iOS Autofill now requiring PIN each time instead of using Face ID like in the past. How do I fix?

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Have an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Was on iOS 17.6.1 and now on iOS 18. I imagine there was an update to the Bitwarden app recently with newer looking GUI and around that time, whenever I use Bitwarden to autofill passwords, it keeps asking me to enter the PIN. Before, it would just use Face ID and autofill. Much quicker and seamless. However, I can’t get it to function that way any longer.

I’ve deleted the app and readded it. Face ID works fine for unlocking the app itself, it just doesn’t work for Autofill anymore. I’ve made sure in settings it’s activated for autofill and that the extension is enabled.

Thanks for the help!

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@ImpetuousRacer Welcome to the forum!

I have no idea whether or not this will help, but I saw that a slightly different iOS autofill issue recently described elsewhere was resolved by going to the iOS settings and first disabling autofill and then re-enabling it. Maybe worth a try.

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I tried that already and it did not work. However, this did put me on the right track!

I had to DISABLE PIN CODE FIRST. Then, disable then reenable autofill, then enter master password. Then it worked! Then I was able to reenable the PIN code. Thanks!