Not locking 1Password8 on browser close

Fedup With the "Connect with 1Password in the browser" option enabled, the browser extension will only lock when 1Password desktop app locks. If the browser is closed and re-opened and the 1Password desktop app is unlocked, the extension is automatically unlocked. Also, with the connection enabled, when opening the extension, you will be prompted to unlock in the desktop app instead of in the extension.

It sounds like what may have happened is the first time you closed and re-opened the browser, the app was still unlocked and then second time it was not.

In 1Password 8, under Preferences > Security, there are a few options where this behavior can be changed. For example, reducing the time to lock when idle. There is not currently an option to immediately lock when the browser connection is broken.

Sorry but it has been a long week here.

The reason why I wrote this was as I had explained I believed that 1Password never locked itself when only using the extension and not having the app loaded. Before I wrote the initial post in this thread I closed the browser and then started it back up. 1Password extension remained unlocked so I posted here.

I just now closed the browser and opened it back up and this time the 1Password extension was locked and I had to enter the password. This is what I always would want to happen. I do not know if the experience earlier today was a blip or what but I will have to keep an eye on 1Password and see whether it behaves itself.

All of the above was without 1Password app running.

P.S. What does 1Password mean "when the computer locks"? This computer does not hibernate nor sleep. Nor does the Windows lock screen come on when the monitor blanks out due to inactivity. In this case, does the computer actually lock?

Hi Fedup, I think I know what's going on here.

Newer versions of 1Password have a "shared lock state" between the desktop app (1Password for Windows, in your case) and the browser extension.

Given that your security settings currently tell 1Password not to lock when the computer locks, and not to lock after system idle time, it sounds like what happened is something like this:

1. Turn on computer, do not open 1Password for Windows
2. Open browser and unlock 1Password for your browser there
3. Shared lock state maintains continuity in lock settings between apps, so that setting is functionally "do not lock 1PW"
4. Exit browser
5. Re-open browser - same setting still applies.

Does that make sense?

If you would like it to lock in this scenario, I do think adjusting the "lock when computer locks" setting would be a good idea. Let me know what you think! 😀