-12)
  • Fix documentation vs. implementation mismatches in config.md, show.md, find.md, generate.md, secrets.md, and ARCHITECTURE.md
  • Fully document wizard template format, attribute types, and file naming convention (I-7)
  • Protect autosyncLastRun with a mutex (S-6)
  • Replace context-key config system with typed structs (A-2)
  • Replace sort.Strings with slices.Sort throughout (S-3)
  • Split Action handler into focused handler types (A-1)
  • Standardize XKCD password generator flag names to --xkcd-sep, --xkcd-lang etc. (U-4)
  • Unified secret name validation rejects path traversal and consecutive slashes (I-1)
  • action: split Action god object into focused handler types (A-1)
  • age: share identity file parsing (#3559)
  • ctxutil: replace context-key config system with typed structs (A-2)

Deprecated

  • Surface GOPASS_AUTOSYNC_INTERVAL deprecation as a visible warning (U-7)

Removed

  • Remove cryptic -t alias from --force-regen in generate (U-6)
  • Remove misleading --force / -f aliases from --unsafe in show and find (U-1)

Fixed

  • Add thread safety to SSH identity cache (M-3)
  • Avoid NPE when attempting to edit a non-existing secret (#3489)
  • CI: moving to go 1.25 (#3322)
  • Configure .gitattributes based on the backend (#3427) (#3409)
  • Correctly honor show.safecontent overrides in substores (#3337)
  • Default audit output to summary when no format flag is given (B-7)
  • Disable grype, the builder seems to be broken (#3463)
  • Fix autoSync debounce timestamp to update on success instead of failure (B-2)
  • Fix convert backend name in error messages (B-5, B-6)
  • Fix create wizard maximum-length check (B-3)
  • Fix grep match and error counters in audit summary (B-1)
  • Fix queue goroutine leak and Add() post-Close() panic (B-8)
  • REPL tab-completion for entries with spaces (#3360)
  • Support HW Age identities (#3389) (#3387)
  • Support strict character class enforcement in create templates (#3352) (#3350)
  • Update fish completion to remove warning (#3339)
  • add case-insensitive secret name normalization (#3390) (#2837)
  • add hidden pull and push commands (#3532)
  • address A-5, S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-6 and I-1 from code quality audit
  • address CLI/UX issues from code quality audit
  • address all confirmed bugs from code quality report
  • age-agent: handle AGE-PLUGIN-* identities to fix 'malformed secret key: mixed case' error (#3397)
  • age: deterministically order identities for decryption (#3566) (#3393)
  • age: expand ~/ in age.ssh-key-path (#3474)
  • age: only encrypt for recipients in .age-recipients (#3564) (#3392)
  • age: raise agent scanner buffer limit to handle large decrypt payloads (#3529) (#3508)
  • age: recover agent on missing identities, not only when locked (#3488)
  • age: send agent identities space-separated on a single line (#3509)
  • backend: add storage.backend config key to lock backend selection (#3332) (#3398)
  • clip flag (-c) for cli/v3 GenericFlag compatibility (#3448)
  • config: restore sub-store fallback for core.exportkeys (#3379)
  • copy: preserve directory structure when copying with trailing slash (#3396)
  • docs: removing reference to invalid 'gopass binary' command, and adding docs for 'fsmove' and 'fscopy' (#3321)
  • drain background queue before exiting on failure (#3528)
  • eliminate audit, queue, and test initialization races (#3540)
  • fix lint issues and update tests for removed show -f/--force alias
  • gpg: make identity selection deterministic (#3577)
  • highlight linked secrets in ls output (#3536)
  • honor core.autopush during root-store move operations (#3535)
  • pwgen: remove math/rand fallback (#3531)
  • queue: fix Idle() TOCTOU race and Add() post-Close() panic
  • recover from panic during shell completion with unknown flags (#3388)
  • require --age-sshkeys (or age.sshkeys config) to access ~/.ssh (#3525) (#3522)
  • restore clip flag through fuzzy search in show command (#3466)
  • secparse: replace panic in MustParse with testing.TB.Fatalf (#3420)
  • setup: rename --alias/--create to --team/--create-team (#3568) (#3497)
  • setup: suppress auto-commit in gitfs when setup remote is specified (#2901) (#3391)
  • store mount paths relative to home dir for cross-platform portability (#3439) (#2897)
  • tempfile: mount macOS ramdisk read-write (#3527)
  • todos: resolve all stale TODOs from S-5
  • update bash completion flag for urfave/cli/v3 compatibility (#3441) (#3440)
  • updater: cap archive/icon extraction writes and surface oversize errors (#3530)
  • use imperative mood in generated commit messages (#3492) (#1222)
  • warn when recipient key is expired or unusable during encryption (#3443) (#2885)

Security

  • Bound symlink traversal to store root (H-2)
  • Fix path traversal vulnerability in fs storage layer (C-1)
  • Restrict template engine secret access and fix error information leakage (H-1)
  • Validate editor binary path before invocation (H-3)
  • Warn on env command secret exposure via environment variables (C-2)
  • bound symlink walk to store root (H-2)
  • document and warn on env command secret exposure (C-2)
  • fix path traversal in fs storage layer (C-1)
  • restrict template engine secret access and fix error leakage (H-1)
  • validate editor binary exists before invocation (H-3)

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