Request for autoconnect of polkit for bitwarden


  • name: bitwarden
  • description: Bitwarden desktop
  • snapcraft: Autogenerated by electron-builder. Let me know if I need to provide a current version
  • upstream: GitHub - bitwarden/clients: Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).
  • upstream-relation: maintainer/contributor/contractor
  • interfaces:
    • polkit:
      • request-type: auto-connection
      • reasoning: Needed to make “biometric unlock” (system authentication) work out of the box. We install our own policy, and authenticate against it.

Hi! In order to make biometric unlock work on snap, polkit autoconnect is needed. Note: Upstream builds currently don’t make polkit unlock on snap available. Upstream PR adding support: Add snap biometric support by quexten · Pull Request #12187 · bitwarden/clients · GitHub

Thanks for your consideration!

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+1 from my end for bitwarden snap on auto-connection of polkit interface. The snap has legitimate use-case for this

thanks

+1 from me as well for auto-connection of polkit to snap bitwarden.

+2 vote for, 0 votes against, granting auto-connect of polkit for bitwarden. This is now live.