Unlock with biometrics not working on FF browser-MacBook Pro

Pingsoup · January 30, 2021, 7:54pm

“Unlock With Biometrics” on Firefox (MacBook Pro M) is suddenly not working. It stays stuck in “Awaiting confirmation from desktop”. This worked before and I have not made any changes that I know of.

tgreer · January 30, 2021, 8:00pm

For now FF won’t be able to leverage biometrics. More details here: Extension disabled due to new permissions · Issue #1548 · bitwarden/browser · GitHub

Pingsoup · January 30, 2021, 8:09pm

Thank you Trey for the quick response. Is this extension on MacBook Safari browser working?

tgreer · January 30, 2021, 8:28pm

Glad to answer

Heh, not just yet. We are working on an update to use the new Extension framework in Big Sur. But soon though!

Pingsoup · January 30, 2021, 11:49pm

Thanks again for the incredibly quick response. Looking forward to the update.

cscharf · March 12, 2021, 9:37pm

Update , This is now live! Bitwarden Browser Extension v1.49.0

Automaton · March 12, 2021, 10:30pm

The biometrics option is not showing up in the menu. I noticed I had the latest version of Firefox for mac 86.0.1. which won’t work with biometrics. I then downloaded the Version 87.0 beta and added bitwarden extension v1.49.0 and I still don’t see the option for biometrics.

cscharf · March 16, 2021, 9:40pm

This was unfortunately a false statement, completely my fault and misunderstanding. My apologies . This will be in a near-future release but didn’t make the release candidate in time for the v1.49.0 release.

Goyette · March 18, 2021, 7:21am

I am so happy to see that the issue have been solved. Please keep sharing this type of issue.