bitwarden / bitwarden/clients

Bitwarden Extension for Firefox not respecting Timeout Never to stay logged in.

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Description

### Steps To Reproduce

1. Basically duplicates https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/issues/8873
2. Log into Bitwarden Extension for Firefox
3. Select Timeout Never in Settings
4. Wait a day
5. Have to log in again even though it should not have timed out

Has happened every day the past several days.

### Expected Result

This should not "timeout" therefore it should not log out.

### Actual Result

Keep having to do a full login every day.

### Screenshots or Videos

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### Additional Context

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### Operating System

Windows

### Operating System Version

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### Web Browser

Firefox

### Browser Version

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### Environment Versions

Version: 2025.7.1

SDK: 'main (f2bc708)'

Server version: 2025.7.3

### Issue Tracking Info

- [x] I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the timeout in the Firefox extension on Windows with Version 2025.7.1, using the reported Timeout Never setting, and compare the behavior with the linked issue 8873. Done means the extension remains logged in after waiting a day when Timeout Never is selected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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