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1Password frequently crashing on initial launch

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November 24, 2025
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Hey 1Password folks,

I have a family 1Password account which I use across all the computers and phones I have. This includes my work computer provided by my employer (because I have so many different bloody passwords to remember, and I ain't writin' 'em down).

My work computer is running Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with Crowdstrike Falcon and Tanium clients running in the background as mandated by work (not sure if relevant, but including).

When I log in for the day, one of the first things I do is start up 1Password with Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Space which has been mapped to:

1password --quick-access

When I press Ctrl+Shift+Space, I'm told 1Password has crashed. If I run 1Password normally without args, I also get a crash message, but then after maybe 30-60s, 1Password will normally launch, and shortcut keys will work etc. When 1Password crashes, I do report the crash.. any ideas?

Currently running 1Password v.8.11.18 (1Password deb repo loaded)

Linux

Best answer by AJCxZ0

You may want to follow the epic post, Linux desktop client crashes on startup. Do not interpret the "Solved" status as the problem reported being solved.

adfhogan wrote:
I have a family 1Password account which I use across all the computers and phones I have. This includes my work computer

Clearly this is an informed choice*. You might encourage your employer to provide the single most important "security" tool, given that they have no problem paying for commercial security products and services.

*[This includes effectively giving your employer access to your 1Password account and the data in it.]

AJCxZ0Answer

You may want to follow the epic post, Linux desktop client crashes on startup. Do not interpret the "Solved" status as the problem reported being solved.

adfhogan wrote:
I have a family 1Password account which I use across all the computers and phones I have. This includes my work computer

Clearly this is an informed choice*. You might encourage your employer to provide the single most important "security" tool, given that they have no problem paying for commercial security products and services.

*[This includes effectively giving your employer access to your 1Password account and the data in it.]

adfhoganAuthor

If they decided to enable keylogging, yes.. it's a tradeoff.. on the other hand, I'd be typing random passwords by hand all day :-/ ... My relationship with my employer, its security teams, and other IT staff is positive, though wiping personal items from business hardware, rekeying personal data stores, and changing personal credentials would be something on my list if things did sour.

Thanks for link to that other thread - makes sense..
tl;dr for others: Linux client not always immediately responsive on startup, in part due to past crash logs reviewed on startup, which can be created when 1Password is terminated by logout (such as when it's running in system tray).

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