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April 22, 2022
Question

Excessive SSH Key Requests

  • April 22, 2022
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I really like the SSH key feature. Since some of my apps will try to make github connections using my SSH key in the background even when I'm not actively in front of my computer, I am frequently encountering the very frustrating problem of having to dismiss dozens of dialogs asking to allow for SSH key access when I return.

It is very likely that I would stop using this feature if this isn't addressed somehow.

Thanks!


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37 replies

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 4, 2022

Thank you for these reports, folks. I can appreciate your observations here and am passing them along to the appropriate team! 🔑

ref: dev/core/core#14789

May 16, 2022

It seems less excessive now in 1Password for Mac 8.8.0, but now "GitHub Desktop" completely gives up and says "authentication failed". I have to restart the app regularly.

What I would like to see to resolve this problem is - configuring "session duration" for SSH keys seperate to 1Password's auto-lock.

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 18, 2022

Hi @adrianb93, thanks for these details. I've passed them on to our developers so they can consider this. I appreciate knowing how this is working in the current version for you, and what you'd like us to improve!

June 1, 2022

I am seeing the issue on macOS Monterey Version 12.4 (21F79) with 1Password for Mac 8.7.0, 80700098, on PRODUCTION channel

I think a good solution would be for 1P to silently fail the requests for SSH keys if the Mac is asleep, locked, or running screensaver.

1P_PeterG
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 1, 2022

Hi folks, this should now be improved with today's release: 8.7.1. If you'd like to give it a try, we'd love to know if this resolves the issue for you!

https://releases.1password.com/

June 3, 2022

Hey, I'm running 1Password for Mac 8.8.0 (80800119) and it's still occurring. I started recording after dismissing ~8 of these. I started moving the mouse at the end just so it didn't look like a loop https://share.cleanshot.com/tH3EofGyCDmYCLWdkNKl

June 6, 2022

Same here still occurring with 80800119: https://1password.community/discussion/130522/cannot-unlock-the-app-while-it-is-repeating-asking-allow-access-from-ssh-agents

June 7, 2022

I found another consequence of this issue. When the "Allow Access" popup is open and I terminate the 1password app using the tray icon, it crashes. I think this crash began to happen in 80800119.

June 7, 2022

Here is my crash log: https://gist.github.com/achimnol/7c5264abd5ea77dd08b7693486a75467

June 10, 2022

@alihamze and @achimnol, the issue of having a stack of authorization prompts show up at once should be resolved in the latest nightly. Let us know if you still encounter excessive prompting after updating.