I am unable to save or use saved credentials in the default /e/OS browser. I even tried manually saving credentials but the browser ignores them.
I have configured settings appropriately.
I am currently using Firefox (which is much more optimised), but Firefox has a million trackers, so would be keen to go back to the default browser, if I manage to force it to save credentials and then use the saved credentials.
Anybody know if this is a known bug or whether there is a trick to get it working?
Maybe worth saying that the “Do you want to save password” is quite brief and while the action of of enter username and password is at the bottom of the screen the small Save dialogue appears at the top; this on Version 141.0.7390.111 foundation.e.browser.
I remember there was a time where this was missing but must have been several versions previous to this.
check the cromite bugtracker for current pw manager failures.
It’s a big patch resurrecting the local pw manager, so breakage is more likely (but it looked to me as if that current restore patch made it into the e fork of cromite - in v3.2 for me the save prompt appears and I can save and lookup pws).
Using Autofill with a dedicated manager is more robust. You could even use Firefox itself als pw manager, it speaks Autofill to outside Apps. You can turn off Firefox telemetry if that is what concerns you.
Not entirely sure that’s the whole story. I have turned off all telemetry options, but according to Advanced Privacy, the Firefox app has 27 trackers (yes you’ve read right - 27 of the damn things) and even with all the telemetry off, the trackers are still trying to send data off somewhere.
it’s not Firefox itself that has 27 trackers, it is websites that Firefox queried a dns for (not load necessarily) that drove that number up. They do have an adjust sdk though. Firefox + uBlock origin is pretty solid.
As to your original issue, you’re on e v3.1.4? I wonder if anyone can confirm the behaviour as aibd+me couldnt. Can you give a public website as example that very like people have an account for?
I already use ublock origin in Firefox. Besides, I tried loading up similar websites in Firefox and in the default browser, and the default browser is not showing anywhere near as many trackers as Firefox.
upgrade? and if it still doesn’t work we could look at a logcat.
a tracker debate ff vs chrome is moot when in any case offending dns queries get blocked?
If you give an example website I can check how the tracker count difference in AP comes about.
interesting. Here’s a demo video of when I test it with fill.dev. If this doesn’t work I’d clear the Apps storage (will reset settings) and try again
Day zero for this phone was mid-September 2025 (so fairly recent). initial version was A15 3.x (cannot remember the exact minor version - whatever was current at that time).
