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June 22, 2026

Chromium issue: Extension pop-up delayed or not opening

  • June 22, 2026
  • 14 replies
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When I click on the extension icon in the toolbar, it takes several seconds, and sometimes even minutes, for the extension panel to open. 

See here small clip where the panel takes 30 seconds to open: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H7opDLsXEolSc5YNzUdBeYB-tLDLSE_W/view?usp=sharing

The delay is inconsistent: Sometimes the panel opens after about 10 seconds, other times it takes 30 seconds, and occasionally it can take more than a minute!

I tried switching to a different Chrome profile and reinstalling Chrome. I also tested Chrome Beta channel, and the issue occurs there as well. 

It works fine on Firefox, Arc and Zen browsers. This only happens in Google Chrome. I'm using Mac OS. 

Pinned Reply By 1P_Dave

Hello folks, 

We’re aware of an issue in Chromium based browsers (like Chrome and Microsoft Edge) where 1Password can run into performance issues resulting in problems opening the pop-up from the toolbar or filling your login credentials. The issue has been reported to the Chromium team and we’re currently waiting for a fix: Extension action popups take 2-60s to open on macOS (minimal repro attached)

An easy way to tell if you’re running into this issue is to see if the same issue occurs with other third-party browser extensions. 

If, on your device, the issue only affects 1Password and not other browser extensions then please open a support ticket with our team by sending an email to support@1Password.com so that we can help further. 

-Dave

14 replies

1P_Gem
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
June 22, 2026

Hi @ephraimgrin, I'm sorry to hear that the extension is taking a long time to open in Chrome. 

I'd like to ask you to send in a couple of diagnostics reports, so our team can investigate further. If you don't have the desktop app installed, you can just send over one from the extension:

Attach the diagnostics to an email message addressed to: support@1password.com

With your email please include:

  • A link to this thread: https://www.1password.community/discussions/1password-work/chrome-extenson-pop-up-pannel-opening-with-several-delay/171347
  • Your forum username: ephraimgrin

 

You'll receive a reply with a Support ID number.  Please post that number here.  Thanks!

September 9, 2026

Hi, I have the same issue.. Any fix coming soon?
It makes it very frustrating to use 1password. 

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
September 9, 2026

​@fitzfoufou 

When you see the slowness opening 1Password, can you see if other extensions with a similar pop-up window (like Ublock Origin Lite for example) exhibit the same slowness? I’d like to know if the issue is only occurring for 1Password on your device or for other extension as well. 

-Dave

September 22, 2026

Hi ​@1P_Dave 

Sorry I took some time to respond because I couldn’t reproduce the issue, which shows it is not that frequent. Although I use 1password 3days a week only.

I have been able to reproduce the issue this morning and tested to see how other extensions behaved and indeed the other extensions are lagging too (I have tested with awesome Screen Recording and Adblock). Adblock took a long time to open and Awesome Screen Recording opened quickly but there were texts missing in the popup.

It’s quite bothering. Hopefully you can find a fix for this anyway.

Thanks in advance

Francois

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
September 22, 2026

​@fitzfoufou 

Thank you for the reply and for confirming that the issue also affects other browser extensions in Chrome. I suspect that you’re running into a known bug in Chromium browsers which we’ve reported to the Chromium team: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/549552319?pli=1

Hopefully a fix can be rolled out soon in a future version of Chrome to address this issue. 

-Dave

September 10, 2026

I am experiencing similar behaviour and first noticed it about a month or so ago. Sometimes closing and reopening Chrome helps, or leaving Chrome running for a few minutes before clicking the extension seems to help.

It’s quite frustrating, especially after a fresh reboot when you want to get working and the extension takes 10–30 seconds, or sometimes even longer, to open.

1P_Gem
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
September 11, 2026

Hi ​@ngx, I’m sorry to hear that you’re running into similar behaviour.

Could you let me know whether you’re seeing the same behaviour with any other extensions that have a similar pop up window, or whether this behaviour only impacts 1Password?

September 17, 2026

​@1P_Gem I’m having the same issue. Works fine on firefox and safari. I’ve tried reinstalling extension, I’ve tried beta release. It’s basically unusable on latest version of chrome. takes about 1-2 minutes to open. No other extensions have this issue. I’ve installed fresh on a new profile of chrome with no other extensions.

1P_Gem
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
September 18, 2026

Hi ​@builtbylane, I’m sorry to hear that you’re having the same issue with the Chrome extension, and thanks for confirming that no other extensions are affected.

Could you reproduce the issue and then send in some diagnostics reports, so our support team can take a closer look? If you don't have the desktop app installed, you can just send over one from the extension:

Attach the diagnostics to an email addressed to: support@1password.com 

With your email please include:

You'll receive a Support ID number. Post that here to help me join the dots. Thanks!

September 22, 2026

seems likely it’s related to this: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/549552319?pli=1

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1P_DavePinned
1Password Employee
September 22, 2026

Hello folks, 

We’re aware of an issue in Chromium based browsers (like Chrome and Microsoft Edge) where 1Password can run into performance issues resulting in problems opening the pop-up from the toolbar or filling your login credentials. The issue has been reported to the Chromium team and we’re currently waiting for a fix: Extension action popups take 2-60s to open on macOS (minimal repro attached)

An easy way to tell if you’re running into this issue is to see if the same issue occurs with other third-party browser extensions. 

If, on your device, the issue only affects 1Password and not other browser extensions then please open a support ticket with our team by sending an email to support@1Password.com so that we can help further. 

-Dave

September 24, 2026

This continues to be an issue. It’s very strange as there is both the password field pull down and the center screen login that effect one another. It’s bad UX design or implementation. I hope they get it fixed soon it’s super annoying. 

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
1Password Employee
September 24, 2026

​@Toku 

I’m sorry for the impact to your use of 1Password. Please see my post here for more details about the issue. 

-Dave