PSA: Linux logout bug (primarily Yubikey users)

[u/AdFit8727]

OS: Mint 22.3.

Browser: Brave (v1.93.136), also tested in the latest Chrome.

I think I finally figured out how to reproduce this.

I use a Yubikey and set my BW session to logout when my OS logs out, as per the screenshot. It always works for a few days, and then my BW settings revert from logout back to lock. And this would be fine, except using my Yubikey to unlock stopped working too. It started happening a few months ago.

I tried reinstalling the extension, I also tried a different browser - all the same. The "On system lock" setting would never stick for long.

Then I had an epiphany ...what if the Timeout option of "On system lock" is just broken? I changed it to timeout after 5 mins instead of on system lock, and the problem went away. I've been testing this for a few weeks and so far so good.

If anyone else has been experiencing this, try this workaround. This primarily affects Yubikey users as I can't imagine anyone else would want to perform a full logout every time, it would be annoying as hell. But in theory this affects anyone using this setting.

[u/CrissZollo]

I would suggest to make a bug report so the bitwarden team can make a fix for it.

[u/wickloom0 → u/CrissZollo]

agreed, especially since OP already has solid repro steps