Microsoft.Developer.IdentityService keychain password constantly needed after opening Storage Explorer

[egieseking]

Preflight Checklist

• I have installed the latest version of Storage Explorer.
• I have checked existing resources, including the troubleshooting guide and the release notes.
• I have searched for similar issues.

Storage Explorer Version

1.19.1

Platform

macOS

OS Version

macOs Big Sur

Architecture

x64

Build Number

20210425.1

Regression From

1.18.0

Bug Description

After opening up Microsoft Storage Explorer I am prompted for a password for the Microsoft.Developer.IdentityService keychain item multiple times, even after choosing Always Allow. While the application is running I am prompted repeatedly for the password.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch Storage Explorer

Actual Experience

After opening up Microsoft Storage Explorer I am prompted for a password for the Microsoft.Developer.IdentityService keychain item multiple times, even after choosing Always Allow. While the application is running I am prompted repeatedly for the password.

Expected Experience

After choosing Always allow should not be asked again.

Additional Context

I am also running Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. The experience is similar to this report, which appears to have been closed without resolution: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/microsoftdeveloperidentityservice-keychain-passwor/485500

[albertleigh]

it's not that bad to use Always Allow i supposed

[MRayermannMSFT]

@egieseking this has been a known issue for a while due to how the macOS kecyhain works. Let me see if there's been any new developments on this front.

[MRayermannMSFT]

Unfortunately there's been no developments on this issue. Also, I found the original issue for this, so closing this as dupe: #3487

[egieseking]

in version 1.19.1 of storage explorer with macOS big sur 11.4 this issue has stopped occurring.