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April 15, 2024
Question

Losing connection with Safari

  • April 15, 2024
  • 15 replies
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Regularly 1Password looses contact with Safari – at least weekly.

I get the message to reconnect 1Password but after clicking that, it reconnects but doesn't really work until I restart Safari. The 1Password popup in the window title bar works again, but the one in the fields doesn't and neither will autofill. Menu bar 1Password also won't autofill.


1Password Version: 8.10.28
Extension Version: 2.22.1
OS Version: 14.4.1
Browser: Safari

15 replies

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
June 12, 2024

Unfortunately, yes, for us, this is a bug on the Safari side and we can't easily work around that. We have some logic to overcome by asking 1Password to fully quit and restart once the update is complete, but it's not perfect since 1Password does not have permissions to terminate and relaunch Safari.

We are working with Apple to determine how we are able to improve this behavior for future updates where you'll be prompted to also relaunch Safari. In the meantime, fully quitting both Safari and 1Password should remedy the issue for you.

June 15, 2024

That's good that ya'll have a strong partnership with Apple but it's been over a year. Seems like Apple is not willing to work with your team on a solid resolution? This is one of the reasons people can't use Safari. I want to use Safari but Apple places obstacles along the way. Safari is over 21 years old now, right? And people are still struggling with obstacles and conflicting bugs even with one of the best-selling apps on the Apple Store. I've been using 1Password for around 14 years but it seems like it has always conflicted with the workflow in Safari.

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
June 15, 2024

Thanks for the feedback I've passed it to the team.

July 9, 2024

+1 to this

I have the issue happening almost daily, or every other day, so it's not app / extension update related. To resolve, I need to disable and re-enable the "Connect with 1Password in the browser" check box in the main app. I'm on the latest version of app / extension / Safari and as someone else has mentioned, this has been happening for months now. Hoping for a resolution asap as it's driving me nuts.

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
July 10, 2024

@Ind3X

If you use the nightly you may see this more often due to the nighty updates. You may want to touch base with our technical team. If you're so inclined email us using support+forum@1password.com. Be sure to use the email address tied to the account in question.