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rclp
New Contributor
3 years ago

[Bug] Password Strength shown is wrong

I moved to 1Password 8 (Mac), and the Watchtower score is a good incentive to revisit and improve my old passwords. So I went ahead and did just that. That's when I started noticing some inconsistencies.

For example, I have an item with a 10-character password (max the website accepts) that's shown as Excellent. I thought it was weird, since I had 20-character long passwords that were just "Very Good". So I copy-pasted this password into another item and... "Fair"?!

So, back to the original item. I thought maybe the username was also being taken into account (since it's a numeric username), so I switched it for my usual username, but the password still stayed as Excellent. I thought maybe there was a bug with this item, so I duplicated it, but the duplicated item also showed Excellent. Finally, I just went to Add Item > Login, copy-pasted the username, password and website (there's nothing more in the original item), named the item exactly the same, and the new item shows the password as Fair. There is absolutely no difference between the too, but one is Excellent, the other is Fair.

This is not the only item in my list with this issue.

Anyone knows what's going on? Known bug or something else?

Edit: I checked my Chrome extension and 1Password 8 Android app, they all show this password as Excellent.

1Password Version: 8.8.0
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: macOS 12.5.1
Browser:_ Not Provided

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3 Replies

  • rclp's avatar
    rclp
    New Contributor
    3 years ago

    Hi Jack_P_1P

    Thanks for the info. That's a good feature (in principle), given some websites simply don't allow us to use good passwords and it's kinda annoying having watchtower show them as fair or weak when they're already the best we may use. But having them use hidden metadata isn't great, as it's very confusing and very limited in usability (e.g. I have some terrible/weak passwords that are already the best I may use, yet this functionality didn't activate for them).

  • Jack_P_1P's avatar
    Jack_P_1P
    Icon for 1Password Team rank1Password Team
    3 years ago

    Hi rclp:

    Thanks for bringing this up. The short version is that when 1Password generates the password, it is able to save some details about the password generation process in the item. If that password is then copied and pasted into a new item, 1Password no longer has the information about the password generation process, so the rating for the password may not be exactly accurate.

    Jack

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member
    3 years ago

    V8 is not a viable product. It was overhyped by CEO after lots of investments came in. The whole community is upset about lots of critical features missing. your issue is sadly the least problematic one. No statement from CEO or company except that they are putting those issues on a list without any guarantee when and IF they will ever be sold. I usually dont register to community forums of products, specially as i usually like the products i pay for but V7 to V8 has been a downgrade and its making lots of problems