Error: Could not find authentication sk for pk

[temicus]

Describe the bug
Getting every few minutes the Error:
Could not find authentication sk for pk: xxx...
I have this problem already since at least one month.
Changing pools or solo modes bring nothing. Reinstalling or changing client version also doesn't help.
I had 2 wallets/keys on this machine before and removed in GUI one of them. Maybe its the result.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open the log file
2. check for errors

Desktop
win 10 pro, chia client 1.2.6.

[emlowe]

This means that many of your plots were plotted using the farmer key that you no longer have on that machine - if you don't have that key anymore, those plots cannot be farmed.

[digitalspaceport]

@emlowe is there a method to track down which plots are generating the "farmer chia.farmer.farmer : ERROR Could not find authentication sk for pk:"

[emlowe]

Actually, I was wrong about this error message. There are two similar ones:

Could not find authentication sk for pk: This is generated by the code when enumerating your pool_list in config.yaml - it can be cause if you at one point created some PlotNFTs for pooling, but then don't have that key anymore on this system (maybe you copied the config.yaml to a different system), or related issues. You can look in config.yaml for the matching pk printed on the log line and delete that entry from the pool_list

There is also Plot xys has a farmer public key that is not in the farmer's pk list and I had confused them

[digitalspaceport]

Oh that is awesome actually. Yup confirmed those keys for old test wallets did exist and removed them and the error is no more on restart.

[temicus]

@emlowe actually not.. all plots are definitely recognized :)
I have removed chia client completely, reinstalled it and synced and the error is gone.

[digitalspaceport]

@temicus did you delete the .chia folder after uninstalling? Could you outline the steps you did so I can follow you on this? I know I had some legacy keys installed on here, and I copied over the /config /wallet and /db directory on the new install, but did delete the rest of the chia folder (so I would not have issues with POOLED plots functionality.)

Interestingly I am getting exactly what I should be from the pools for payout, but I am wondering if I may be handicapped in actually winning a block.

[BrandtH22]

@temicus , based on your previous message it seems this issue has been resolved.
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