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Brief Summary

keepassxc-cli show's quiet option silently fails when either providing a non-existing database file, or when providing invalid credentials. Error messages for non-existent entries are shown as expected.

This may make troubleshooting automatons/scripts more difficult.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run the following commands & observe the (stderr) output:

• keepassxc-cli show --quiet non-existant-db example
• keepassxc-cli show --quiet db.kdbx example (entering invalid credentials)
• keepassxc-cli show --quiet db.kdbx non-existant-entry

Expected Versus Actual Behavior

Currently, only the non-existant entry command writes an error to stderr

$ keepassxc-cli show --quiet non-existant-db example

$ keepassxc-cli show --quiet example.kdbx example # entering invalid credentials

$ keepassxc-cli show --quiet example.kdbx non-existant-entry
Could not find entry with path non-existant-entry

The expected behavior would be that all of the above would provide an error message:

$ keepassxc-cli show --quiet non-existant-db example
Failed to open database file non-existant-db: not found

$ keepassxc-cli show --quiet example.kdbx example # entering invalid password
Error while reading the database: Invalid credentials were provided, please try again.
If this reoccurs, then your database file may be corrupt. (HMAC mismatch)

$ keepassxc-cli show --quiet example.kdbx non-existant-entry
Could not find entry with path non-existant-entry

KeePassXC Debug Information

KeePassXC - Version 2.7.10

Qt 5.15.17
Debugging mode is disabled.

Operating system: NixOS 25.11 (Xantusia)
CPU architecture: x86_64
Kernel: linux 6.12.41

Enabled extensions:
- Auto-Type
- Browser Integration
- Passkeys
- SSH Agent
- KeeShare
- YubiKey
- Secret Service Integration

Cryptographic libraries:
- Botan 3.8.1

Operating System

Linux

Linux Desktop Environment

KDE

Linux Windowing System

Wayland