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Former Member
4 years agoFeature Request: Support Universal Autofill in apps created using WebCatalog
Long time 1Password user here!
Universal Autofill — one of the hands-down best features of version 8 — stopped working for me in most of my apps due to this change in https://releases.1password.com/mac/8.7/#1password-for-mac-8.7.1: We now verify the code signature of apps before we allow filling using Universal Autofill.
I use over 20 site-specific browser apps (SSBs) created with https://webcatalog.io/webcatalog/. These were all working in 8.7.0, but are now all broken in the later releases of 1Password. I can't describe how hugely disappointing this is, first the joy of having the feature, and then having it taken away without providing an alternative. Universal Autofill really is "magic" and so, so useful. It's a "killer feature".
I have also tested other SSB applications and can confirm this change in 1Password has broken Universal Autofill in them as well. This includes both https://www.bzgapps.com/coherence and https://www.bzgapps.com/unite from https://www.bzgapps.com.
I emailed the BZG and WebCatalog teams, and they confirmed that their apps are indeed signed, so it is something to do with how 1Password verifies the signatures.
I'm just leaving this here for the 1Password team to pick up, with the hope that an appropriate solution can be found (quickly) to restore the feature (even an option to turn off signature verification with a warning would be better), and for anyone else who went through hours of trying to configure accessibility options inside macOS and reinstalling applications only to discover that 1Password quietly removed the feature in an update and without much warning!!
Big love to all the 1Password team.
1Password Version: 8.7.3
Extension Version: 2.3.7
OS Version: macOS 12.4
Browser:_ n/a
37 Replies
- 1P_Dave
Moderator
@br_
Thank you for the request! Can you provide some examples of the ad-hoc signed apps that you'd personally like to use Universal Autofill with so that I can pass those along to the team?
As of version 8.10.22, you can now use Universal Autofill to fill into Safari Web Apps. 🙂
-Dave
- Former Member
I just want to +1 this and voice my interest in support for autofilling on adhoc-signed apps.
- 1P_Dave
Moderator
@ianjukes
I've merged your threads together so that we can keep the conversation in the same place.
-Dave
- Former Member
Cross referencing this comment for those following this discussion. Looks like Sonoma will launch next week without 1Password supporting Apple's own implementation of standalone web apps as well. 😔
https://1password.community/discussion/comment/695490
- Former Member
Hi 1p_jac -- thank you for the very quick answer, however this is massively disappointing. This might be the final thing that makes me drop my 1Password subscription. I've been a paying customer for over a decade, but the ongoing lack of support for standalone browsers (WebCatalog, Coherence X4, Unite -- and now Apple's own implementation) is baffling. I've been given the "app code signatures" explanation again-and-again for over a year without any word on a solution or a different approach. I have suggested an option that allows us as customers to downgrade the security, a simple checkbox option in the preferences that allows the app code signature check to be overridden -- even with a strong warning -- would be preferable. Really disappointed.
- 1p_jac
1Password Team
Hi @ianjukes
Safari Web Apps coming in macOS Sonoma doesn't quite work with Universal AutoFill at this time. Universal Autofill fills in your login items if the app code signatures match, which can be an issue with Safari Web Apps since these web apps are ad-hoc signed that lack the cryptographic proof needed to back up their validity.
Our development team are actively working on what can be done to improve this so that Universal AutoFill can be filled into Safari Web Apps on Sonoma. So I'd recommend keeping 1Password updated and checking out our 1Password Releases for any changes regarding this:
- How to keep 1Password up to date
- 1Password Releases
- Use 1Password beta releases - Former Member
Is there any information on 1Password universal autofill interoperability with the new standalone "web apps" that Safari can create in Sonoma? Will this work?
Has anyone tried this in the Sonoma betas?
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Browser: Not Provided - Former Member
@wey -- Thank you thank you for chipping in your comments. I'm a total 1Password evangelist as well, but I feel like this issue has been overlooked as niche, but I know for sure there are lots of others who have the same issue, but just don't comment. So thank you. 😊
- 1P_Dave
Moderator
@wey
Welcome to the community! 😊
Thank you for the feedback, I've passed along your request and comments to the team internally.
-Dave
- Former Member
1P_Dave 1P_Tommy I made a community account just to comment on this. I've loved 1Password ever since I switched over from Dashlane and evangelize it to friends and colleagues!
The only single complaint I have is the lack of support for working with WebCatalog.As a software engineer, I get it -- backlogs get swamped, tickets accumulate and pile up. On the other hand, the work needed to support this feature (allow ad-hoc signatures) is like a 1/2 pointer, maybe 3 points if you factor in user warning modals, writing tests, and manual testing.
I would really love to see this feature get implemented as it's the only stain on an otherwise spectacular product!