"Failed to check environment" & "Failed to list store" after fresh install

Author: LeonGeorgiCreated Feb 8, 2024Updated Jun 25, 2026

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Summary

I am already using pass, but wanted to give gopass a try, so I installed gopass via homebrew. Running gopass gave the following output:

gopass

2024-02-08 12:22:59.974 defaults[42905:76386752]
The domain/default pair of (org.gpgtools.common, UseKeychain) does not exist
⚠ Failed to check environment: exit status 1
 Syncing with all remotes ...
[<root>] ❌ Failed to list store: lstat /System/Volumes/Data/home/leon: no such file or directory

   gitfs pull and push ... OK❌ Failed to list store: lstat /System/Volumes/Data/home/leon: no such file or directory
 (no changes)
   done
✅ All done

   __     _    _ _      _ _   ___   ___
 /'_ '\ /'_'\ ( '_'\  /'_' )/',__)/',__)
( (_) |( (_) )| (_) )( (_| |\__, \\__, \
'\__  |'\___/'| ,__/''\__,_)(____/(____/
( )_) |       | |
 \___/'       (_)

 Welcome to gopass!
⚠ This is the built-in shell. Type 'help' for a list of commands.

Since then, all commands just return

❯ gopass ls
Error: failed to list store: lstat /System/Volumes/Data/home/leon: no such file or directory

I feel like the problem might have started with Failed to check environment: exit status 1. I couldn't find where the error is coming from and I don't know how to fix that.

Steps To Reproduce

Not sure, if reproducable. For me, all I had to do was:

bash

homebrew install gopass
gopass

Expected behavior

gopass just works like a replacement for pass, without any errors and warnings.

Environment

OS: macOS (with Apple M1 Pro chip)
OS version: 14.1.1
gopass Version: gopass 1.15.11 go1.21.4 darwin arm64
Installation method: homebrew

Additional context

Source: gopasspw/gopass

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