Make "Fill Generated Password" use the user default password generator settings

grb · September 9, 2025, 10:24pm

@MichaelStanden Welcome to the forum!

This is a known bug that has affected the generator since the beginning of the year:

github.com/bitwarden/clients

Generator settings not honored by "context menu" and "export vault with password" flows

opened 03:21PM - 02 Feb 25 UTC

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### Steps To Reproduce Perform _both_ **Test A** and **Test B**. ##### Test A:… 1. Open Generator view in the browser extension. 2. Set generation option to **"Password"**. 3. Modify the settings (e.g., number of characters, character classes, etc.). 4. In the browser, use the right-click context menu option **Bitwarden > Generate password (copied)**, then paste the clipboard to examine the generated password. 5. In the browser, use the keyboard shortcut <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>9</kbd>, then paste the clipboard to examine the generated password. 6. In the extension, go to **Settings > Vault > Export Vault**, select the ".json (Encrypted)" format and the "Password protected" type, click the generate icon :arrows_counterclockwise: in the "File password" field, and then examine the generated password by clicking the toggle visibility icon :eye:. ##### Test B: 1. Open Generator view in the browser extension. 2. Set generation option to **"Passphrase"**. 3. Modify the settings (e.g., number of words, character separator, etc.). 4. In the browser, use the right-click context menu option **Bitwarden > Generate password (copied)**, then paste the clipboard to examine the generated password. 5. In the browser, use the keyboard shortcut <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>9</kbd>, then paste the clipboard to examine the generated password. 6. In the extension, go to **Settings > Vault > Export Vault**, select the ".json (Encrypted)" format and the "Password protected" type, click the generate icon :arrows_counterclockwise: in the "File password" field, and then examine the generated password by clicking the toggle visibility icon :eye:. ### Expected Result In _both_ **Test A** and **Test B**, the three generated passwords obtained in Steps 4–6 should conform to the settings that had been configured in Steps 2–3. ### Actual Result _Either_ **Test A** _or_ **Test B** fails, such that none of the three generated passwords obtained in Steps 4–6 honor the settings that had been configured in Steps 2–3. If **Test A** works, then **Test B** will incorrectly generate passwords instead of passphrases; if **Test B** works, then **Test A** will incorrectly generate passphrases instead of passwords. ### Screenshots or Videos _No response_ ### Additional Context This behavior is recent, although I do not know the exact version in which it started. My tests used a Chrome browser, but other users have reported the same issue occurring in other browsers, in [this Community Forum thread](https://community.bitwarden.com/t/context-menu-password-generation-ignores-parameters/80264/). ### Operating System Windows ### Operating System Version Windows 11 (23H2) ### Web Browser Chrome ### Browser Version _No response_ ### Build Version Version: 2025.1.2; SDK: 'main (28c7e29)' ### 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.

Closing this thread, because it is not a new feature (just an old feature that is currently under repair).