When an entry has “Master password re-prompt” enabled, if I reach that prompt before Bitwarden completes its update check, my typing of the password will be interrupted by the prompt to update Bitwarden.
If I lose my place in my password, I have to restart typing it. It’s not a big deal, but this would be an appreciated quality of life improvement.
I suggest that if Bitwarden completes its update check, it then checks if a re-prompt is currently open, and delay presenting the update request until 1-2 seconds after it’s closed.
I used to recommend the Bitwarden to my clients (as MSP), but the love to Bitwarden is slowly turning to passive sadness. This really low-code change (1 manhour?) is annoying all your Windows userbase another year already.
Last time I typed long password and BW interrupted and updated itself in the middle of typing was few minutes ago.
I LOVE this software! It only has 1 thing that I HATE. Please change the timing of the notification of new updates until AFTER the user has logged in. It’s getting to be extremely annoying to have the notification steal focus when I’m trying to log into the app. Thanks.
Seriously, this thread is open 5+ years and still not solved? The first thing you have to do is type in your password when you use the desktop app, which you CONSTANTLY have to do and everytime they prompt you with an update, almost regularly. This is even worse when you use the app on multiple devices, always getting interrupted when you try to get your passwords.
I too, would like to chime in - Please fix this! It has been a request for far too long.
I would like to suggest a modification to how updates to BitWarden desktop client are applied. This does not apply to the iOS mobile app (probably the Android version, too, but I don’t use that platform, so can’t speak to it,) as I have not encountered this behavior on that platform. I believe the mobile app updates automatically in the background.
Currently, when BitWarden launches, it goes out and checks for updates. When BW finds an update, which it accomplishes pretty quickly, it unceremoniously pops up a dialog box that typically interrupts the typing-in of my password. As passwords should be complex, this is frustrating, requiring the dismissal (I opened BW because I am in the middle of doing something, I usually don’t have time to stop and wait for an update to the program to be installed, no matter how fast it does it) and then erase what I had typed and reenter it.
I suggest still checking for and downloading the update at or near launch, then having the update dialog triggered when closing the program, (however it is closed, either from the menu or the X in the corner) then popping the dialog.
An alternative/ in addition to to the above is to put up a message that does not disrupt what the user is doing that states “Program Update available. It will be installed when you close BitWarden [or Click Here to install now.]”
The is a good amount of space to the left of the search field, in the blue border where this message would fit.
I created an account just to comment here which is a pretty good indication how big of a deal this has become. I don’t know why I can’t vote (it says limit). Seriously though, 3 years ago they said the team was working on a solution to this. It is an absolutely abysmal and continuously frustrating issue. Please prioritize this because clearly it has been ignored.
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it shouldn’t be a popup or it should be right away. I am quick enough that it often doesn’t interrupt my password input but I always put off updating because I need a password right away, I’ve already put in my password and will have to do it again after updating. It doesn’t make sense. it’s either interrupting user input or causing deferred updates. The latter is worse than just the inconvenience of the former.
I agree this gotcha gets me every single time and it’s so annoying. The suggestion to make the popup a background popup doesn’t appeal to me either because it’s not front and center. I’d rather see the automatic update happen on close of the application, when the user isn’t likely in a hurry anymore to get logged in somewhere. But I do agree that it’s good to put a notice on the login screen for those who want to do it ahead of use.