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Mobile app cannot decode end-to-end encrypted folder names

Mobile app shows unable to decode the metadata file for end-to-end encrypted folders, while desktop and web still open them.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 30 September 2026 · last reported 1 October 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

After enabling end-to-end encryption, a user saw decrypted folder names briefly on the phone, then an error about being unable to decode the metadata file, and only encrypted names afterward.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • Related problems.

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