Just a quick note. Bitwarden’s latest client release seems to cause issues for some users. The update to version 2024.6.0 may cause issues in browsers.
According to reports. websites may hang or stall when loaded while the Bitwarden extension is active.
The issue is causing high CPU usage when some websites are opened. This causes the loading of the website to hang and the browser to freeze entirely in some cases. Crashes may also happen.
Several browsers, including Safari, Chrome, and Edge, and operating systems appear affected by the issue.
Deactivation of the extension restores the status quo. Users who downgraded the client version to the previous one reported that this fixed the issue as well. Desktop users may download previous releases from the official Bitwarden GitHub repository.
A third workaround is to change when Bitwarden’s extension becomes active in the browser. This may not be possible in all browsers. To check it out, right-click on the Bitwarden extension icon in the browser and hover over “This can read and change site data”.
There you switch from “on all sites” to “when you click the extension”.
Bitwarden confirmed that it is investigating the issue at the time. The issue is affecting other projects, including Home Assistant as well.
Closing Words
It is probably only a matter of time before a fixed version is released by Bitwarden. Try one of the workarounds in the meantime.
I use Bitwarden on Waterfox and Linux; works fine. I use another password manager on Windows. Same thing–a site may hang because of the extension in Firefox. A notice appears letting the user know. [Maybe one site in 10,000.] High CPU, the works.
One can either wait or click out of the site. I don’t think the company ever fixed the issue with at least one site because it was a “site issue,” not the extension or password manager program issue.
What would cause it? Sites scraping for information and the PM is getting in the way?
Don’t know–not an issue.