I’m not affected by this (for now 
).
Isn’t there any other option other than upgrading chrome to canary?
I wouldn’t consider upgrading to canary to be a reasonable solution for any non-technical user.
Chrome canary channel can be quite unstable, and for today’s canary to reach the stable channel, it could take more than 3 months.
I don’t think this is reasonable for something so critical as a browser.
I too am not impacted and keeping my fingers crossed.
I have seen reports that logging out and back in or reinstalling the extension (perhaps after removing the local storage) helps some people.
If that does not do it, I’ll ride out the storm using Firefox, Edge, or Safari.
Today it took 17 seconds for the extension window to open in Chrome. Ridiculous.
@southerndoc I redirected your post to this thread, as it belongs to this bug here. (your post was before in the thread “Revert to older UI design” - but this bug also began with the old UI and seems to be connected to Chrome itself)
A user on the Github thread made an interesting observation:
Hopefully this gets fixed soon. I can’t use Canary builds on my computers due to work requirements.
… there is some news from a Bitwarden developer from the GitHub issue (just posted there):
(here the direct link to that message: Bitwarden extension is very slow. · Issue #12286 · bitwarden/clients · GitHub)
Unfortunately, it’s still not working properly for me after renaming that… 
Just to forward it to here again (as I receive email notifications of that GitHub thread now 
): there are two new reports now, that suggest, that removing Chrome and a fresh install of Chrome worked for them.
PS: And the last few people wrote there, that also other extensions on Chrome showed a similar slowness etc., indicating again, it very likely is a Chrome issue.
This is the solution! Thanks!
Previously logging in took a bit longer for me. Today I updated Chrome (132.0.6834.84), and I can feel a significant difference on both Windows and MacOS devices, Bitwarden opens immediately after clicking, with instant biometric login.
The first time I opened it was just as slow, but subsequent times seemed to improve.
WIth the version Version 132.0.6834.84 (Official Build) (arm64) it seems it’s fixed now!
For me it was better for a couple of weeks but today it’s trash again. Works just fine in Safari but Chrome is painfully slow.
@615Don Welcome to the forum!
I guess it would help, if you write us your extension version and Chrome version.
same here .
bitwarden is 2025.1.1.
Chrome
Version 132.0.6834.111 (Official Build) (64-bit)
I also have the same issue. Only happened in the last few weeks after the UI update. bitwarden 2025.1.2
chrome 131.0.6778.265 (Official Build) (arm64) on mac M1
Same here: forever loading. The extension keeps getting worse and worse.
I’ve started having this problem last week. I’m use the cloud version.
When I put in my main password, it hangs on the loading, and doesn’t show me my logins. I close the window and then click the Bitwarden icon again, and it then loads instantly.
Browser: Version 1.74.51 Chromium: 132.0.6834.160 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Extension version: 2025.1.2
