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1Password 8.10.7 Mac locks when window closed
1Password is locking when I close the window (red X button). If I just hide the window (yellow — button) it remains unlocked.
This is a new behavior, perhaps coincidentally after returning from several days away from home. Previously, closing the window left 1Password unlocked.
I see nothing in Settings that would affect this behavior.
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- 1P_Dave
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@stoker
Thank you for the feedback. We do have an internal work item open to look into creating separate options to control when 1Password is in the menu bar and to keep 1Password running when all windows are closed and I've added your comments there so that our developers are aware that you'd like to see the change made.
For now, if you disable "Keep 1Password in the menu bar" and then close the main window, all of 1Password's background processes will quit as well. When all of 1Password's processes quit the app is automatically locked.
-Dave
ref: dev/core/core#9557
1P_Dave Hmm I would consider this a regression. I understand wanting the 1Password app to close after the main window closes, but if the explicit auto-lock timeout has not elapsed then the app should absolutely re-open in an unlocked state. The auto-lock settings mention either "Lock on sleep, screensaver, or switching users" or "Lock after the computer is idle for ...". Main window close falls under neither of those options, so I don't expect auto-lock to trigger on main window close.
The difference in locking behavior whether you have the "Menu icon" on/off sounds like a bug. The settings menu doesn't mention anything about this effect. And too many apps have forced themselves into my menu bar that I can't see some of them behind my MacBook's camera notch, so personally I don't consider keeping 1Password in my Menu Bar a viable workaround (nor is installing additional software, paid or not, to hide it from the menu bar).
This has been driving me crazy the last week or so because the SSH Agent now also completely shuts down when the 1Password app main window isn't open, even if the auto-lock timeout hasn't elapsed. It doesn't even respond to key requests anymore :(
- 1P_Dave
@timofeypiper
Thank you for the feedback. Hopefully the team can further refine the experience here in the future.
-Dave
ref: dev/core/core#9557
- 1P_Tommy
@timofeypiper
No, not currently. I'd be happy to the let the team know you're interested in this ability. I use Bartender to keep 1Password in menu bar out of my main bar. It's not a free app, but worth the small cost in my opinion. I've been using it for years now. There may also be free alternatives available. I'm not familiar with those.
ref: 33451554
- 1P_Dave
I'm glad to hear that my suggestion helped. 🙂
-Dave
Thanks. That worked.
- 1P_Dave
Hello stephenhart! 👋
The latest version of 1Password 8 fixes a bug where, when the menu bar icon is disabled, 1Password wouldn't immediately close after the user closed the main window. You can have 1Password continue to run in the background (and stay unlocked until your auto-lock settings kick in) by following these steps:
- Open and unlock 1Password for Mac.
- Click on 1Password next to the in the menu bar.
- Click on Settings.
- Click on General.
- Turn "Keep 1Password in the menu bar" on.
Let me know if that doesn't work.
-Dave
