"Authentication Required" prompt after every boot

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.60-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=40809886-d17c-433b-876f-89a03d053b64 rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.4 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: AB350-Gaming v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: AB350-Gaming-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: F21 date: 02/08/2018 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.64 GiB used: 2.6 GiB (16.6%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001129 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
  bogomips: 76673 
  Speed: 1428 MHz min/max: 1550/3200 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1428 2: 1385 3: 1375 4: 1374 5: 3340 6: 3199 7: 1394 8: 1475 9: 1375 
  10: 1368 11: 1375 12: 1373 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce 
  misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt 
  nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb 
  perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd 
  sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext 
  tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave 
  xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 
  mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 08:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:1c02 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: nvidia resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 0a:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.60-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl 
  v: kernel modules: bcma port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a0 
  class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 120.16 GiB (17.2%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB 
  size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500312CS 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> rev: CA12 scheme: MBR 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: BD-RE BH30N rev: A201 
  dev-links: cdrom 
  Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 227.88 GiB (97.98%) 
  used: 120.16 GiB (52.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A 
  uuid: 40809886-d17c-433b-876f-89a03d053b64 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL 
  uuid: E832-7B45 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 31.25 GiB fs: swap label: N/A 
  uuid: 14863704-322a-453c-b7a5-87bba34bb094 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 434.51 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 1e982ebe-e75b-431f-b88e-9cd8f14fc425 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1b33 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Optical Mouse 
  type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c332 class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 334 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 1399 pacman: 1395 lib: 428 
  flatpak: 0 snap: 4 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06

I’m not exactly sure when this started happening but for the past day or two when I boot up Manjaro and arrive at the desktop the “Authentication Required” dialog and input box pops up and I put in my password to make it go away. I currently don’t have my computer set to require a password on bootup. Anyone know how I can figure out what the problem might be and to solve it? It might be an issue since the latest major update but I’m not sure.

Thank you.

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First: If you do not know, what you are authorizing: don’t do it.

There must be some program autostarting which is querying you for authorziation. Check autostarts.

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@freggel.doe

I did not think of that, thank you.

How do I check for what automatically starts?

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https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-apps-auto-start.html.en
and also have a look at the .desktop files in /etc/xdg/autostart/.
I’m not sure if those are the only places.

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@freggel.doe

Nothing seems out of ordinary in Tweaks, although I did notice that caffeine-ng is set to autostart but doesn’t seem to do so. I hadn’t noticed that in a long time. I just tried starting it and it works but doesn’t autostart. I don’t know if that is related, just something I noticed

Here’s some screenshots of all of the applications in xdg. What should I be looking for?

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The first screenshot showing the “Authentication required” messge already shows the culprit:

The login keyring did not get unlogged ..

So it seems to be a problem with (failing) automatic unlocking of the keyring when logging in.

I’m assuming that means you activated automatic login.
I’m not using gnome but found this:

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Okay thank you, I think that should be the solution, I’ll try it out for the next day or two and see how things go. Thanks for all the help.