Decrypting with gnupg just halts and does not work

I couldn't find a solution to this: I cannot decrypt my precious files anymore (on my main computer). I am using pass which relies on gnupg. Trying to decrypt a file just halts and doesn't give any result. macOS 13.5.1 space for 65536 bytes gpg: DBG: iobuf-1.0: underflow: A->FILTER (65536 bytes) gpg: DBG: iobuf-1.0: A->FILTER() returned rc=0 (ok), read 641 bytes gpg: DBG: parse_packet(iob=1): type=1 length=524 (parse.../../g10/mainproc.c.1641) gpg: public key is __KEY__ gpg: DBG: free_packet() type=1 gpg: DBG: parse_packet(iob=1): type=18 length=112 (new_ctb) (parse.../../g10/mainproc.c.1641) .... nothing is happening here .... ^C gpg: signal Interrupt caught ... exiting ``` Does someone have a hint as to where to look, and what to try?