Chrome extension "update is available" lock out persistently

Hello @zchrykng! 👋

I'm sorry that you're constantly prompted to update Chrome on your Windows PC by 1Password. It sounds like you might be running into an issue that our development team is currently working to resolve. Can you try the following steps:

1. Open & unlock the 1Password desktop app and leave it running in the background.
2. Open Chrome and paste the following URL into the address bar: chrome://flags/#launch-windows-native-hosts-directly
3. Click the menu for "Force Native Host Executables to Launch Directly" and choose Enabled.
4. Click Relaunch to apply the feature flag.
5. Restart your Windows PC.

Do you still see the same message after restarting? Let me know.

-Dave

ref: dev/core/core#30563

@1P_Dave: that worked perfectly! Thanks!

@zchrykng

I'm happy that the workaround helps! Hopefully a permanent fix, that doesn't require the workaround, is released in a future update soon.

-Dave

This workaround doesn't seem to be available, unless I'm missing something. Steps 3-5 aren't on that web page. Is that where one would find them? Anyway, how about fixing this bug? It's not a feature.

Hello, @jong113. Thank you for writing in. I'm sorry you're running into a problem with 1Password in the browser.

Dave's steps regarding this issue are related to the Windows operating system. What specific problem are you experiencing with 1Password? Which device are you using? Any insights you can provide regarding your issue would be helpful. 🙂

-Evon

MacOS 15.2 (but it was happening before the latest update), Chrome browser, 1Password extension. I'm getting the locked icon in the username and password boxes (probably after the computer wakes from sleep) but with Chrome still open. My account is set to not normally need the password. I get the message that "chrome has a new update available," which does normally trigger a fresh login, except Chrome is up to date and no update is available. Quitting Chrome and restarting it fixes it but that's not an acceptable solution. It's a bug that needs to be fixed.

@jong113,

I appreciate the additional details. You're running into a known issue where 1Password requests you to re-enter the account password because Chrome has an update available, even if Chrome is already up to date.

Our development team released a fix to the Nightly version of the 1Password extension. While I can't give an exact timeframe for the fix in Stable, I recommend keeping 1Password up to date so you can receive the fix as soon as possible. You can find the updates posted on our website:

• https://support.1password.com/update-1password-browser/
• https://releases.1password.com/

Let me know if you have any questions.

-Evon

ref: dev/core/core#33204

I'm still getting this 'Chrome has an update available' lockout with my updated Chrome (v131.0.6778.205 on Mac Sequoia 15.2 and )

I started down the path of trying to use the "Nightly" extension instead; however, the extension details indicated the intention is for it to be used in conjunction with the "Nightly" desktop app...and I wasn't sure I wanted to make that type of commitment (and I'm not sure how this is done either ... do I have to uninstall my current version -- which would be a bummer -- or can they coexist side-by-side, etc.).

So...I guess I will have to wait for the actual fix since I'm not sure I can go along with the suggestion from @1P_Evon .

An update to this post would be helpful when the issue has been released in an official version.

Thanks.

@snoringelephant

I'm sorry for the impact to your workflow. Our team is currently testing the fix in the latest beta version of 1Password. If you'd like to get your hands on the fix immediately, you can switch to the beta (you just need to update to the beta version of the desktop app, not the browser extension):

• Use 1Password beta releases

The team hopes to include the fix to the stable version of 1Password as soon as possible. I'll make a note to update this thread when that happens.

-Dave