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mhalano
August 2, 2022
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Integration between Linux app and Snap Firefox

  • August 2, 2022
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Some days ago it was released the support for Native Messaging (still experimental) with Snap Firefox. I checked, but the integration between Linux app and Snap Firefox still doesn't work. I was wondering if the integration uses Native Messaging or other way to implement, and if it is using other way, if it could be ported to use Native Messaging, so Linux app could work with Snap Firefox. We are discussing this matter here


1Password Version: 8.9.0~1.BETA
Extension Version: 2.3.7
OS Version: Ubuntu Kinetic
Browser:_ Firefox

40 replies

baggend
August 3, 2022

I'm also interested in hearing back more about this. We were told https://1password.community/discussion/comment/616198/#Comment_616198 that the team is working on this, but as of today, the only way to get this working is to fall back to using the deb versions of both firefox and 1password which is a pain to have to manually set up.

1Password Employee
August 4, 2022

Hey folks! Thanks for bringing this development to our attention. We've been waiting for something like this. 🤞 Hopefully the Snap distribution of Firefox now includes what we need to make this happen. I've alerted the appropriate teams so they can triage this work.

Ben

ref: dev/core/core#5024

mhalano
mhalanoAuthor
August 4, 2022

Thanks, @1P_Ben. Could you keep us in the loop?

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
September 12, 2022

Thank you for the ask here, folks - and my apologies for the delayed reply. We'll make sure to loop back here with any relevant updates. 👍

mhalano
mhalanoAuthor
October 17, 2022

Do we have any update on this?

ag_mike_d
1Password Employee
October 18, 2022

Hello again @mhalano - We have no updates to share from the team related to support for Native Messaging with Snap Firefox. We'll be in touch when we do.

November 11, 2022

In the most recent Firefox update I got a pop-up with a question whether I want to allow 1password to communicate with Firefox.
I did press "yes", but nothing happened afterwards.
Did anyone else see it or am I tripping? If so, did it work for others?

Edit: I'm guessing this was a pop-up related to "native messaging" https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/call-for-testing-native-messaging-support-in-the-firefox-snap/31055/35 in firefox snap stable.

Still, as of now it doesn't work for me.

November 11, 2022

Same, the native messaging popup works and I can confirm it was accepted by running flatpak permissions webextensions, but 1password still does not connect to the extension.

Tried with prod and beta versions of 1password (installed from apt), and the Firefox extensions in Ubuntu Kinetic.

AliH1P
1Password Employee
November 14, 2022

Hi folks, thanks for the updates. While Firefox has added support for native messaging in the stable release, the integration between 1Password and Firefox Snap is not expected to work just yet.

We'll provide an update as soon as we have more to share.

Ali

February 13, 2023

It's been almost 1.5 years since Firefox team moved to snap distribution and integration isn't even in beta.

This is making seriously reconsider whether I want to recommend 1password to any of my friends or keep using it all – as far as I can tell neither keepass, nor bitwarden have these issues.

Is there any progress at all towards the integration? Any plans/roadmaps?