Hi, new user here. Using the Firefox browser extension, Bitwarden doesn’t seem to ever timeout, regardless of what timeout value I set for it. It just never times out and locks.
In Chrome it works fine.
Now I’m speculating here but: FF is my main browser and I’m in the habit of leaving several browser windows open, and often with many tabs open, including things like news aggregators etc. Could it be that auto-refesh/push notifications on these tabs is causing BW to see constant activity?
By contrast I rarely use Chrome and don’t leave tabs open in it.
I did check for other topics on this but the ones I found seemed rather different hence starting a new one.
I have the opposite problem with Firefox. No matter how long I set the timer (other than ‘never’) it forces me to re-enter my master-password whenever I restart the browser. Occasionally it works correctly, but mostly not. I’ve begun setting the timer to ‘never’ but that not secure.
!Regardless of Vault Timeout settings, closing the Browser or Browser Tab will end your Web Vault or Browser Extension session , meaning you’ll be required to log in to access your Vault.!
One of the security settings is ‘On Browser Restart.’ How does that differ from the ‘4 hours’ setting if both require you to enter the master-password every time the browser is restarted? I’m new to Bitwarden, so still working through the details.
Yes, same issue here with Chrome - BW never times out regardless of the timeout setting. I’m migrating from LP and looking for an alternative, but having BW remain logged in as long as the browser is open is a security issue.
Currently "X hours" is an additional condition on top of "On Browser Restart". It is best for someone who doesn’t restart their browser that often and wants security of an extra lock scenario.
In theory, background activity shouldn’t matter.
Hard to say what is exact issue.
One possible situation is Firefox’s Bitwarden sidebar is open on one of your windows (lock timer doesn’t start until all sidebars and extension popups are closed).
Maybe also try reinstalling extension (or toggling manual lock) and experiment with short timeouts to see if they work.
There are various people who reporting seeing something similar, but there is nothing consistent enough to determine exact reason:
Hard to say what is reason with current information.
If you consistently have issues, you may want to open a bug at Issues · bitwarden/browser · GitHub with more details on your system so that a developer can comment.
Vault Timeout Never hasn’t been working on the android app for me for months. With the new update it’s just started a few days ago with the desktop chrome plugin. Since Bitwarden is open source I try to be forgiving about issues but this is ridiculous.
I wonder if this was miraculously fixed in the latest browser plugin update (1.56.4) ? I’ve been using Chrome on OSX (10.14) and the timeout feature finally started working!!
It’s a GREAT feature and one that I think is underrated in terms of security. I often don’t quit my browser after every use. If I happen to have my laptop lifted, there’s a good chance my vault will be locked before someone can get in there and start exporting passwords.
Bitwarden Firefox Extension ‘Vaule timeout’ still doesn’t work for me in Windows.
I have it set at “5 minutes”, and it has now been hours since I last asked BW to fill in a password, yet no prompt for the master password.
I have open:
Main window with many pinned tabs, plus 5 (until I started researching this) non-pinned tabs.
Two always-there minimised windows with a handful of tabs each. Although now I check, for some reason one of those tabs did have the BW sidebar open, so maybe it’s the culprit
An additional window for watching a YouTube video.
So, I’ll report back after it’s been another 5 minutes of no BW use to see if that pesky stray sidebar was the issue.
