I don't understand the "New" autosave for logins and the extension keeps telling me about it.

gct3o

So apparently a new feature was rolled out called Autosave for Logins. I am not sure how this differs from what had priorly existed. Now I keep being told about the new autosave feature and nothing I do seems to get this notification to stop appearing, on all of my devices.

It is not at all clear how this "new" feature differs from what existed. Thought it seems that automatically filling in credentials is one apparent benefit. I am used to what existed. I used 1Password to add my login credentials for websites. But it did it pasted them in when I "asked" it to do so and then I hit enter to submit them to the website. The app would also determine if the credentials were new or changed and prompt me to add or update my logins in 1Password. I absolutely do not want to have my credentials submitted automatically. It just feels like too much can go wrong.

I am also told that I can modify the autosave features. When I do view these settings I can see nothing that tells me how I can keep the app behaviors the way it was prior to the AutoSave feature because all the settings sound like what it used to do.

Hopefully I have described my issue.

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1Password Version: 8.10.36
Extension Version: 2.25.1
OS Version: 14.5
Browser: Safari

EvonG1P

Hello, @gct3o. Thank you for writing in.

With the Autosave feature, 1Password in the browser now offers to save your pre-existing logins automatically. Before the Autosave feature, the credentials had to be manually saved. If you're entering login credentials that do not match your current Login item or the credentials aren't in your vault yet, it will pop up and ask you to save it. Here's a screenshot for reference:

You can toggle off the Autosave and Autosubmit features in the 1Password extension settings. Here's how:

1. Open your browser.
2. Right-click the 1Password icon in your browser's toolbar and select the Settings option.
3. In the Autofill & save section, toggle off Sign in automatically after autofill and Offer to save logins.

You mentioned:

Now I keep being told about the new autosave feature and nothing I do seems to get this notification to stop appearing, on all of my devices.

Did you get this notification after clearing Safari's history/cache? If you clear Safari's history or use a private tab, the notification may appear consistently in the 1Password extension pop-over because its settings are stored in the browser's history.

I look forward to your reply.

-Evon

gct3o

Hi Evan,
Thanks for the explanation it helps, some.
First - this issue with the messages popping up. No I have not cleared history or cache. I am not sure when the latest OS or app updates occurred. Are you using cookies to preserve the information that determines when to display this notification?

Previous to this new feature I had problems where I used 1PW to generate a password which was apparently saved only to see it was rejected by the website which had weird rules about the structure of the password. So I am forced to back out of the process and go back and change the password generation settings and create a new password. These problems resulted in lost passwords and headaches getting into websites. So I do much of this not using 1PW automations and frequently not using the extension to avoid these issues.

Does the new feature change how 1PW works in this context? Does it detect password rejections or better yet the rules a website imposes on passwords? Does it provide the ability to easily change how a password is generated in order to correct the rejections?

Also is autosubmitting passwords a new feature as well?

ag_tommy

Auto-save should help catch any logins that folks occasionally missed saving. We save the last used method of password generation and use that on subsequent uses.

Auto-submit is indeed new.