Deploy extension silently

In considering deployment methods, I came across this article for deploying the extension using Group Policy: Deploy Browser Extension to Managed Devices | Bitwarden Help Center

During initial testing, immediately after updating group policy on a test device, the currently open browsers (Chrome, Edge, and Firefox) all opened a new tab with a big fat “Congratulations! You have successfully installed the Bitwarden browser extension” message. Is there a way to disable this? We’d like the installation of this extension to be silent so that users aren’t interrupted in their daily work or suddenly calling our help desk because of some scary popup that just appeared on their screen suddenly.

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We came across this issue too while preparing a company-wide deployment of BitWarden.
This issue is a no-go for us. Users will start calling helpdesk about a random website opening automatically in their browser. New users will get prompted with this popup when they open their browser for the first time.

Should BitWarden want to keep this pop-up for “standard users” who install the extension manually, they should at least provide an option to disable it using a policy (like you can pre-configure the URL of a self-hosted instance).

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