Unlock Your Vault

When You See This Screen

This screen appears every time you open DavianVault after signing in, when your vault is locked, or after the auto-lock timeout expires.

What You See

• A lock icon at the top
• The heading "Unlock Vault"
• An explanation: "Enter your master password to decrypt your vault."
• A Master Password field (hidden by default, with a visibility toggle)
• An "Unlock" button
• A "Forgot Password?" link at the bottom
• If biometric unlock is enabled: a fingerprint/face icon button for biometric authentication

How to Unlock with Your Master Password

1. Enter your master password in the password field
2. Tap the eye icon if you want to see what you're typing
3. Tap "Unlock"
4. If correct, the vault decrypts and you're taken to the Dashboard

How to Unlock with Biometrics

If you've enabled biometric unlock in Settings:

1. Tap the fingerprint/face icon button
2. Authenticate using your device's biometric sensor (fingerprint, face, or Windows Hello)
3. If successful, the vault unlocks immediately

When biometric unlock may be unavailable:

• If you just changed your device's biometric data (added a new fingerprint), biometric unlock is automatically disabled for security — you'll need to re-enable it in Settings
• If biometric authentication has been unused for too long (policy timeout)
• If the device's biometric hardware is unavailable

In any of these cases, use your master password instead.

If You Enter the Wrong Password

• An error message appears: "Failed to unlock vault. Please try again."
• You can try again immediately
• There's no lockout, but repeated failures may trigger a rate limit

If You Forgot Your Master Password

1. Tap "Forgot Password?" at the bottom of the screen
2. You'll be taken to the Account Recovery screen
3. You'll need your recovery key to reset your master password

Important Notes

• Your master password is never stored — it's used to derive an encryption key, then discarded from memory
• The password field is automatically cleared when you leave this screen
• If biometric unlock fails, you can always fall back to entering your master password
• The vault automatically locks after the time period you've set in Settings (default: 5 minutes of inactivity)