Watchtower flags a password as "Weak" but it says that it's "Very Good" next to it.

Proggie
Proggie
Community Member
edited August 2021 in Desktop betas (Mac, Windows, and Linux)

The password is 8 random characters (uppercase, a number and a punctuation). This is the same issue for several such accounts/passwords.

1Password Version: 8.2.0-44.BETA
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Mac 11.5

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  • Blake
    Blake

    Apologies for the late response @Proggie!

    Could you provide a screenshot of the discrepancy you're seeing there? Please make sure to redact any personal info if so.

  • Proggie
    Proggie
    Community Member

  • rpallred
    rpallred
    Community Member
    edited September 2021

    I just checked and I have several exactly like that as well as several that show "good" despite being flagged as weak:

  • Ben
    Ben

    Hi folks,

    Thank you for reporting this. We have an issue filed regarding the incongruence. This is a result of the 'password strength' (ps value) metadata, which is saved as part of the item, is outdated. The metadata is used by the password strength indicator, but not by Watchtower. Watchtower looks at the actual contents of the password instead. As a result this means that currently Watchtower is going to be a more reliable and accurate source. If it has flagged a password as weak we would encourage you to change it to a new one generated by 1Password regardless of what the strength indicator says.

    Hopefully we can get this fixed up soon.

    Ben

    ref: dev/core/core#8784

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