element-hq
Restore keys (from secure online backup) in background rather than foreground
Your use case
What would you like to do?
I would like to put the progress window of restoring keys from online backup into background and continue using the app while it is (down)loading them. There should still be a progress indicator somewhere, and maybe a notification when restoration is complete.
Why would you like to do it?
Once your account has a certain age, it will have loads of keys that take a long time to restore. In my case it takes "only" 1-2 minutes but I'm still impatient. (see also #15011, perhaps #19778?)
I would like to keep using the app in the meantime.
This would also solve or work around a couple of other issues
- #17950
- #10451
How would you like to achieve it?
Similar to how room joining can now happen in background.
Have you considered any alternatives?
No response
Additional context
No response
I am very much on board with this idea! I have hit this a couple of times and this is a process that will understandly take a little while, but does not have to block a user from performing actions in the app
It's not even obvious we should have this button. We should maybe instead always download key backups in the background (https://github.com/element-hq/element-meta/issues/2446)
