---
title: "unlock a locked gpg key"
description: "I ran into an issue where my was unable to connect, blocking me from doing commits. You can use this to continue signing commits."
date: 2026-07-10
published: true
tags:
  - python
template: til
---


I ran into an issue where my `pinentry` was unable to connect, blocking me from
doing commits.  You can use this to continue signing commits.

``` bash
export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye

printf test | gpg \
  --local-user 9A47900E81415D65C32C630066E2BF2B4190EFE4 \
  --pinentry-mode loopback \
  --sign >/dev/nul
```