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July 13, 2022
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Feature Request: Support Universal Autofill in apps created using WebCatalog

  • July 13, 2022
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Long time 1Password user here!

Universal Autofill — one of the hands-down best features of version 8 — stopped working for me in most of my apps due to this change in https://releases.1password.com/mac/8.7/#1password-for-mac-8.7.1: We now verify the code signature of apps before we allow filling using Universal Autofill.

I use over 20 site-specific browser apps (SSBs) created with https://webcatalog.io/webcatalog/. These were all working in 8.7.0, but are now all broken in the later releases of 1Password. I can't describe how hugely disappointing this is, first the joy of having the feature, and then having it taken away without providing an alternative. Universal Autofill really is "magic" and so, so useful. It's a "killer feature".

I have also tested other SSB applications and can confirm this change in 1Password has broken Universal Autofill in them as well. This includes both https://www.bzgapps.com/coherence and https://www.bzgapps.com/unite from https://www.bzgapps.com.

I emailed the BZG and WebCatalog teams, and they confirmed that their apps are indeed signed, so it is something to do with how 1Password verifies the signatures.

I'm just leaving this here for the 1Password team to pick up, with the hope that an appropriate solution can be found (quickly) to restore the feature (even an option to turn off signature verification with a warning would be better), and for anyone else who went through hours of trying to configure accessibility options inside macOS and reinstalling applications only to discover that 1Password quietly removed the feature in an update and without much warning!!

Big love to all the 1Password team.


1Password Version: 8.7.3
Extension Version: 2.3.7
OS Version: macOS 12.4
Browser:_ n/a

37 replies

June 30, 2023

I'd like to +1 Ian's request. Having hopped on the Sonoma bandwagon I was hoping these apps made by Safari would be able to work with 1Password's auto-fill (I was really hoping that Safari extensions would come over for free but they don't – so I filed FB12487876 requesting that). It now makes sense why 1Password's app auto-fill doesn't work but I really really really want it to work.

I've used Unite and Fluid in the past with varying levels of success but really yearned for a Safari solution. Now that we have it, not being able to use 1Password is a huge killjoy to using it.

I hope that you all can prioritize supporting new features of macOS and get this built. Thanks!

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
July 6, 2023

@jsorge

Thank you for the feedback, I've passed along your request to the team. 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-34131847

July 12, 2023

Thanks @1P_Dave -- I appreciate the full explanation, and the honesty, and appreciate that you have to prioritise your workload based on customer demand.

I did originally ask for this to be reinstated as an option in settings that you give your customers, with the advice that downgrading Universal Autofill to supporting ad-hoc signatures could potentially compromise security, and then it is our choice rather than yours to take that risk. That would be a simple solution -- but that was not responded to.

I completely agree with @jsorge. With Apple now providing support for browser-based apps I would really really really hope you will support these. 🤞🙏

It might be a more niche feature right now, but when the ability to do this is released with Sonoma demand from your customers will surely increase.

July 12, 2023

@1P_Dave BTW -- from my perspective Universal Autofill working with ad-hoc signatures was not a "bug" as you call it. It was a killer "feature", that then got removed without proper explanation.

That was the annoyance for me. 😊

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
July 12, 2023

Thank you again for the feedback and suggestions, all of your comments have been passed along to our product and development teams. 🙂

-Dave

July 24, 2023

+1 from me for support of the Credential Provider Extension API on macOS (just like you do on iOS and iPadOS).

Main reason for me is the native implementation from Apple is plentifold faster than using the buggy 1Password Extension for Safari.

Please.

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
July 27, 2023

Thanks for the input @ianto I've noted it internally. Nice to talk with you again.

August 10, 2023

@1P_Dave @1P_Tommy I made a community account just to comment on this. I've loved 1Password ever since I switched over from Dashlane and evangelize it to friends and colleagues!
The only single complaint I have is the lack of support for working with WebCatalog.

As a software engineer, I get it -- backlogs get swamped, tickets accumulate and pile up. On the other hand, the work needed to support this feature (allow ad-hoc signatures) is like a 1/2 pointer, maybe 3 points if you factor in user warning modals, writing tests, and manual testing.

I would really love to see this feature get implemented as it's the only stain on an otherwise spectacular product!

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
August 10, 2023

@wey

Welcome to the community! 😊

Thank you for the feedback, I've passed along your request and comments to the team internally.

-Dave

September 12, 2023

@wey -- Thank you thank you for chipping in your comments. I'm a total 1Password evangelist as well, but I feel like this issue has been overlooked as niche, but I know for sure there are lots of others who have the same issue, but just don't comment. So thank you. 😊