From 5f74fac2e84057ff9155474416e00793c671c89f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hubert Chathi <hubert@uhoreg.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:55:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fall back to the old method if the default key isn't
 available

---
 src/SecurityManager.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/SecurityManager.ts b/src/SecurityManager.ts
index 11d228e7ab..03cbe88c22 100644
--- a/src/SecurityManager.ts
+++ b/src/SecurityManager.ts
@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ async function getSecretStorageKey(
         // use the default SSSS key if set
         keyInfo = keyInfos[keyId];
         if (!keyInfo) {
-            throw new Error("Unable to use default SSSS key");
+            // if the default key is not available, pretend the default key
+            // isn't set
+            keyId = undefined;
         }
-    } else {
+    }
+    if (!keyId) {
         // if no default SSSS key is set, fall back to a heuristic of using the
         // only available key, if only one key is set
         const keyInfoEntries = Object.entries(keyInfos);