Pre-configure extension after the update that added the region setting

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Hi there, we had a working configuration for deploying the chrome extension, but today I realized that new clients defaulted to the US region, the new settings under where you have to type your email address the first time you configure the extension.

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I’ve also tried the desktop app, and even following the guide on the bitwarden website, the issue is the same. I’ve found in the data.json that there is a “region” settings and changing that value to “selfhosted” at least the app started working correctly. I’ve tried adding a new value in the registry similar to the one in the data.json in the same place we push the base url configuration, but it just doesn’t work.
As anyone found a solution?

Maybe with that setting we’ll finally be able to solve our only issue left (my issue is the last post): Pre-configure environment URLs for Windows / Firefox

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Thanks, the team is working on this one!

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Hi there, are there any news? Or maybe a page where I can check the status of the issue?
I’ve tried today with the 2023.7.0 version of the extension (that added the EU location), but I’m still not able to force a selfhosted setting

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Hey all
We’re also looking for a solution with 2023.9.1. Is there a way to pre-populate the Self-hosted parameter?
BR Mamu

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I’ve tried again with version 2023.9.1 of the extension but it still doesn’t work. I’ve added a region setting in the registry (both in the enviroment level and the one before it), but it has no effect.

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Still that setting works in the desktop app. If anyone need it, you can pre-populate the desktop app creating a base data.json in %appdata%\Roaming\Bitwarden with this inside. Once the app is opened it will fill the json file with other fields.

{
	"global": {
		"theme": "system",
		"environmentUrls": {
			"base": "https://my.btw.server.com",
			"api": null,
			"identity": null,
			"icons": null,
			"notifications": null,
			"events": null,
			"webVault": null,
			"keyConnector": null
		},
		"region": "Self-hosted"
	}
}