No prompt for passkeys

Hi all,

I am not sure if I have selected the right category to ask this question so I apologize if I haven't.

I have a Google account and I have saved the login credentials for it in 1Password. I was notified that I can enable a passkey for that account so I did. I followed the instructions carefully and enabled it, and when I signed out of my account and immediately signed back into it, the browser prompted me for the passkey (instead of the password) - which is great. However, when I closed the browser, re-opened it and then try to sign back into my Google account, it no longer prompted me for my passkey. Instead the first thing it asked me was my password! I have to manually click "Try another way" and then select Passkeys for the passkey prompt to appear. When I enter the password, Google informs me that I could use passkeys instead and when I go to the next step, it acknowledges that I have a passkey already set up. So why isn't it using passkeys instead?

I was told that Passkeys serve as an alternative to passwords and 2FA so I disabled 2FA. But this might be a mistake given that it appears a malicious actors could simply gain access to my account by using password instead (since that is still an option) thus bypassing passkeys.

Is there something I missed? Any advice would be nice.

I suspect the culprit is when I close the browser, it automatically clears everything e.g., history, cookies, cache and all that.

Thanks

1Password Version: 8.10.23
Extension Version: 2.18.2
OS Version: Windows 11 Pro
Browser: Firefox