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Copy secret reference (using ID values)
This applies to all platforms (not just Mac), but I didn't see a community category for "all platforms", so I'm choosing Mac because it seems to have the highest user activity Perhaps I've missed some documentation, but I don't find a way to copy a https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/secrets-reference-syntax/ using the desktop app. This seems like a basic and essential task during development. What I want is this format: op://vault_id/item_id/section_id/field_id or if the value isn't in a section: op://vault_id/item_id/field_id How can I do that easily — and get a secret reference defined by ID values (which should be immutable — vs. name values which can be modified)? More context: I find some ways to construct the URL manually (but this is not ideal): A URL can be copied which includes the vault and item ID among other query parameters: I get one in a format like this: https://start.1password.com/open/i?v={VAULT_ID}&i={ITEM_ID} However, that's not enough as it doesn't include the section/field, and would need to be manually edited or processed by other tooling as an additional step to get the required output. I can also use "Copy item UUID" and then paste that as an argument to a manually-typed CLI command to get much more than what's needed: % op --format=json item get x5k2wndiih6cmw2rugl7ol442i { "id": "x5k2wndiih6cmw2rugl7ol442i", // --- snip --- "vault": { "id": "{REDACTED_VAULT_ID}", // --- snip --- }, // --- snip --- "fields": [ // --- snip --- { "id": "credential", "type": "CONCEALED", "label": "credential", "value": "abc123", "reference": "op://{REDACTED_VAULT_NAME}/API Credential/credential" }, // --- snip --- ] } However, this still involves either manually copying+pasting IDs or using other tooling to parse and create the required output. The JSON does include a reference value for the target field, but the reference is built using names, which isn't satisfactory for the reasons described previously. For the example above, what I want to copy to the clipboard is the following (where {VAULT_ID} is replaced by the actual vault ID): op://{VAULT_ID}/x5k2wndiih6cmw2rugl7ol442i/credential I think that if the boolean option is enabled at Settings > Advanced > Show debugging tools: then there should be an option to copy a complete ID-based secret reference for every field in its contextual menu: This is a re-posting of previous issue — the 1Password team stopped responding and it was closed without comment: https://1password.community/discussion/139642/copy-secret-reference-using-id-values 1Password Version: 8.10.48 Extension Version: Not Provided OS Version: macOS 15.0.1 Browser: Not Provided
Passkey algorithm support
Recently I began a passkey integration and I'm using 1password to test things out. There are a great deal of passkey algorithms that exist: https://www.iana.org/assignments/cose/cose.xhtml#algorithms Unfortunately it seems like if I remove all the "Recommended: No" and "Recommended: Deprecated" ones, I am unable to get 1password to generate a passkey. It gives me a somewhat opaque "1password encountered a problem" in the passkey dialogue after I click Save, and it seems to fall back to the browser which prompts me for a security key. I see this in the console log: PortOpener: passkey-save-prompt/XXXXXX received error: "create-passkey-failed" The algorithms I chose in order to be more secure based on the recommendations on that page and what I'm able to support in my server: PS384 PS512 RS256 RS384 RS512 The "deprecated" algorithm I added to make the error go away, and allow 1password to correctly function: ES256 Is there anywhere to find the full list of passkey algorithms 1password supports so I can try to come up with a good list to use on the server-side? Ideally it wouldn't contain deprecated ones.Investigating "op" CLI + Ansible Integration Issues
Regarding the recent issues with the Ansible plugin for 1Password CLI. We're aware of the current issues affecting usage of op CLI with community.general.onepassword in Ansible, especially around session sharing and repeated auth prompts in Linux environments. Our team is actively investigating and working on a fix. We appreciate your patience while we work through the edge cases. If a workaround is found before the fix is issued, we will follow up with that information. Stay tuned. To learn more about what is happening, you can follow this thread over on our Developer Slack channel. Thanks Phil & the 1Password team.
'op read' mistreats binary content
I wanted to write a command for git crypt unlock <FILE>, but since the command requires file as input and I was figuring out how to get content of attachment, I first tried it with op read 'op://<my-vault>//git-crypt.key' > git-crypt.key. Then, trying to unlock with now stored key, I was met with error "not a valid git-crypt key file". After some investigation, I found out that the stored key is slightly modified. This seem to happen when: The content is at least partially binary The content contains some invalid Unicode sequences or certain control characters The content is directly redirected into a file using > operator It seems that ascii-only content isn't affected. The binary content is also not affected when it's being piped into another process (e.g. op read 'op://<my-vault>/<my-item>/git-crypt.key' | cat > git-crypt.key - extra cat in the pipeline helps op store the contents correctly). What also works correctly is git crypt unlock <(op read -n ...) as it also creates a inter-process pipe. Since there's quite glaring occurrence of ef bf bd, which is a Unicode replacement character (�), and sequence 594f 7f63 is transformed to just 594f 63.. (7f being a DELETE control character), it seems that the content undergoes some UTF-8 decoding/processing. This is bit confusing as it's neither documented, nor is there any -b | --binary option to control this behavior. # Create a binary file and upload it to 1Password > dd if=/dev/urandom of=binary-data bs=1 count=32 # Fetch the attachment from 1Password using CLI > op read -n 'op://<my-vault>/Test/binary-data' > binary-data-redirected-to-file > op read -n 'op://<my-vault>/Test/binary-data' | cat > binary-data-piped-through-cat # Print content > hexxy -n binary-data 0000000: 00c6 773b 1963 95f1 6dc5 1bb6 bdde 4946 ..w;.c..m.....IF 0000010: 9f0e 594f 7f63 b6ed 2392 f9e1 91b3 abfc ..YO.c..#....... > hexxy -n binary-data-redirected-to-file 0000000: efbf bd77 3b63 efbf bdef bfbd 6def bfbd ...w;c......m... 0000010: efbf bdef bfbd efbf bd49 46ef bfbd 594f .........IF...YO 0000020: 63ef bfbd efbf bd23 efbf bdef bfbd e191 c......#........ 0000030: b3ef bfbd efbf bd ....... > hexxy -n binary-data-piped-through-cat 0000000: 00c6 773b 1963 95f1 6dc5 1bb6 bdde 4946 ..w;.c..m.....IF 0000010: 9f0e 594f 7f63 b6ed 2392 f9e1 91b3 abfc ..YO.c..#....... Rant on the side: Not being able to use <code> tag on forum is bit dumb.
Connection reset when `podman login` runs `op`
I've set up a https://linuskarlsson.se/blog/podman-credential-helpers/ which runs `op read 'op://[redacted]'` internally. When I run the helper program in a terminal it works fine, prompts for the password if necessary, and prints the credentials. But when running `podman login` in the same terminal it fails with the following error: [ERROR] 2025/07/23 16:22:20 could not read secret 'op://[redacted]': error initializing client: connecting to desktop app: read: connection reset, make sure 1Password CLI is installed correctly, then open the 1Password app, select 1Password > Settings > Developer and make sure the 'Integrate with 1Password CLI' setting is turned on. If you're still having trouble connecting, visit https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/app-integration#troubleshooting for more help. I've verified that the setting is turned on (running the helper program directly wouldn't work otherwise). I'm running `op` version 2.31.0.
