fix: convert the stored hex key to bytes before nip44 getConversationKey (#1)

Since 1.0.0 every `window.nostr.nip44.encrypt`/`decrypt` call fails with `expected Uint8Array, got type=string`, which breaks NIP-17 DMs and anything else using NIP-44 on sites that use the extension.

`private_key` is stored as hex, and nostr-tools 2.23 (noble-curves v2) no longer accepts hex strings in `getConversationKey`. `signEvent` and `getPublicKey` already convert with `hexToBytes(sk)`; this does the same in `getSharedSecret`.

Also adds NIP-44 tests (hex key rejected, converted key round-trips with a peer) in place of the note saying NIP-44 was only covered by the build. `vitest run` passes (50 tests), biome is clean, and a `build.js prod firefox` bundle encrypts where the published 1.0.0 throws.

Reviewed-on: #1
Co-authored-by: Chad Curtis <chad@chadwick.site>
This commit was merged in pull request #1.
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2026-10-16 00:37:09 +00:00
committed by reya
parent 015faf9cf4
commit 67d6e26093
2 changed files with 29 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function getSharedSecret(sk, peer) {
let key = secretsCache.get(peer) let key = secretsCache.get(peer)
if (!key) { if (!key) {
key = nip44.v2.utils.getConversationKey(sk, peer) key = nip44.v2.utils.getConversationKey(hexToBytes(sk), peer)
secretsCache.set(peer, key) secretsCache.set(peer, key)
} }
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@@ -70,9 +70,34 @@ describe('background.js crypto operations', () => {
expect(typeof nip44.v2.decrypt).toBe('function') expect(typeof nip44.v2.decrypt).toBe('function')
}) })
// Note: nip44.v2.utils.getConversationKey expects specific input format // The stored private_key is hex, but getConversationKey only takes bytes
// The actual NIP-44 functionality is tested indirectly through the it('should reject a hex private key', async () => {
// build process succeeding without errors const nip44 = await import('nostr-tools/nip44')
const peerPubkey = getPublicKey(generateSecretKey())
expect(() =>
nip44.v2.utils.getConversationKey(testPrivateKeyHex, peerPubkey)
).toThrow(/expected Uint8Array/)
})
it('should encrypt and decrypt with a converted hex private key', async () => {
const nip44 = await import('nostr-tools/nip44')
const peerSecret = generateSecretKey()
const peerPubkey = getPublicKey(peerSecret)
const plaintext = 'Hello, Nostr!'
const key = nip44.v2.utils.getConversationKey(
hexToBytes(testPrivateKeyHex),
peerPubkey
)
const ciphertext = nip44.v2.encrypt(plaintext, key)
const peerKey = nip44.v2.utils.getConversationKey(
peerSecret,
testPublicKey
)
expect(nip44.v2.decrypt(ciphertext, peerKey)).toBe(plaintext)
})
}) })
describe('nip19 encoding/decoding', async () => { describe('nip19 encoding/decoding', async () => {