From 2e907fd02fc7f7058005646de292edb07cb019f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rr-bw <102181210+rr-bw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:44:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add comment

---
 .../login-via-auth-request.component.ts                       | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/auth/src/angular/login-via-auth-request/login-via-auth-request.component.ts b/libs/auth/src/angular/login-via-auth-request/login-via-auth-request.component.ts
index 5ccc221777a..85847594be3 100644
--- a/libs/auth/src/angular/login-via-auth-request/login-via-auth-request.component.ts
+++ b/libs/auth/src/angular/login-via-auth-request/login-via-auth-request.component.ts
@@ -644,11 +644,15 @@ export class LoginViaAuthRequestComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         userId,
       );
     } catch (error) {
+      // If the component privateKey cannot decrypt the authRequestPublicKeyEncryptedUserKey on an auth request response,
+      // it means that auth request is no longer valid (i.e. the newer component privateKey does not belong to the same key pair
+      // as the older publicKey that encrypted the user key). Clear and start a new request.
       this.logService.error(error);
       this.toastService.showToast({
         variant: "info",
         message: this.i18nService.t("thatRequestIsNoLongerValidStartingNewRequest"),
       });
+
       await this.clearExistingStandardAuthRequestAndStartNewRequest();
       this.loading = false;
     }