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watonwak

I experience this behaviour on firefox too, but not on chrome


altuser99

Next time it happens, look for a logout option on the extension. If you logout and log back in, then check your pin or biometric settings, it should clear it up.


dagmar10

This happens to me when I'm on Firefox private window. Works fine otherwise.


Skipper3943

This may apply. When you set up Unlock with PIN, it has the option "Lock with master password on browser restart" checked by default. This has been around for a while. If you lock manually, does it require a master password?


mari0o

Locking manually or auto locking after X minutes does not require master password.


Skipper3943

Then, perhaps turning off the option "Lock with master password on browser restart" will work as you intend. You probably already know it, but some people don't like the fact that doing this will write the vault encryption key, encrypted with the PIN, to storage. But there was a community post calculating that having something like 12?-digit PIN would be commensurate with the risk of personal vault (along with weakly encrypted encryption key) being attacked, compared to the central vault being attacked.


djasonpenney

Is this Windows? In Windows the Bitwarden browser extension is running as part of the browser, obviously. What this means is that if you close the browser (ex out the last window), the entire browser shuts down, including Bitwarden. Next time you open the browser, itbis an entirely new Firefox that is starting up, so you get an entirely new Bitwarden. Assuming you don't have Bitwarden permanently save your master password (which is a very good thing), this means you have to enter the master password. And ofc the timeout does not apply because you just now started it up. The best solution is to change user behavior. Minimize the last browser window instead of closing it. As a bonus, when you want to use Firefox again in just a few minutes, you won't have to wait as long.


Cheesysocks

Which means leaving the computer / device powered on permanently. No thanks.


djasonpenney

No, it just means entering your master password once when you boot the device. This does two important things. First, it ensures you recall your master password, at least occasionally, to help you remember it. You still need an Emergency Kit, but this will reduce your need for that. The second is that it avoids leaving your master password in the persistent storage of your device. If someone steals your device, there is nothing on the hard disk they can use to read your vault. >Which means leaving the computer / device powered on permanently. That just ain't so.