I am using the auto fill feature on iPad with iOS 13.4.1
Every time I use auto fill I have to enter my master password to unlock the vault, even when I have already unlocked the vault from the app. I have the app set to lock the vault after 1 hour.
On Android the auto fill feature works as I would expect. Once the vault is unlocked the master password is not required for auto fill until the vault is subsequently locked.
Have I missed something or is this the intended behaviour on iOS?
Hi Scott, I have recently installed Bitwarden on my Ipad and am having the exact same problem. Logic says that you should not have to enter your master password more than once. I’ve been tinkering with settings but cannot find anything that works. I expect the number of Ipad Bitwarden users is a fairly low percentage so there may not be much help out there. If anyone can help, we would be most grateful!
Mike
I confirm that I have exactly the same problem with autofill on my Ipad. It is an older type so no touch ID available. The annoying thing is that I seem to have to enter my master password (which is very long and complex) to enter both username and password and that the autofill function does not respect the timeout and enter pin number settings that I have set up in preferences. The only solution I have found is to copy and paste usernames and passwords. I presume that when this was coded programmer assumed that user would use touch/face ID. I would be grateful to hear if anyone has found a solution.
Same issue only on IPad IPhone works correctly. Cannot get it to work even if I call up the app by itself and sign in in the background. There does not seem to be a setting that would stop the web browser whether it is Chrome or Safari from asking for the Master Password every single time, or the PIN if you have that setup. Nothing works and no support from BitWarden likely means Ill be moving on.
I am also having this issue and it’s very frustrating. I have it set to never lock the vault but that does nothing.
I have to enter my master password, which is a long and difficult to type password for a reason, every single time! This is basically useless, and worse it threatens to lock me out of my vault on other devices if I end up misstyping at all.
Hi @mcoz, thanks for the feedback. The team is aware of the issue but due to iPad specific limitations, there isn’t a current work around for iOS devices without biometric authentication.
@Ken_Eucker - you can setup a PIN or biometrics (e.g., FaceID, fingerprint) to lock Bitwarden so that you don’t have to always use your password to unlock it. That’s what most people do.
Also, the vault timeout options do work on iOS, but only for accessing the app directly. For auto-filling passwords, Bitwarden and other apps rely on iOS, which forces reauthentication each time a password is filled. There isn’t much Bitwarden can do until Apple changes their OS behaviour.
Thanks for your reply and the further context. I’m new to iOS and I suppose that apple shares some of the blame here.
I still wish I didn’t have to add my fingerprint or face to an apple product just to have my password manager actually manage the entering of passwords for me.
I am having the same problem so by writing this, this lets bit warden know that this is still a current problem. I do not like to use face ID with Bitwarden because I have sensitive information stored there and using a biometric login procedure I feel is a security risk.
BTW, when the second login screen appears, I am not given the possibility to enter the PIN.
It was working fine for me until the most recent iOS update to 2023.9. What you had to do is turn off the option in iOS settings faced/password to require that for autofill. In bitwarden app you have to set the vault timeout to never then leave unlock with faceid and pin uncheck.
Last time I used bitwarden maybe around 2019-2020 and it never asked for password or face Id/finger scan on pass autofil. How can it be iOS specific limitation then?
I’m relatively new in the iOS world and I found this is happening quite a bit with the iPad 8th gen I have…interesting that there is no workaround.
I guess, I just need to login using my fingerprint/biometric….
I don’t have an iPad, but this is how I had to setup the settings on an iPhone to not be prompted:
Try with the following settings:
Bitwarden vault timeout set to never. Make sure pin and biometrics unlock options are turned off.
Then in iPad settings, goto Face ID & passcode turn off the option that says Face ID for password autofill. If the iPad is older and doesn’t have faced, then make sure the option for password autofill (ie biometric for autofill) is turned off.
Please let me know the result after doing changing these settings in bitwarden app and iOS settings.
