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Passbolt

COLLAB
Velocity5.0

Open-source password manager for teams

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Passbolt made shared-resource permissions explicit, then spent a release calming the prompt.

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◆Current state
The 5.14 line dominates the window. 5.14.0 introduced explicit confirmation dialogs before creating items in shared folders or editing shared resources, and fixed a security issue in MFA policy enforcement. 5.14.3 then narrowed that dialog, which had been firing on metadata-only edits such as renaming, and now appears only when a secret actually changes. Behind those, 5.13 added in-app switching between Community and Pro editions, and 5.12 took the Safari extension out of beta and added a PIN code resource type.
◆Where it's heading
The recent arc is about making shared state legible before it changes, then tuning that intervention so it does not fire on edits that carry no risk — a confirmation prompt is only useful while users still read it. Around that thread the work is reach and packaging: Safari at parity with the other browsers, editions switchable without a manual migration, new resource types added one at a time. This is a product filling in the operational edges of team password management rather than moving into new territory.
◆Prediction
The 5.14.3 correction suggests further tuning of which edit paths trigger the confirmation dialog as more cases are reported. Beyond that, the entries point to continued resource-type additions in the manner of the PIN code type.

◆Recent moves

  1. 13d ago

    5.14.3 limits the permission dialog to actual secret changes

    A correction to the confirmation dialog 5.14 had just introduced: it no longer appears when only metadata changes, such as renaming a shared resource, and fires only on secret modification. The fix matters because a prompt that interrupts harmless edits is one users learn to dismiss without reading.

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  2. 23d ago

    5.14 adds confirmation prompts before shared-resource edits

    Explicit confirmation prompts before creating items in shared folders or editing shared resources, plus a fix to MFA policy enforcement. This is the release the rest of the 5.14 line exists to refine.

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  3. 2mo ago

    5.13 adds in-app switching between Community and Pro

    Administrators can switch between Community and Pro editions from inside the application rather than running a manual migration, alongside scalability and monitoring work for larger deployments. It lowers the operational cost of changing edition without changing what either edition is.

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  4. 3mo ago

    5.12 makes the Safari extension generally available

    The Safari extension leaves beta and is offered to Safari users on the same footing as other browsers, and a PIN code resource type joins the catalogue. Platform parity rather than new capability, which is the pattern across this window's older entries.

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