From dad59fab0cf22debf695999b58d3906c79d1d11f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James <113275743+dizzafizza@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:31:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Fix cryptic error for pairing files missing required
 fields"

---
 StikDebug/Device/JITEnableContext.swift | 21 +--------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/StikDebug/Device/JITEnableContext.swift b/StikDebug/Device/JITEnableContext.swift
index 9448486..a63c5e7 100644
--- a/StikDebug/Device/JITEnableContext.swift
+++ b/StikDebug/Device/JITEnableContext.swift
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ final class JITEnableContext {
         }
 
         if let ffiError {
-            let readError = error(from: ffiError, fallback: "Failed to read pairing file!")
-            throw Self.isMalformedPairingFile(readError) ? malformedPairingFileError(readError) : readError
+            throw error(from: ffiError, fallback: "Failed to read pairing file!")
         }
 
         guard let pairingFile else {
@@ -137,24 +136,6 @@ final class JITEnableContext {
         return pairingFile
     }
 
-    /// `rp_pairing_file_read` only parses the local plist on disk — no network
-    /// involved — so a Serde/plist error here always means the file's contents
-    /// are the wrong shape (e.g. an older pairing file missing `public_key`),
-    /// not a transient failure a retry would fix. Reclassifying it to the same
-    /// code as an invalid pairing file routes it to the "select a new file"
-    /// prompt instead of the generic connection-error/retry flow.
-    private static func isMalformedPairingFile(_ error: NSError) -> Bool {
-        let message = error.localizedDescription.lowercased()
-        return message.contains("missing field") || message.contains("serde(") || message.contains("plist(error")
-    }
-
-    private func malformedPairingFileError(_ underlying: NSError) -> NSError {
-        makeError(
-            "The pairing file is missing data StikDebug needs (\(underlying.localizedDescription)). It's likely the wrong format or an incomplete export — select a new pairing file.",
-            code: -9
-        )
-    }
-
     private func createTunnel(hostname: String) throws -> TunnelHandles {
         let pairingFile = try getPairingFile()
         defer { rp_pairing_file_free(pairingFile) }