There is a current bug that affects the Android and iOS password manager apps and makes password-protected exports invalid at the moment:
opened 03:19PM - 22 Dec 25 UTC
bug
app:password-manager
### Steps To Reproduce
1. Android app: Go to Settings --> Vault --> Export
2. E… xport your personal vault (!) as a password protected JSON.
3. Go to (e.g.) the web vault and try to import it (as Bitwarden JSON) and into "My vault".
I don't know if this matters for reproduction or not, but I tried to import into a folder.
### Expected Result
The export gets imported successfully.
### Actual Result
Though the passwords should be identical (I tested it several times and there shouldn't be any typos involved), I get an import error:
<img width="558" height="326" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4b073384-3596-4800-909d-7a8e9f2afce4" />
### Screenshots or Videos
### Additional Context
This (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/comments/1pt0kf7/error_when_trying_to_import_encrypted_json_file/) report on Reddit made me test it myself, so it's not only one person experiencing this as it seems.
**PS: And I reported this in the Android section now, as I would (primarily) think that the Android app seems to have some kind of an exporting-bug. - But of course, it could also be, that the web vault has an importing-bug here... Or both...**
PPS: The file password is a passphrase that also contains special characters, but nothing too "fancy". As I tested it with my own vault data, I didn't want to test for now if it would work with a modified password e.g. only consisting of letters.
### Build Version
2025.12.0
### What server are you connecting to?
EU
### Self-host Server Version
(not self-hosting)
### Environment Details
© Bitwarden Inc. 2015-2025
Version: 2025.12.0 (21003)
📱 Fairphone FP5 🤖 15@35 📦 prod
🧱 commit: bitwarden/android/release/2025.12-rc40@f02b374e989600a8458d2884abd2526244241c8a
💻 build source: bitwarden/android/actions/runs/19830126705/attempts/1
🦀 SDK: 1.0.0-3928-2cca3d46
🌩 Server: 2025.12.0 @ EU
--> And the web vault I tested the import on was the current EU server region web vault version 2025.12.0.
### Issue Tracking Info
- [x] I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.
A BW developer could reproduce it on Android and iOS and wrote (in a comment there), that this gets prioritized.
So, if you rely on the mobile app, making an unencrypted export may be warranted now – and if you make an export, you probably should test it directly (by importing it somewhere ).
PS: I just checked it with the web vault, and I can successfully export a password-protected JSON there and import it again. So if you use the web vault for now instead of the mobile apps, you should be safe.
Update: There already is a fix – but I don’t know of any timeline when a new version, containing the fix, will be released.
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As per this comment from a BW developer , it seems the fix is to be expected with the next release of both the Android and iOS mobile apps.
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dwbit
January 15, 2026, 4:45pm
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Edit: This will be available in 2026.1.0 (rolling out), thanks for your patience all!
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