request: remember application approval for SSH agent

@truecarry Which version of 1Password for Windows are you using? We've recently made some improvements in this area.

I'm facing similar but opposite issue. Whenever I'm doing git fetch/push through vscode or Github Desktop, 1Password just silently shows red circle on tray icon(Windows). To sign commit I need to click tray icon, click on 'SSH Request waiting approval', and do it again right after to sign commit with my key. I guess github/vscode spawns new instances of git, so it triggers new confirmations. It would be great to atleast have some approval screens in that case, instead of hunting tray icon. Ideally 1Password should somehow understand that requests comes from same source and was authorized already.

We have made a bunch of improvements in this area. Prompts from background apps are now being silenced automatically to avoid unexpected interruptions, and you there's now a authorization model you can choose that's closer to the OpenSSH agent model.

Hi hughbiquitous:

While I can't share any specifics, we are working on making some improvements to this. Stay tuned.

Jack

Following. I'm experiencing the same thing but so far I haven't been able to nail down which locking event is messing up my expectations -- still working on that though. I'm hoping to have a situation where I can grant access to the SSH key once every 12 hours (or sooner if I restart IntelliJ).

Hi @sitepodmatt:

Thanks for your feedback on this. While I can't promise anything specifically, I'll share your thoughts with the team.

Jack

Is this on the roadmap? Highly frustating - Make this "Note that a newly started application will always ask to authorize." a checkbox rather than a forced mandate..

I tried those changes, and I was still getting prompted multiple times a day (i.e. every time I unlocked my machine). It was also annoying when I was writing something, and the prompt would take over my screen's focus.
I then turned it off.

At the moment, we don’t have a way to authorize an application “for life.” However there are settings to adjust the frequency.

Under Preferences -> Developer, you could set it to remember an application until it or 1Password quits.

Note that a newly started application will always ask to authorize.

Under Preferences -> Security -> Auto-lock, you can find 1Password lock settings.

As for the prompts interrupting you, we have something coming soon to help alleviate that!

I’d love to get your feedback on how it feels with these settings changed!

it would be helpful if you could collect and submit your SSH agent diagnostics

Sorry, i'm unable to provide this.

i'm constantly locking my computer when i leave it (coffee / bathroom / phone call). So having to confirm phpStorm / webStorm access to the SSH key again is terribly annoying.
Also, when i'm watching a movie, 1password's prompt is popping up for phpStorm over the movie - and for some reason not just once. It happened 3+ times (may have been different keys).

Overall, good thought having SSH keys in 1password: but real world, the prompts are overboard. As @sitepodmatt mentioned: the request should be once per app, and it's set for that app.

I can't recommend my company turn this on until it's matured, and i've turned it off now and gone back to the files.