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<p>
This is a problem with current versions of GnuPG. If you attempt to
update a key from <span class="brand">keys.openpgp.org</span> that
contains no <a href="/about">identity information</a>, GnuPG will refuse
to process the key:
GnuPG considers keys that contain no identity information to be invalid, and refuses to import them.
However, a key that has no <a href="/about">verified email addresses</a> may still contain useful information.
In particular, it's still possible to check whether the key is revoked or not.
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<p>
In June 2019, the <span class="brand">keys.openpgp.org</span> team created a patch that allows GnuPG to process updates from keys without identity information.
This patch was quickly included in several downstream distributions of GnuPG, including Debian, Fedora, NixOS, and GPG Suite for macOS.
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<p>
In March 2020 the GnuPG team rejected the patch, and updated the issue status to "Wontfix".
This means that <strong>unpatched versions of GnuPG cannot receive updates from <span class="brand">keys.openpgp.org</span> for keys that don't have any verified email address</strong>.
You can read about this decision in issue <a href="https://dev.gnupg.org/T4393#133689">T4393</a> on the GnuPG bug tracker.
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<p>
You can check if your version of GnuPG is affected with the following instructions.
</p>
<blockquote>
$ gpg --receive-keys EB85BB5FA33A75E15E944E63F231550C4F47E38E<br />
gpg: key EB85BB5FA33A75E15E944E63F231550C4F47E38E: no user ID
<span style="font-size: larger;">Import test key:</span><br>
<br>
$ curl https://keys.openpgp.org/assets/uid-test.pub.asc | gpg --import<br>
gpg: key F231550C4F47E38E: "Alice Lovelace &lt;alice@openpgp.example&gt;" imported<br>
gpg: Total number processed: 1<br>
gpg: imported: 1<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: larger;">With patch, key will be updated if locally known:</span><br>
<br>
$ gpg --recv-keys EB85BB5FA33A75E15E944E63F231550C4F47E38E<br>
gpg: key F231550C4F47E38E: "Alice Lovelace &lt;alice@openpgp.example&gt;" not changed<br>
gpg: Total number processed: 1<br>
gpg: unchanged: 1<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: larger;">Without patch, a key without identity is always rejected:</span><br>
<br>
$ gpg --recv-keys EB85BB5FA33A75E15E944E63F231550C4F47E38E<br>
gpg: key EB85BB5FA33A75E15E944E63F231550C4F47E38E: no user ID<br>
</blockquote>
<p>
We are working with the GnuPG team to resolve this problem.
</p>
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