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Bitwarden is bolstering user account security for logins from unrecognized devices. Learn more about what triggers the new verification process and who is affected.

Bitwarden users who store their email account credentials within their Bitwarden vaults would have trouble accessing the sent codes if they are unable to log in to their email.

To prevent getting locked out of your vault, be sure you can access the email associated with your Bitwarden account so you can access the emailed codes, or turn on any form of two-step login to not be subject to this process altogether.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•8 hours ago

    Bitwarden caches passwords locally so if your self hosted instance goes down or is inaccessible to can still access those cached credentials and OTP codes.

    I tested this thoroughly and was very nervous that a server outage at home would lock me out of the credentials I need in order to fix it. It’s been good enough for me to get by until I can fix whatever is broken.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•5 hours ago

      Yeah that’s true. I just have worries that the app might do something weird and require a log in and re-sync.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•3 hours ago

        Yeah it’s worth considering risks. If I lose access to my credentials it would be a ridiculous amount of work to recover, probably losing access to some things forever.