Password re-assesed from "Fantastic" to "Terrible" by Watchtower

Hi @jmach_jim, I'm sorry you ran into trouble with password strength indicator (and Watchtower alert). This is something we worked hard on in 1Password 8, but there are a few cases where we still run into problems. Let me explain…

To keep 1Password responsive, we record the strength of your password when you change it (either by using our Strong Password Generator or by entering your own password). Doing this means that we don't have to re-calculate the strength of each Item's password every time you unlock the app. However, if (for example) an old version of 1Password had a bug that prevented a password change from also recording the correct password strength, you'd end up with an item whose actual password strength was quite different from the indicated strength.

I'm not 100% sure if such a bug existed in previous versions of 1Password, but it's certainly possible via some edge case.

As you've already discovered, getting things back in line is fairly straightforward:
1. Edit the item and change the password to something else (even a one-letter change is fine)
2. Save the item
3. Edit the item again and change the password back, if desired, and save

That will record the correct password strength and should also do away with the Watchtower alert.

Sorry for the inconvenience, please let us know if those steps don't work for you, or if you run into any more trouble 💜