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After inactivity the ssh agent is not running
I am using 1P8 on macOS and I enabled the SSH agent as instructed, so I can sign and authenticate with SSH keys that are stored in 1P. This works when 1P ran recently. When the computer is idle for a while, and 1P is being locked and not used for a while. The terminal fails to use the agent for git sign and git pushing.
The error is: "error: Could not connect to socket. Is the agent running?"
I have to manually open 1P to get it back to work. This is a little annoying.
Some relevant settings:
- "Keep 1P in the menu bar" unchecked.
- "Start at login" checked.
- "Unlock with Touch ID" checked.
- "Auto lock on sleep" checked.
- "Use the SSH agent" checked.
- "Ask approval for each new application and terminal session until 1P locks".
- "Connect with 1P CLI" unchecked.
Thank you.
1Password Version: 8.9.15
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: macOS 13.2
Browser:_ Not Provided
5 Replies
Jack_P_1P1Password Team
Hi @Darland:
Yes please. Thank you!
Jack
- Jack_P_1P
Hi @raphaelcp:
That definitely isn't the experience we want you to have when using 1Password SSH agent. I'd like to ask you to create a diagnostics report from your Mac:
Sending Diagnostics Reports (Mac)
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- A link to this thread: https://1password.community/discussion/137752/after-inactivity-the-ssh-agent-is-not-running#latest
- Your forum username:
raphaelcp
You should receive an automated reply from our BitBot assistant with a Support ID number. Please post that number here. Thanks very much!
