pgAdmin desktop mode fails with CryptKeyMissing on Debian 13 (Trixie) — OS keyring unavailable in RDP session

[hiteshjambhale]

Describe the bug

In desktop mode on Debian 13 (Trixie), pgAdmin fails with CryptKeyMissing when trying to register or connect to a server. The OS secret storage (keyring) fails silently — likely because no D-Bus session or GNOME Keyring daemon is available in the RDP environment — leaving the crypt key unset. The same setup works correctly on Debian 12.

To Reproduce

Install pgAdmin on Debian 13 (Trixie) — DEB package
Launch pgAdmin in desktop mode
Try to register a new server and save a password
Expected behavior

Server registers and connects successfully without any encryption key errors.

Error message

pgadmin.utils.exception.CryptKeyMissing: Crypt key is missing.
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Desktop:

OS: Debian 13 (Trixie)
pgAdmin version: (fill in your version)
Mode: Desktop
Package type: DEB
Additional context

Works correctly on Debian 12 (same setup, same pgAdmin version)
Works correctly on Debian 13 in server mode (web browser access)
Root cause: USE_OS_SECRET_STORAGE = True by default, but the OS keyring is unavailable in the RDP session on Debian 13

[hiteshjambhale]

Sharing a Workaround for the issue:
Add the following to /usr/pgadmin4/web/config_distro.py:

USE_OS_SECRET_STORAGE = False

After this restart pgadmin4, It should prompt for the password