# Bitwarden v2026.8.0 — Desktop v2026.8.0 - Product: Bitwarden (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bitwarden) - Vendor: Bitwarden - Date: 2026-08-20 - Version: v2026.8.0 - Original notes: https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases/tag/desktop-v2026.8.0 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bitwarden/releases/v2026.8.0 - Labels: Platforms: Desktop What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Add Helium as Linux entry for NativeMessagingHosts - **fixed** — Fix Proton Pass import of item custom fields - **added** — Add prefix to fastmail - **fixed** — Fix forwarder settings cache collision - **fixed** — Restore increment/decrement buttons for max access count in Send - **changed** — Reduce calls to nodeIsElement in query and queryAutofillFormAndFieldElements - **fixed** — Do not show true length of password in password mask - **changed** — Resolve SSH agent caller name via libproc on macOS - **fixed** — Fix Proton Pass importer dropping custom, alias, and SSH key items - **added** — Call SDK for password prelogin - **added** — Add linksEnabled to invite-link status response model - **added** — Support visually-hidden labels in bit-form-field - **fixed** — Fix subtitles when using SDK - **added** — Add Vfo1TerminologyService and VFO1I18nPipe infrastructure - **added** — Use native messaging dialog in browser extension settings - **added** — Add UriMatchDefaultPolicy components and stories - **added** — Add AutoConfirmPolicy V2 component and associated templates - **changed** — Update copy from new to create/add in browser - **added** — Add shared-folder icon - **added** — Add v0.1.0 of the AppPairingData schema ##### What's Changed ###### 💙 Community Highlight * [PM-40131] fix(desktop): add Helium as Linux entry for NativeMessagingHosts by @0xk1f0 in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21748 * [PM-39030] Fix Proton Pass import of item custom fields by @archit-goyal in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21253 * [PM-19836] Add prefix to fastmail by @lucacome in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/14105 * [PM-40685] Fix forwarder settings cache collision by @cyfrit in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21980 * [PM-39704] fix(send): restore increment/decrement buttons for max access count by @harikrishna2208 in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21527 * [PM-39593] reduce calls to `nodeIsElement` in `query` (and by extension `queryAutofillFormAndFieldElements`) by @datdenkikniet in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21498 * [PM-27495] Do not show true length of password in password mask by @Mauritz8 in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/17052 * [PM-37656] Resolve SSH agent caller name via libproc on macOS by @lnky102 in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/20680 * [PM-39312] Fix Proton Pass importer dropping custom, alias, and SSH key items by @theagg-18 in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21402 ###### :shipit: Feature Development * [PM-27060] feat: Call SDK for password prelogin by @ike-kottlowski in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21777 * [PM-39815] feat: Add linksEnabled to invite-link status response model by @r-tome in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21820 * [CL-1272] Support visually-hidden labels in bit-form-field by @willmartian in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21788 * [PM-39778] Fix subtitles when using sdk by @jengstrom-bw in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21591 * [PM-40286] - Add Vfo1TerminologyService and VFO1I18nPipe infrastructure by @nick-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21860 * [PM-40060] Use native messaging dialog in browser extension settings by @quexten in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21705 * [PM-37990] Add UriMatchDefaultPolicy components and stories by @JaredScar in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21827 * [PM-38519] Add AutoConfirmPolicy V2 component and associated templates by @JaredScar in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21828 * [PM-32384] Update copy new to create/add browser by @jengstrom-bw in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21524 * [PM-40194] - add shared-folder icon by @jaasen-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21801 * [PM-40283] Add v0.1.0 of the AppPairingData schema by @coltonhurst in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21814 * [PM-40195] feat: add shared-folder localization keys by @jaasen-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21832 * desktop-autofill: Add missing IPC methods by @iinuwa in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21775 * Add generic HEC (SIEM) event integration card by @maxkpower in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21445 * feat(llm): add claude note to make key-management aware of encryption related changes by @quexten in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21818 * [PM-36007] Admin change email event logging by @BTreston in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21908 * [PM-27844] Set email on sync by @ike-kottlowski in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21349 * [CL-1273] Add bitMenuClose directive to decouple menu dismissal from ARIA roles by @willmartian in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21789 * [PM-40104] Relabel "New organization" → "New vault" on org-switcher affordance (web) by @nick-livefront in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21871 * [PM-32403] Update button copy desktop by @jengstrom-bw in https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/21528 * [PM-38929] Add new design for edit _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases/tag/desktop-v2026.8.0]_