Passkey Shortcut

jwojnowski

Thank you for the feedback! When locked, 1Password works a little differently from Apple Passwords in this scenario. By design, 1Password will stay locked according to your auto-lock settings and the browser extension won't have access to your logins (aside from the basic knowledge that you have a passkey saved for a particular website) until you unlock the extension. This is why when you're trying to autofill a password, you also need to unlock 1Password first:

When unlocked, it's faster to use a passkey with 1Password than it is the built-in password manager since it only requires one action (clicking on the Sign In button):

In Firefox and Chrome it's even faster than that since you can just press Enter on your keyboard without using your mouse.

This is a consequence of the 1Password extension's security model: when 1Password is locked all of your usernames and passwords (and passkeys) remain encrypted until you unlock 1Password. Showing that you have a passkey with a specific username as a suggestion even when 1Password is locked would require that 1Password store that information unencrypted and in plain text somewhere on your Mac where it could be intercepted by another party.

That being said, I've shared your feedback with the appropriate team internally. The team will investigate whether we can remove, or streamline, a few of the steps in order to make signing in with a passkey more intuitive. 🙂

-Dave

ref: PB-43274389