Safari extension still very slow to unlock :-\

I have this issue too on my (fairly old but still good enough for me) Mac mini 2012 running Catalina. I wonder if the developers are all working on the latest super-fast M1 powered Macs and haven't seen how slow it is on older models?

Another related issue is that when I get the prompt to Open 1Password in the password field popup, the first click does nothing and I have to click it again to get the 1Password app to appear/launch/come to the front. I put my password in and the app closes, but it takes a long time for the Safari field to notice that it is unlocked and offer some logins. The whole process takes much longer than the same process in 1Password 7, which was instantaneous.