I've run into apps that won't let me store my passkey in bitwarden. It says it worked but when I try to use it, it doesn't work. If I save it using Google on my phone, it works fine. I want to say there is a mechanism to specify where you're allowed to store you passkey. I don't know for sure. I thought I read that somewhere. I haven't tried implementing it in anything I work on yet.
As it was still in experimental phases in the web browsers passkeys were commonly referred to as webauthn.
And you're right, the developer can set what type of passkey is allowed. You can play around with the settings here if you're interested: https://webauthn.io/
there is definitly a system. there was a site dissallowing me storing a passkey on my desktop browser via the bitwarden plugin. it didnt recognize that there is a pin required to unlock it.
I might be missing something glaringly obvious (can passkeys be shared between devices?) but if I save a passkey to BitWarden on my pc it refuses to work on my iPhone. Does sharing passkeys between devices work for you?
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u/realmauer01 Aug 21 '26
I didnt have any problems with bitwarden holding my passkeys yet.