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Lazarus_Long
September 28, 2021
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Feature request - save 2FA Backup Codes

  • September 28, 2021
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I'm setting up 2FA and using 1Password for many of my online accounts, but this request could be useful for people using other authenticator apps. As you know, some sites provide a set of "Backup Codes" which you can use in case you don't have access to your authenticator app. I'd like to request a dedicated field in the Login where we could paste in the backup codes. Obviously we could just use the Notes field but I think this is worth having it's own field. Thank you.


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23 replies

September 30, 2021

Hi @Lazarus_Long!

Thank you very much for taking time out of your day to to share this feedback! We appreciate every idea that could make 1Password even better.

I can see how this could be useful to you, so while I cannot make any promises, I can tell you that I have shared your feedback internally :)

Once again, thank you and have a wonderful day!

ref: dev/projects/customer-feature-requests#212

rctneil
October 1, 2021

+1, a separate field would be nice to have for this. Maybe also a suggestion by 1PW when you add a TOTP that backup codes should be added too.

October 1, 2021

+1, a seperate field would be great because we could use Markdown to cross out used Backup Codes.

Jack_P_1P
1Password Employee
October 1, 2021

Hi @rctneil and @ejunkie,

I've added both your voices to the feedback as well. :smile:

Thank you!

khaosspawn
October 2, 2021

+1 from me also

While we're at it - maybe those security questions and answers? "What was your first pet?" etc.

October 3, 2021

@khaosspawn

Security questions and answers are already available.

You can create your own question and also generate a random answer:

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
October 3, 2021

Quite so, @agaton - thanks for highlighting this! 👍

khaosspawn
October 13, 2021

Oh wow - is this in 1P7? I'm not seeing options there.

October 14, 2021

@khaosspawn:

This is in https://1password.community/discussion/124135/new-early-access-update-is-now-available#latest ;)

RogueScholar
October 27, 2021

As an extension of this request, could we also get the table syntax turned on in the Markdown parser? I just encountered a site that only offers the Grid-style of 2FA for its accounts. My intention was to simply recreate it in the Notes field as a Markdown table, but the parser didn't render it. Then when I was reading the parser's documentation, I found:

Further, it optionally supports parsing footnotes, GitHub-Flavored tables, GitHub-Flavored task lists and strikethrough. [1]

I made do using Pandoc to turn the Markdown table I'd made into a PDF and uploading that as an attachment to 1Password, but it's one hell of a kludge compared to just being able to see it in table format in the Notes. I think a strong case can be made for all four of those elements to be turned on in the Notes field, in fact.