Suddenly asking for "User verification" (biometric) to display password

[creeble]

I'm not sure what happened (an upgrade? I'm running 4.3.1), but several days ago KeepassDX starting asking for verification every time I want to display a password. So I have to verify when I run the app, and then verify again just to display the password.

It never used to do this, and I can't find a setting that enabled it. Both "User Verification Mode" and "User Verification credential" are On, as I think they always have been.

This is super annoying. Is it some setting I don't know about?

[J-Jamet]

Version 4.3.1 allows you to disable User Verification mode.
Just click on the user icon on top of the database opening screen.
https://github.com/Kunzisoft/KeePassDX/wiki/User-Verification#user-verification-mode

Starting with version 4.3.0, this behavior is enabled by default because viewing passwords is normally much less common when using Magikeyboard and Autofill.

However, you can disable this feature with a single click before opening the database or change the default value in the settings.

[creeble]

Thanks @J-Jamet -- clicking on the user icon did the trick.

But changing the value for "User Verification Mode" (to Off) did nothing; I had tried that before.

[J-Jamet]

I just checked, and the User verification mode setting is working as it should.
If you close the database and restart the application with the setting disabled, you will see that the next time you attempt to open your database, User Verification mode is disabled without having to click on it.

[creeble]

If you close the database and restart the application with the setting disabled, you will see...

I guess I missed that part of the documentation. Thanks, works!

[Sfiun]

Hello !
Thanks for the trick, I did not understand what happened and could not access my password suddenly after the update !
I succeeded by opening my database on my computer ^^' .
I wanted to add something though :
I disabled the bioverificrtion after using it for a while (I think the bio captor on my phone stop working because it wasn't doing anything/unlocking anything for any app).
And now, when the User Vérification mode is enabled I'm just unable to look or copy my password cause I had no way of Verification enabled (either by bioidentification or by local phone password).
Is there a way or maybe it could be turn in someway that people don't find themselves in this situation where when you click on "Reveal the password" just nothing happened and it's very frustrating. To be clear this happen when User Verification Mode is enabled but no way of Verification is enabled.
Maybe correlate the activation of User Vérification Mode with at list on way of vérification ! :)
Thanks for Reading me and thanks again for unlocking me from this situation ! ^^

[J-Jamet]

The User Verification can be set up to be used with the first 4 characters of your database. The procedure is indicated in the wiki.
Normally this behavior activates automatically when no unlocking system of the device is activated. But that's if your system is properly coded. Can you confirm the model you have so I'm not surprised. 😜

[J-Jamet]

Settings - App Settings - User Verification Credential

[Sfiun]

The model of my phone is Oppo-A54 5G on Color OS 13.0.
I've check the settings of the app where you lead me and the User Verification Credential is indeed activated. Yet, nothing happened when I want to see my passwords. Anyway, now it's working without the verification at every password but just to unlock the database, so this is not necessary for me, but maybe useful mr leter or other people ! :)