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High background usage on iOS 26

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October 27, 2025
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Ever since I got my new iPhone 17 I'm seeing daily hours and hours of background activity from 1password, and it seems more people are suffering from the same issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/1o6g8fu/high_1password_background_activity_ios_26/

Just yesterday, 1password ran for 7 hours in the background and use 6% of my total battery, with just 1 minute of actual screen time. Today it was 6% on 3 hours of background time, again with no screen time.

I'm using 8.11.14. I have also tried disabling background refresh and the safari extension as some people on Reddit suggested, to no help at all. And no, I'm not setting up 1password anywhere else, this is happening for weeks now.

Is this being investigated by the 1Password team at all? I haven't seen anything. If it continues it will surely encourage me to start the painful migration to somewhere else.

I have tried emailling support but got no answer. On Reddit everyone is lost.

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Best answer by 1P_Dave

Hello folks,

I wanted to share an update on the current status of the issue. Our developers have implemented improvements to the idle timer process for the iOS AutoFill extension. We expect these changes will help reduce the battery usage some people have been experiencing, but further investigation will be needed after the improvements are fully rolled out to determine whether any additional work is required.

These improvements are currently available in the latest production release of 1Password for iOS (8.12.12).

Please update to this new version and use 1Password for iOS for a couple of days. If you continue to see abnormal energy usage then let me know and I can pass this along to our development team.

-Dave

M

mafl2k

Exactly the same here. Between 5-10% per day.

B

brusk

iOS 26.1 (32B81) / 8.11.16 / iPhone 17 Pro

Issue was also present with 8.11.14 and all iOS 26.1 beta's, multiple restarts, background app refresh is disabled for 1PW.

5-15% battery usage per day

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@brusk

I appreciate you sending this over. I’ve shared it with our development team for review.

-Dave

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

Hello @joe_topolin and @mafl2k! 👋

I'm sorry that you're seeing unexpected battery usage when using 1Password on your iOS devices. Our team has received sporadic reports of this issue and we have an internal work item open to investigate this further.

For anyone running into the issue, please provide the following:

A screenshot of the battery usage that you see.
The version of iOS that you're using: Find the software version on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
The version of 1Password that you're using: Find the version numbers for 1Password and your operating system
Your model of iPhone or iPad: Identify your iPhone model

I look forward to hearing from you.

-Dave

Issue=PA-847

M

mafl2k

iPhone Air, IOS 26.0.1, 1pw 8.11.14

Here I tested with Safari plugin disabled. But it was not consistent. Next day was higher again. I'll probably have to check this again:

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@mafl2k

Thank you for providing this information, I've passed it along to our development team.

-Dave

The_Doctor

iOS 26.1 (32B81) / 8.11.16 / iPhone 17 Pro max

And a few days ago, it was even higher. Almost 12 hours? What’s going on guys?

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@The_Doctor

I'm sorry that 1Password is using more battery than expected. The issue still open with our development team. If you update to version 8.11.18 do you still see the same issue?

-Dave

V

Vikestart

Same issue here on iPhone 17 Pro Max running the latest stable versions of iOS 26.1 (23B85) and the 1Password app (8.11.16).

1Password is by far the app that consumes the most battery on my phone. Today it has consumed 11% of my battery, with only 2 minutes of actual on-screen usage and 11 minutes in the background. 11% for an app that I use just a couple of times a day is NOT okay. That is a HUGE portion of the battery.

I see a lot of users have reported this issue fo several weeks already… If not fixed soon, I may have to cancel my subscription and look for another provider… 😅

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@Vikestart

I'm sorry that 1Password is using more battery than expected. The issue still open with our development team. If you update to version 8.11.18 do you still see the same issue?

-Dave

B

brusk

Issue disappeared for me quite some time now. Currently on 26.2 DB2, 8.11.18, iPhone 17 Pro, but was also gone before. Will keep monitoring.

J

joe_topolinAuthor

It’s back here too it seems, can’t believe it.

S

sirat

Same here (iPhone 16).

D

dirk

I am on an iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 26.1 and using 1Passwor 8.11.18. Since the 2nd of December, 1Password all of a sudden started using between 5% and 15% of my battery as a background task, with 0 On Screen usage. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, I've also tried turning off background tasks for 1Password. Nothing seems to stop this. I am now considering just uninstalling it permanently until maybe a new version comes out. I have used 1Password for a very long time, and this is the first time I have really gotten an issue with it. From Reddit it seems I am not alone in this problem. I have also submitted a diagnostic report to 1Password, but maybe someone here knows what is going on and how to stop it ?

B

brusk

The issue was gone for quite some time for me, but it has returned this week. Often days with 5-15% battery drain, and 10+ hours of background usage.

Can we please have an update from the engineering team? Sorry, but this is getting annoying!

iPhone 17 Pro, 26.2, 8.11.22

J

joe_topolinAuthor

And the issue is back

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

Hello everyone,

I’m sorry that you're experiencing increased battery usage with 1Password on iOS. We’ve received a number of similar reports, and our development team has an active work item open to investigate further.

We’ll share updates in this thread as soon as we have more information.

-Dave