Biometric unlock is currently unavailable

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@sdschramm

It only works if I keep the desktop app open.

This is completely normal and expected behavior.

I would recommend that you configure the following options in your Desktop app (enabling the first 4 and disabling the 5th), which should ease your pain considerably:

 

@sdschramm

It either needs to

If you wish for Bitwarden to implement functionality that does not currently exist, you can post a Feature Request.

There are two existing feature request topics that you may consider voting for:

Biometric authentication without full desktop app

Feature name Biometric authentication without full desktop app Feature function I want to use the biometric authentication without having to log in to the desktop app first. It seems unnecessary to me that the desktop app has to cache the Vault locally and also be logged in so that it can perform the browsers biometric authentication. From this point of view, two logins are necessary. It may be possible to install only a agent that can be triggered by the browser extension, to handles the b…

Automatically Open Desktop Bitwarden App if not open when Unlocking with Biometrics in Browser

Feature name Automatically Open Desktop Bitwarden App if not open when Unlocking with Biometrics in Browser Feature function Instead of prompting the user to open the app when it isn’t already running, why not just open it automatically?