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December 20, 2021
Question

1Password Beta - Lock after Computer is Idle

  • December 20, 2021
  • 12 replies
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I would like to see some higher idle timeouts in the new version like 1Password7. I used to use the 240min timeout as my computer is secure and only requires it once a day. With the max value of 1 hour, I have to enter my password more often than preferred. The new version focuses on short rather than long timeouts like previous versions.


1Password Version: 8.5.0
Extension Version: 2.1.4
OS Version: 11.6.2

12 replies

Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
December 20, 2021

Hi @mdvzo:

I can definitely see how this would be useful, so I've added your input to an existing feature request for this. Thanks for your feedback!

Jack

ref: dev/projects/customer-feature-requests#1072

December 20, 2021

Thanks Jack

December 21, 2021

On behalf of Jack, you are very welcome @mdvzo :)

February 17, 2022

Any update on this? Seems like a pretty easy fix and much needed. I turned off all locking because every hour is way to extreme but now it never locks unless I lock it manually.

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 17, 2022

Hi @mdvzo 👋, thanks for checking in. No updates on this yet but we'll be sure to make an announcement in the forums when we have something to share. And we'll keep the updates and improvements coming generally!

March 22, 2022

I see that 1P 8 is going production and this feature never made it in. ☹️ Seems like a much-needed and easy fix.

dteare
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
March 22, 2022

Thank you for bringing this issue back up, @mdvzo.

I agree with you that we need some longer timeouts, otherwise folks like yourself will just disable the inactivity timeout entirely.

I have just opened a merge request to add options for 4 and 8 hours to the dropdown. Assuming the review goes well this will be available in next week's beta.

Thanks again for reminding us that this was important to you. Take care and stay safe out there. 👋

++dave;
1Password Founder

dteare
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
March 29, 2022

There's a present in today's beta for you, @mdvzo. 🙂

++dave;
1Password Founder

March 29, 2022

Thank you, Dave, much appreciated! Quick question, does Idle time include if the machine is asleep during the 8 hour period?

1P_Rob
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
April 5, 2022

Hey, @mdvzo. I checked with our team on this and it sounds like yes. We pay attention to screensaver and sleep events and count that time in the auto-lock calculations.