Note: This is a replication of an email shared directly with Bitwarden business plan admins and owners. Not all features discussed here are available in all plans.
View the prior product update email.
View the new Bitwarden design in beta!
New features for your Bitwarden plan: invite users with a link, stage provisioned users, enterprise fill assist, and more!
Hello Bitwarden admins and owners! Read on to learn about important updates and improvements to Bitwarden.
A new design is coming soon to Bitwarden and a beta is available today for you to test, provide feedback, and ensure a smooth transition for your organization.
Based on conversations with customers and user research, the update brings a more modern experience:
An updated look and feel
More intuitive workflows
“Collections” renamed to “Shared folders”
A simplified navigation tree and hierarchy
Installing the beta applications
Accessing the beta is simple and opt-in, with detailed instructions and known issues documented here: Bitwarden Help Center - Fall 2026 Beta. Note that self-hosted installations are not supported by the beta applications.
Important to know:
The beta clients (desktop apps and Chrome extension) have the same function and security as the production version. Use your normal Bitwarden credentials to log in and evaluate the updates as part of your usual day-to-day workflows.
The beta apps are a separate install/extension. You should only have one version enabled at a time to prevent conflicts.
Once the beta has ended on October 31, uninstall the beta apps as they will not receive automatic updates with new features or security updates.
After you’ve had time to explore the beta, you and your users can visit this survey link to provide feedback. Additional engagement with the community will take place on the Bitwarden Community Forums and the official Bitwarden Subreddit, so feel free to join the discussion there as well!
Use this beta period to update any internal training materials or knowledge bases with new screenshots and terminology. Additional information is available in this downloadable flyer that can be shared across your organization.
General availability
The updated look will automatically roll out to all clients for cloud customers this November: there is nothing you or your users need to do to turn it on. Self-hosted customers will receive the updates with a self-host server release at a later date.
To ensure secure authentication processes, Bitwarden will soon stop supporting the outdated and insecure Single Sign-On encryption scheme, RSAES-PKCS1 v1.5. Starting October 13, automated reminder emails will be periodically sent to admins and owners if your organization is using this encryption method for the SAML data exchanged at login. On December 1st, 2026, organizations still using this encryption scheme will no longer be able to log into Bitwarden via SSO.
Bringing users into the organization is now easier than ever. In the Admin Console, generate a static link that users can click to self-invite to the organization. This is helpful to admins who wish to customize invitation emails with these links, add them into internal knowledge bases and training/onboarding documentation, and more.
The organization invitation link is secured by restricting access to specific allowed domains and the confirmation step required for admitting users to the organization.
When first connecting your directory to Bitwarden via SCIM or the standalone Directory Connector, Bitwarden will now import users into a staged state by default. These users will not occupy a subscription seat, will not be subject to enterprise policies, and will not receive an automatic email invitation.
While staged, users can be assigned roles, permissions, and to collections. This is helpful for organizations with selective rollouts and for preparing vault structure for new users so that they have immediate access to their intended vault items when they join your organization.
When you are ready to invite the specific users, send them an organization invite link via internal communication. When they click the link, they'll be automatically activated and occupy a subscription seat.
No changes will be made to existing configurations for organizations already using SCIM and Directory Connector integrations.
The fill assist feature allows users’ browser extension to consult a curated list of site-specific rules, bringing a smooth autofill experience for websites that don’t follow standard practices for displaying logins. Now, the new enterprise policy, Activate fill assist, will automatically turn this feature on for all users and allow admins to create their own custom ruleset for autofill.
This is particularly useful for organizations that regularly access internal pages or less-trafficked webpages that have challenges with autofill. Review the documentation at Help: Activate fill assist for how to set your own custom ruleset.
Learn More >
Joining the browser extension, the web and desktop apps now have the option to Show quick copy actions in vault. This breaks out the available actions for copying items to the clipboard in a single click for faster access to credentials, credit card numbers, and saved identity fields.
As shared in August’s communication, this product update email is sent about once a quarter. These next few months bring still more updates, including the general availability of the redesigned user interface. Expect additional communications ahead to keep you informed.
It’s important not to mark these product update emails as spam or junk. See the list of legitimate email senders from Bitwarden and ensure that they are allowed past your email filters.
Some exciting features around the corner:
General availability of the new UI
Share vault items with a link
Autotype in the desktop application
Log into Bitwarden with OS passkeys (Apple Touch ID / Windows Hello)
Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for these updates!
Beyond email updates, you can now subscribe to a new RSS feed that will deliver the latest release notes posted on the main Release Notes page. Visit the page to either subscribe or access the RSS feed. Note that per-client detailed release notes are available on the Bitwarden GitHub repo.
For those working with AI agents and managing their security, Bitwarden offers solutions that help with that journey, including Secrets Manager, Access Intelligence, and an MCP server. Review the full portfolio and secure your workforce’s agents today.
Need help getting users set up with SSO? This User Guide for SSO with trusted devices provides step-by-step instructions, from account creation to registering multiple devices.
Explore the full journey: The Customer Success Hub brings together comprehensive resources including an onboarding playbook, admin courses, and an end user activation kit.
Recorded courses help users at their own pace: Extensive recordings walk users and admins through setting up accounts and prepare them for success. Help Center Courses
With each release, Bitwarden publishes release notes that include more than what’s highlighted here. Visit the page and subscribe to updates by RSS feed or email.
Stay up to date on upcoming events, product news, and other happenings within the community. Subscribe to the newsletter here!
Thank you for being a part of the Bitwarden community!
- Bitwarden Product Marketing