# Basic Auth Support For The Extension

**URL:** <https://community.passbolt.com/t/basic-auth-support-for-the-extension/13911>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [November 18, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/basic-auth-support-for-the-extension/13911 "2025-11-18T13:25:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![seifeslimene](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/seifeslimene/32/5469_2.png) [@seifeslimene](https://community.passbolt.com/u/seifeslimene)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/basic-auth-support-for-the-extension/13911/1 "2025-11-18T13:25:34Z")

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## **Feature Request: Browser Extension Support for Basic Auth Prefill**

**Q1. What is the problem that you are trying to solve?**

The primary problem is **friction and wasted time** when accessing environments protected by HTTP Basic Authentication. Currently, developers and testers must manually enter a username and password (or copy/paste from a password manager or documentation) every time a new browser session starts or the credentials expire. This constant interruption breaks the workflow, especially when frequently navigating between multiple protected staging sites or during automated testing setup.

- **Measurement:** The problem is solved when the **time taken to successfully access a Basic Auth-protected resource is reduced to nearly zero (i.e., instant access)** without user interaction, indicated by a reduction in reported time spent on authentication barriers. A successful implementation would measure the usage of the feature after deployment.

### **Q2 - Who is impacted?**

This feature impacts **anyone who frequently interacts with environments secured by HTTP Basic Authentication**. This primarily includes:

- **Developers:** Need fast access to test code on staging/development servers.

- **Quality Assurance (QA) Testers:** Need to quickly and repeatedly access various test environments for verification.

- **Anyone interacting with internal tools** that use Basic Auth for quick access control.

It is a **universal benefit** for teams working on applications deployed in environments requiring Basic Auth for access control.

### **Q3 - Why is it important and/or urgent?**

This is an **important** quality-of-life improvement that directly affects **team efficiency and velocity**.

- **Strategic:** It improves the developer/tester experience, making internal workflows smoother and faster. Less friction in the environment access process means more time spent on actual development and testing tasks.

- **Community Objectives:** High-velocity teams rely on minimizing repetitive tasks. This feature aligns with objectives to automate common access barriers.

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**Q4 - What is your proposed solution? (optional)**

The solution involves extending the browser extension’s capability to recognize and inject HTTP Basic Auth credentials for configured domains.

**User Stories**

- **As a Developer** , I can **configure a Basic Auth username and password for a specific domain/URL pattern** within the extension, so that **Basic Auth fields are prefilled when I visit that site.**

**Test Scenario**

| **Component** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Given** | A domain (`https://staging.example.com`) is protected by HTTP Basic Auth. |
| **And** | If the password and username, and url exist in the dashboard, the extension should be configured with valid credentials for that domain. |
| **When** | A user navigates to `https://staging.example.com`. |
| **Then** | The passbolt icon appears, and I should prefill those fields in the window of basic auth |
| **Else** | If the credentials fail, the user should be presented with the Basic Auth prompt again. |
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**Q5. Community support**  
People can vote for this idea to show traction:

_Poll ([view on site](https://community.passbolt.com/t/basic-auth-support-for-the-extension/13911/1))_

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**Author:** ![Mxde59](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/mxde59/32/5325_2.png) [@Mxde59](https://community.passbolt.com/u/Mxde59)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/basic-auth-support-for-the-extension/13911/2 "2025-12-23T15:38:42Z")

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Hi team,

I’m a new passbolt user, we are testing the solution in my organization (around 60 people) to replace lastpass.

Unfortunately this feature is a must have for us.

Is it possible to have a feedback on it ? Planned to the dev roadmap ?  
Thanks a lot.

Max.

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**Author:** ![pegimenez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@pegimenez](https://community.passbolt.com/u/pegimenez)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/basic-auth-support-for-the-extension/13911/3 "2026-05-04T18:56:14Z")

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HI!

I support this request. We have several equipment where the loggin is over HTTP Basic Auth so we currently need to go Passbolt webgui and copy the credentials.

Thanks!