GRUB cannot open LUKS with argon2

Executive Summary

Fresh Garuda Mokka 2026-08-19 installation with GRUB + Btrfs + LUKS encryption creates both root LUKS2 keyslots as Argon2id. On my UEFI system GRUB initially cannot unlock the volume, I get an error message about wrong passphrase. I found this on arch forums, suggesting that grub can’t handle Argon2: [SOLVED] grub fails with luks encryption / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums . After converting the passphrase slot to PBKDF2, GRUB unlocks but fails loading the kernel with Loading Linux linux-garuda ...

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