BW CLI - Can Manage permission not working

I have the “Can manage” permission for the collection, and I can successfully delete Bitwarden items manually. However, I’m unable to delete them via the CLI using bw delete item; it returns a “permission denied” error, even though the BW_SESSION seems to be valid. I’m able to retrieve the item ID via the CLI, but deletion doesn’t work.

Before October 2024, I was able to delete items both via the CLI and manually. This issue started when we started using “Can manage” permission for deletion.

  • name: Delete the old Bitwarden item
    command: bw delete item {{ existing_entry[0].id }}
    environment:
    BW_SESSION: “{{ bw_session }}”
    delegate_to: localhost
    when: existing_entry | length > 0
    ignore_errors: true