Update skipped because no OpenPGP keyserver is configured

[dsilva (Douglas Silva)]

I get this error in Kleopatra when I try to “Lookup on Server”:

Update skipped because no OpenPGP keyserver is configured.

Then I noticed that my keyserver setting is empty, but I don’t think it was before.

This began after the upgrade from v4 to v5.0.1.

Based on this comment from bernhard, it seems that it’s supposed to be using a default keyserver when the configuration is undefined. That doesn’t seem to be happening.

the keyserver should be empty to use the default, which in current GnuPG is
‘https://keyserver.ubuntu.com’

[m.eik (m.eik michalke)]

this behaviour has changed with GnuPG 2.5.3: there is no longer a default keyserver configured. this can be overlooked easily, given the long list of changes for the Gpg4Win 5.0.0 release, but it is listed in section “Incompatible Changes”.

[bernhard (Bernhard E. Reiter)]

Note that there are a number of keyservers in the (new) keyserver network: https://spider.pgpkeys.eu/