When not logged in, Bitwarden still prompts to save passwords, which seems counter-intuitive. This used to confuse me because it’s almost always a site that I already know is saved. Because the browser also has login storage, I don’t often need to log into Bitwarden immediately.
To sum up: I assert that Bitwarden should wait to be logged in before issuing any prompts.
Welcome to the forum, @billTheTailor!
Well, it used to work the way that you want it to, but in response to a popular feature request to have Bitwarden ask to save passwords even when locked, the current functionality was implemented in 2021.
Regardless, you should disable the browser’s native password manager function, as it may have security vulnerabilities and can interfere with the proper functioning of the Bitwarden browser extension.
Bitwarden asks to save passwords even when it is locked or logged out. It’s annoying and currently the only way to disable is to disable the Ask globally.
There really should be a way to optionally disable this function when the vault is not logged in or unlocked. Literally just want the ability to make a previous related feature request optional instead of forced.
@pozzeur Welcome to the forum!
You also have a second option. If you want to disable this behavior for a specific site, you can add the site’s domain name (FQDN, including base domain and subdomains) to the Excluded Domains list in the browser extension Settings.
Except that stops it from asking from saving logins for those domains always. I want it to only ask if it is unlocked and never ask if it is locked, regardless of the domain.
Thank you for clarifying your feature request.
There is no need to make it bad for the support again or go against everyone initially voting for it.
Just make it more refined. Give the user the option to disable the question in locked state if he/she wants to.
Leave the default after install as it is currently implemented to keep support calls low. However if the user goes in there and changes it then the user won´t call the support that it doesn´t work if he/she set it up by themselves.