Search results - extra stuff?
So, I did a quick search for "pal" for a Paypal password. Works, but recently another result has started showing up that doesn't have 'pal' in the record at all. Any thoughts as to why I'm getting an extra result? No real harm, but...
1Password Version: 1Password 7 Version 7.9.2 (70902004)
Extension Version: 2.2.3
OS Version: 11.6.2
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The king arthur password does not contain the string "pal" (that was the first thing I checked).
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The plot thickens. 😄 If you create a new item and input the same details (title, username, password, website), does the new item also appear in the search results for "pal"?
Ben
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Hi - just getting back to this (busy work weeks)
If I duplicate the King Arthur item, then the duplicate shows up in the "pal" search.
if I create a new item, copy and paste all the fields into the new entry. The new entry does not show up in a "pal" search.
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I may have some insight... I was having trouble finding a login, so I entered as the search term an old password, and found the login - even though that old password wasn't in the current record at all. I'm not sure that's good or bad, but it might explain the results from my original posting
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Curses - no, the "PAL" string was not in password history. It was a nice thought. (DOES search search password history, or was that a fluke).
Still leaves our puzzle....
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If creating a new item and copy+pasting the data over (then deleting the original item) results in this behavior not happening, that is likely the quickest/easiest solution here. If you want to dig deeper, we can, but at this stage it is unlikely the search behavior in 1Password 7 is going to change, regardless of what we find.
If you would like to dig deeper, here is what I'd recommend:
- Open 1Password > Preferences > Advanced and enable the Copy JSON option
- Right click on the item in question in 1Password's item list and choose the Copy JSON option [note: this will put all of the data about this item, including the password, on your system clipboard]
- Open a plain-text editor such as BBEdit
- Paste
- Cmd+F and search for
pal
This could give you some idea of where in the item this text is coming from. I hope that helps!
Ben
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Dunno. Only instance of pal is in the json tag drupal_name. would that count? :)
{"value":"JohnMc","id":"drupal_name;opid=__8","name":"drupal_name","type":"T"}
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Yep; that seems to explain it. That would be form data that was captured from the web form when saving the item using the 1Password browser extension. 👍🏻 That also explains why duplicating the item doesn't change anything (the duplicate would retain this data), but creating a new item manually does (a manually created item wouldn't have captured form field information).
Ben
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Cool. Does seem to be a bit of a bug though, from a user point of view. Can we get this on the 'long term lets see if we can address this' backlog?
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