Bitwarden Biometric Authentication doesn't work
For now we added some default paths for check when native host config file missing. (chrome, edge, opera, brave and firefox), so Orion will search on those paths and copy file to our native host directory.
But file will be unavailable in case there's no another browser installed. And Bitwarden support will be needed, like the desktop app copies native host file to all supported browsers itself, so they should add Orion as there supported browser to be able to copy native host file automatically.
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Vlad Sure but Bitwarden needs a way to know if the FF or Chrome extension is installed on Orion else this won't work. This is needed because the Native messaging stuff uses different keys for FF (allowed_extensions
) vs Chrome (allowed_origins
). I made some suggestions/ideas in my reply
Also at what point is Orion copying those paths - installation, launch...?
It is not working for me, I have not done yet the file workaround. I will wait til new available beta, theoretically tomorrow. Just to do if all at once and not to waste time.
Vlad I've raised this with the Bitwarden team: https://community.bitwarden.com/t/add-support-for-biometrics-for-orion-a-macos-browser/36764
I will keep this thread updated with any developments
The issue I ran into is that I can't enable the biometric authentication because when the TouchID prompt pops up the extension popup closes and gets locked, since Orion closes extension popups when the browser window loses focus.
getdustedyun And you have it enabled in the app?
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sbeaz Yes, I use it with all other browsers I have just fine. I only have this issue with Orion. I click the "Open with biometrics" checkbox, the TouchID popup opens, the extension closes (so it gets locked) and the link with the app never gets made
getdustedyun Are you using the Chrome or Firefox extension? Chrome works better.
it still doesn't working
Are you using the Chrome or Firefox extension? Chrome works better.
Same here - using the Chrome extension but the behaviour is the same with Firefox as well. When attempting to enable biometrics, it starts the communication with the desktop app but then disappears just before the touch id popup appears. Clicking on the touch id popup, there is now no response from the extension as it has "closed" and I need to put my master password in again. I don't know if the extension is crashing/reloading or whatever. I tried putting vault timeout to never at both sides temporarily and whilst that takes away the re-entering of the master password it still never sets up touch id.
There’s a great post on this but I couldn’t find it. I started from scratch had the same problem. In desktop Bitwarden preferences, I unchecked Allow browser integration and rechecked it and set up Touch ID again successfully. Another method that worked was setting up Unlock with PIN and then setting up Unlock with biometrics. I then disabled Unlock with PIN.
Thanks - by fiddling with that setting and bit of back and forth I finally managed to get it to work. Wasn't straight forward though.
planetwilson Exactly. That’s why I posted 2 different ‘options’.
it is working
i just need to check Allow browser integration option in Bitwarden Mac App.
Hi guys, I discoverd Orion today and I already like it !
The only thing that I didn't like was that the Bitwarden extension didn't worked with biometrics but it was quickly solved with the file trick thanks to @sbeaz.
HOWEVER, the com.8bit.bitwarden.json
file was not in
~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/
but in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/
.
I don't know why it was there (maybe cause I have never had Chrome on my mac) but when I placed it in
~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/NativeMessagingHosts/
it worked with the Chrome AND the Firefox extensions.
Hope this could help someone
After adding the com.8bit.bitwarden.json file to ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/NativeMessagingHosts/ the Bitwarden extension, both Firefox and Chrome is asking to "Start the bitwarden application" however the app is already running and unlocked in the background