Broken desktop app <> browser extension causes browser to hang on Windows
Whenever I install the 1Password browser extension on Edge or Vivaldi browsers, they:
1. Always fail to connect to the desktop 1Password app with the message 'Status: Problems connecting. Make sure the 1Password app is unlocked' despite the app already being unlocked.
2. About 10 minutes after starting the browser with the extension enabled, the browser hangs unable to open any new tabs or navigate to settings.
I noticed the same behaviour won two Chromium-based browsers (Edge and Vivaldi) on Windows. I don't have the same issue on my Linux machine. I am sure that the 1Password extension is causing the browsers to hang because the issue disappears as soon as I remove it.
I've been struggling with this problem for over a year, and it drives me nuts. No standard solutions of stopping and restarting both the app and extension ever worked for me, neither did updating.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
1Password Version: 1Password for Windows 8.10.30 (81030020)
Extension Version: 2.22.1
OS Version: Windows 11 23H2 (OS build 22631.3374)
Browser: Vivaldi & Edge