2026.1.1 Release Notes
[Source: https://bitwarden.com/help/releasenotes/#2026-1-1]
(The listed release number is for the Bitwarden Server, other version numbers released in this cycle also include Web 2026.1.1, Browser Extension 2026.1.0, Mobile 2026.1.0, Desktop 2026.1.0, and CLI 2026.1.0)
Password Manager
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Unlock with passkeys: Passkeys can now unlock your web app or browser extension. This grows existing passkey support beyond logging in, letting you access your vault without entering the master password.
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Desktop app UI update: The desktop app UI has been updated, and more updates will follow.
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New default width for extensions: Browser extensions have a new, wider default width. You can change back to the narrow version interface or to an extra wide one from the Appearance menu.
Note
- This release includes an update of our Linux desktop to Electron 39. Users of the Bitwarden Flatpak application on Fedora-based Linux distributions with KDE may experience issues with the clipboard when importing SSH keys. This is a known issue that Bitwarden is investigating.
Self-host
- Enhanced error log redaction: Error logs created for authentication tokens that are invalid, expired, or have an incorrect issuer, audience, or signature, now redact all personally identifiable information (PII) and authentication data.
Additions from the GitHub releases:
- Removed feature flag for disabling type zero encryption
- Removed feature flag for notifications to locked and inactive accounts
- Removed feature flag for redirect on SSO required error
- Users who inherit Premium from their organization membership now have 5Gb of storage
- Added new endpoints for Send
- Updates to email copy
- Security fixes for logging
- Various under-the-hood improvements and minor bug fixes
- Users can now unlock with passkey
- Update name and interaction for enabling Centralize organization ownership policy
- Bug-fix for at risk password warning not disappearing
- Various under-the-hood improvements and minor bug fixes
Thank you! 
A big shout-out to the following community members for their contributions!
- olfek - Pass more inclusive user verification Boolean to setAbortTimeout
- Users can now unlock with passkey
- Users subject to Centralize organization ownership policy will now be prompted to transfer items in their individual vault to the My Items collection
- New default width for extension popup is wider
- Bug-fix for at risk password warning not disappearing
- Various under-the-hood improvements and minor bug fixes
- Various UI tweaks
- Bug-fix for at risk password warning not disappearing
- Various under-the-hood improvements and minor bug fixes
Thank you! A big shout-out to the following community members for their contributions!
- lzl0304 - auto-assign new logins to current folder/collection
- Dubzer - Handle delayed availability of biometric unlock
- Correct manifest issue that prevented the app from showing up in the Windows Store.
- Various under-the-hood improvements and minor bug fixes
Android Password Manager 2026.1.0 (21141) – Overview
- Fixed issue where password-protected exports couldn’t be imported
- Fixed passkey authentication issue when using PIN with Never Lock timeout setting
- Several under the hood performance and security improvements
Android Password Manager 2026.1.1 (21176) – Overview
- Improved vault organization with bulk sharing and moving items between vaults
- Fixed vault migration behavior when offline
- Improved organization-related event logging
- General bug fixes and stability improvements
Android Authenticator 2026.1.0 (1167) – Overview
- Several under the hood performance and security improvements
Android Authenticator 2026.1.1 (1243) – Overview
- General under the hood improvements for usability and performance
iOS Password Manager 2026.1.0 (2847) – Overview
- Improved autofill reliability
- Fixed authentication hanging when using passkeys in autofill
- Fixed issue preventing import of password-protected exports
- Several under the hood performance and security improvements
iOS Password Manager 2026.1.1 (2902) – Overview
- Improved autofill reliability and performance, including SSO, passkeys, and syncing
- Enhanced vault and organization management, including bulk sharing, moving items between vaults, and access revocation
- Strengthened security around sessions, encryption keys, and data storage
- General bug fixes, performance improvements, and localization updates
iOS Authenticator 2026.1.0 (418) – Overview
- Several under the hood performance and security improvements
iOS Authenticator 2026.1.1 (451) – Overview
- General under the hood improvements for usability and performance
To keep everything in one place, new versions within this Release cycle will be added to this first post. (and I only report the Release Notes here as they can be found in the official Bitwarden Release Notes and in the released versions in the Bitwarden GitHub repositories – I’m not a Bitwarden employee)
Some features may be behind a feature flag, so it can take a few days for those features to get “activated” by Bitwarden.
Some Bitwarden apps are distributed by “stores” (like Apple’s App Store, Microsoft Store, Google Play Store, Mozilla’s Extension store…) so the availability of new versions via those channels also depends on the approval processes of these “stores” and thereof the respective roll-out can take some time.
