Disable encryption via /.well-known/matrix/client

[frenn]

Steps to reproduce

Good afternoon.

1. Launched the synapse server from the Docker-image matrixdotorg/synapse:latest on the domain matrix.example.com.
2. Launched element-web from the Docker-image vector/element-web on the domain element.example.com.
3. Everything is fine. The messaging is ok. The calls are working.

Encryption must be disabled. My teammates will lose the keys in a week. :D

1. Read this:
   https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/develop/docs/e2ee.md#disabling-encryption
2. Set it up in nginx on the domain matrix.example.com :

location /.well-known/matrix/client {
  return 200 '{"io.element.e2ee": {"force_disable": "true"}}';
  add_header Content-Type application/json;
  add_header "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" *;
}

3. Checking the setting:
   curl -s https://matrix.example.com/.well-known/matrix/client | jq

I get:

{
    "io.element.e2ee": {
        "force_disable": true
    }
}

Outcome

When creating private chats, encryption is still enabled by default. You can't turn it off.

What did I do wrong?

Operating system

No response

Browser information

No response

URL for webapp

No response

Application version

No response

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

No

[t3chguy]

Are your usernames @foo:matrix.example.com or @foo:example.com?

[frenn]

Are your usernames @foo:matrix.example.com or @foo:example.com?

@foo:matrix.example.com

[t3chguy]

Logs would be required to dig into this further

[t3chguy]

There's a bit of a disconnect here, are you returning true or "true"?

[frenn]

There's a bit of a disconnect here, are you returning true or "true"?

Sorry, "true".

[t3chguy]

Sorry, "true".

That is incorrect then, look at the docs again: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/develop/docs/e2ee.md#disabling-encryption
boolean != string

element.log

This log is not helpful, Element runs entirely in the browser, the nginx log doesn't show anything from the app. See the issue template on how to submit logs:

[frenn]

@t3chguy

boolean != string

It's working. Thank you very much. The moment with nginx configuration must be specified in this instruction - https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/develop/docs/e2ee.md#disabling-encryption. I think.

Thanks again.