Question

Feature Request: Immediately lock 1Password after each use

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
September 8, 2025
2 replies
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Once 1Password is unlocked, passkeys can be used without additional biometric authentication. If someone accesses my unlocked laptop before the auto-lock timer triggers, and given that passkeys replace both passwords and 2FA, they would have full access to all my accounts.

I know the auto-lock timer can be set to 1 minute, but given how important passkeys is, per-use authentication would greatly enhance security. And biometric unlock makes accessing 1Password basically zero friction for the user, so it would be fine having to do it each time I want to unlock 1Password.

Would it be possible to have an auto-lock immediately after each use?

Environment:

1Password for Mac 8.11.8
1Password Browser Extension for Chrome 8.11.8.40

1P_SimonH

Community Manager

Hi @ddadon,

We have some new unlock options in the beta of the Mac version. Would the Strict setting below meet your needs? If so, you could switch to the beta version now and have access to it immediately or if you don't want to run beta software, it will arrive to the production version when the testing is concluded.

ddadonAuthor

Hi @1P_SimonH ,

Thanks for the quick answer :)

I updated to the Beta Channel to test that feature but it does not meet my need.

What I would like is to enforce biometric authentication when I use passkey. If my 1Password is unlocked then anybody with access to my computer could use my passkeys without any password or biometric challenge. (You can see that just clicking "Sign in" here does not require any authentication)

One way to do that would be to automatically have 1Password locked after each use. Or at least have a way to enforce that just for passkeys.

Does that make sense?

1P_SimonH

Community Manager

Hi @ddadon 👋

That does make sense, sorry to make you repeat yourself! I don't believe there's currently a way to achieve what you're looking for, but I've submitted feedback to the Product team that this is something you'd find valuable.

ref: PB-50666636

ddadonAuthor

All good!

Got it, thanks for your answer :)

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