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1Password Chrome Plugin (Windows) and Switching Profiles in Google Chrome

maskoficarus
maskoficarus
Community Member
in 1Password 4 for Windows

I'm running into an issue while attempting to log in to my Google account in Chrome. I'm referring to the account available by going to Settings > People, not the profile when logging in to Gmail. Google Chrome opens a pop-up window over top of the rest of the browser asking for my username and password. 1Password can't automatically fill in the password, which is fine. I usually copy and paste in the password. At this point, I run into my problem. When I press the Sign in button, 1Password prompts me to save the password I just entered. The problem with this is that it tries to associate the password with whatever website I have open, and it forces the Google Profile login window to close. The web address it is trying to save is always wrong, but I don't want to say "never for this site" because most of the time I'm on a valid website. When I re-open the Google Profile pop-up, it has restarted and prompts me for my password again.

TL;DR: The 1Password Chrome extension prevents me from logging in to my Google profile in Chrome.

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  • Ben
    Ben

    Hi @maskoficarus

    Does this only affect Chrome profiles that are associated with Google accounts? I just tested using multiple profiles but I was never asked for a password, and don't see where I could establish one, other than to link to my Google account.

    Please let me know.

    Ben

  • maskoficarus
    maskoficarus
    Community Member

    Hi @bwoodruff. Thank you for the response.

    Yes, this only appears to apply to profiles associated with Google accounts. I disconnect my Google account when I done (On a shared computer) from the Settings menu. I am able to switch profiles without logging in, including switching back to my Google account. However, bookmarks won't sync until I log in again.

    The easiest workflow I could find to reproduce using a Google Account Profile was:

    • Open Chrome Settings (Triple bar > Settings)
    • Press the "Disconnect your Google Account" button.
    • Press the "Disconnect Account" prompt button.
    • Press the "Sign in to Chrome" button that now appears where the disconnect button previously was. You'll get the same sign-in window.

    I did notice that the problem is slightly avoided in that 1Password will allow me to never save my password for the chrome://settings page, giving me a safe web address to log in to Chrome from.

  • maskoficarus
    maskoficarus
    Community Member

    Update: I found a workaround.

    I went into the chrome flags screen (chrome://flags/#enable-account-consistency) and disabled account consistency. Afterwards, the prompt to log in to Chrome is now within the main browser window, rather than a pop-up.

  • Ben
    Ben

    Excellent. Thanks for the update. :)

  • svondutch
    svondutch
    1Password Alumni

    I usually copy and paste in the password. At this point, I run into my problem. When I press the Sign in button, 1Password prompts me to save the password I just entered. The problem with this is that it tries to associate the password with whatever website I have open, and it forces the Google Profile login window to close. The web address it is trying to save is always wrong, but I don't want to say "never for this site" because most of the time I'm on a valid website.

    @maskoficarus auto-save should ignore the Chrome sign-in popup window. Fixed in 4.1.0.BETA-540

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