I am self-hosting Vaultwarden on a Raspberry Pi on my local network. Because I only access the server internally or via VPN, I was OK with using HTTP over HTTPS.
Until now, all relevant clients could connect to the server via HTTP, namely the Chrome Bitwarden Plugin, the Linux Client and the Android App.
However, I just found out that the Android app doesn’t want to connect to HTTP anymore, even though being on the local network, while the other apps have not problem at all.
Was there a deliberate change to the Android App, or am I missing something?
@lungenstrudel Welcome to the Bitwarden Community Forum!
It seems, you are using an unofficial server software, which is not supported by Bitwarden, as it is an independent product. From time to time, there will be compatibility issues between the official Bitwarden client apps (browser extension, mobile app, desktop app…) and an unofficial server product, when Bitwarden implements changes to its own server software and/or client apps. “…Bitwarden cannot guarantee that official clients will work perfectly with non-official servers.”
(Also due to this - and for other reasons - we recommend using the official Bitwarden server software.)
It is generally not possible for members of the Bitwarden community (users or developers) to help with such issues - and with issues of the unofficial server itself. Please seek support in their community spaces.
If you can replicate your issue on an official Bitwarden server, feel free to open a new thread here.
PS:
(–> https://bitwarden.com/help/releasenotes/#2025-8-0)
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