Chromium uses different backends to store passwords based on the desktop environment, so passwords stored under a KDE session won't be visible under a GNOME session, and vice-versa. That's an upstream shortcoming though, nothing specific to the snap.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849160 Title: after deb->snap transition, chromium no longer sees local password store Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in chromium-browser source package in Eoan: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] After upgrading to eoan and accepting the deb->snap transition for chromium, the passwords saved in my browser are no longer available to the app, despite ~/snap/chromium/current/.config/chromium/Default/Login Data being present and fully-populated. If I go into settings, I see Saved Passwords: Saved passwords will appear here. The data doesn't appear to be lost, since I have a copy in ~/snap as well as in ~/.config/chromium, but somehow they're inaccessible. [Test Case] Install chromium-browser in disco (19.04), save a few passwords for login forms. Dist-upgrade to eoan (19.10), launch chromium, and verify that the saved passwords are still there. They can be inspected by browsing to chrome://settings/passwords. As an additional check, the output of `snap connections chromium | grep password` should look like this: password-manager-service chromium:password-manager-service :password-manager-service manual I.e. the interface should be marked as manually connected, even though the user hasn't explicitly connected it. [Regression Potential] Low. The change removes an assumption on upgrade paths that has become incorrect. Now the password-manager-service interface will always be connected on upgrade, which I think is sensible. Users who wish to disconnect the interface (unlikely use case) will also have to remove the chromium-browser transitional package, to prevent it from reconnecting the interface. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1849160/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
