Linux app crashes on startup after 8.12.24 update
I've been using the deb package distribution for 1Password on Linux for a long time. The latest 8.12.24 deb package introduces a regression that causes the application to crash immediately upon opening the window with an `Illegal instruction (core dumped)` error.
Running `/usr/bin/1password` from the terminal reveals the root cause, a strict sandbox/thread initialization failure tied to a VA-API version mismatch:
/usr/bin/1password --log=trace
...
[205370:0624/145107.193054:FATAL:sandbox/linux/services/thread_helpers.cc:104] Current process is not mono-threaded! (iterations: 30)
[205265:0624/145107.283888:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:999] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=133
[205443:0624/145107.296002:ERROR:media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc:1680] Installed VAAPI version is too old. min supported version: 1.17 installed version: 1.14
[205443:0624/145108.445056:FATAL:sandbox/linux/services/thread_helpers.cc:104] Current process is not mono-threaded! (iterations: 30)
[205265:0624/145108.536510:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:999] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=133
[205265:0624/145108.536532:FATAL:content/browser/gpu/gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc:417] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
ERROR 2026-06-24T18:51:08.677+00:00 ThreadId(18) [1P:op-crash-reporting/src/crash_handler.rs:271] Failed to prepare for requesting dump
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
Through a lot of trial and error, I found a temporary but seemingly undocumented flag that can launch the app as a workaround: adding `--disable-gpu-sandbox` seems to resolve the crash and allows the app to function normally. The documented `--no-gpu` flag did not actually help and seems to have no effect on this crash. I confirmed my VA-API version is 1.14 like the error says:
$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.14.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_14
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.14 (libva 2.12.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel(R) Gen Graphics - 22.3.1 ()
I'm running on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS with all current stable package updates applied. Pop!_OS 22.04 is basically a fork of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy" and I believe should work unless you've dropped support for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Please look into making the GPU sandbox more resilient to older system VA-API libraries in the Electron build, gracefully falling back without hard-crashing, or yanking the 8.12.24 release and provide the old package.