Feature Request: auto save 2fa backup codes

This would be a great addition.  Most of the time, I either copy/paste the codes into the 1Password item's note field (I know, not the best place to keep backup codes, but 🤷‍♂️).  If it's a document they have you download (PDF, etc), then I download the document, Attach a File, then delete the file from my Downloads.

Hello @wottak2go! 👋

Thank you for the feedback! 2FA backup codes are usually meant to be a recovery method if you lose access to your authenticator app. Are you using 1Password as your 2FA authenticator app? Or another authenticator app? 

Storing the backup codes in your authenticator app (if you're using 1Password as your 2FA authenticator app), next to your one-time password, won't allow you to use those backup codes if you lose access to the authenticator app. In other words: it defeats the purpose of the 2FA backup codes. 

That being said, it would be helpful to have 1Password automatically offer to save recovery codes and I've filed a feature request on your behalf. For the time being, adding them to the notes field in a Login item, or saved as a text file attached to the item, would be the best option. 

-Dave

PB-47305005

Hi everyone, is there some update on this? 

+1 from me as well. Recovery/backup codes can be needed in edge cases (e.g., after a security reset or when you’ve lost access to your email), so it’s convenient to have them saved alongside the login in 1Password.

The current workarounds aren’t ideal:

• notes field: codes are visible in plain text and easy to mix with other notes, so they’re harder to find/copy reliably.
• password field: it’s too easy to accidentally overwrite the codes by clicking “Create a New Password”.

A dedicated “recovery codes” field (secure + multiline) would solve this neatly.