Please Help -- Vault disappeared, can't decrypt content

[Michael]

@dativus_ethicus

the only masterkey (+backups) i can find is that of a new vault i created afterwards. may it be helpful in some way?

It is very curious that you (or something else) deleted the files and the recycle bin Version at the same time.
Also I assume the logfile won’t show anything useful because it does not log if files are deleted or moved outside the vault.

Edit: just thought about a post from @tobihagemann where he explained how to „recreate“ a Masterkey file from a restoration key. So: if you still have the restoration key for your vault, maybe this will work for you as well:

Recover masterkey file with recovery key?

Honestly, it’s a limitation on an application level. In theory, you could create a masterkey file out of the recovery key. So if you really only have the recovery key and lost your masterkey file, you could do the following workaround: Create a new vault. Copy masterkey file from new vault to old vault that has a missing masterkey file. Select old vault in Cryptomator. Go to “Vault Options” and select “Password”. Select “Recover Password”. Use the recovery key. Assign a new password. Edit: Yo…