r/PasswordManagers • u/LengthinessAny7553 • 11h ago
I tested whether Bitwarden, 1Password and Proton Pass catch a password change on 5 sites. They missed 4 of 15.
I ran this because I kept seeing people complain about it and couldn't find anyone who'd actually tested it, so I wanted to see for myself. Did it all at the start of October. Made accounts on Codeberg, Hacker News, Todoist, Wikipedia and PythonAnywhere, changed the password once per manager per site, pasted the new password instead of using the generator, then checked if the vault ended up with the new one.
- 1Password: 5/5
- Bitwarden: 4/5, missed Wikipedia
- Proton Pass: 2/5, missed Codeberg, Wikipedia and PythonAnywhere
In all 4 misses there was no save or update prompt at all. Wikipedia's change form, where you verify first and then type the new one twice, beat everything except 1Password. Every time Proton Pass missed, it filled the old password on the next sign in and the site rejected it.
What surprised me: Codeberg's form is set up properly and Proton Pass still missed it. And Bitwarden's "Ask to update existing login" setting didn't kick in on Wikipedia.
It's a small test, just me, five sites, one run each, and these extensions update all the time so results might already be different.
If you change a password, copy the new one before you hit submit, then open the vault entry after and check the last edited time actually changed.
Full disclosure, I'm building a password change extension (Rekey) and tested it too. It got 4/5 and also missed Wikipedia. Full write-up and method here: https://getrekey.com/research/password-changed-vault-not-updated