SSO not working at all

[jaspermayone]

Prerequisites

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• I have searched and read the documentation

Vaultwarden Support String

Your environment (Generated via diagnostics page)

• Vaultwarden version: v1.36.0
• Web-vault version: v2026.4.1
• OS/Arch: linux/x86_64
• Running within a container: true (Base: Debian)
• Database type: SQLite
• Database version: 3.51.3
• Uses config.json: true
• Uses a reverse proxy: true
• IP Header check: true (X-Forwarded-For)
• Internet access: true
• Internet access via a proxy: false
• DNS Check: true
• Browser/Server Time Check: true
• Server/NTP Time Check: true
• Domain Configuration Check: true
• HTTPS Check: true
• Websocket Check: true
• HTTP Response Checks: true

Config & Details (Generated via diagnostics page)

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Environment settings which are overridden: DOMAIN, SENDS_ALLOWED, SIGNUPS_ALLOWED, SIGNUPS_VERIFY, ORG_CREATION_USERS, ADMIN_TOKEN, IP_HEADER, SSO_ENABLED, SSO_ONLY, SSO_SIGNUPS_MATCH_EMAIL, SSO_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_EMAIL_VERIFICATION, SSO_CLIENT_ID, SSO_CLIENT_SECRET, SSO_AUTHORITY, SSO_SCOPES, SSO_CLIENT_CACHE_EXPIRATION, YUBICO_CLIENT_ID, YUBICO_SECRET_KEY, SMTP_HOST, SMTP_SECURITY, SMTP_PORT, SMTP_FROM, SMTP_FROM_NAME, SMTP_USERNAME, SMTP_PASSWORD, SMTP_TIMEOUT

Config:

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  "_enable_duo": true,
  "_enable_email_2fa": true,
  "_enable_smtp": true,
  "_enable_yubico": true,
  "_icon_service_csp": "",
  "_icon_service_url": "",
  "_ip_header_enabled": true,
  "_max_note_size": 10000,
  "_smtp_img_src": "***:",
  "admin_ratelimit_max_burst": 3,
  "admin_ratelimit_seconds": 300,
  "admin_session_lifetime": 20,
  "admin_token": "***",
  "allowed_connect_src": "",
  "allowed_iframe_ancestors": "",
  "attachments_folder": "data/attachments",
  "auth_request_purge_schedule": "30 * * * * *",
  "authenticator_disable_time_drift": false,
  "data_folder": "data",
  "database_conn_init": "",
  "database_idle_timeout": 600,
  "database_max_conns": 10,
  "database_min_conns": 2,
  "database_timeout": 30,
  "database_url": "***************",
  "db_connection_retries": 15,
  "disable_2fa_remember": false,
  "disable_admin_token": false,
  "disable_icon_download": false,
  "dns_prefer_ipv6": false,
  "domain": "*****://*****************",
  "domain_origin": "*****://*****************",
  "domain_path": "",
  "domain_set": true,
  "duo_context_purge_schedule": "30 * * * * *",
  "duo_host": null,
  "duo_ikey": null,
  "duo_skey": null,
  "duo_use_iframe": false,
  "email_2fa_auto_fallback": false,
  "email_2fa_enforce_on_verified_invite": false,
  "email_attempts_limit": 3,
  "email_change_allowed": true,
  "email_expiration_time": 600,
  "email_token_size": 6,
  "emergency_access_allowed": true,
  "emergency_notification_reminder_schedule": "0 3 * * * *",
  "emergency_request_timeout_schedule": "0 7 * * * *",
  "enable_db_wal": true,
  "enable_websocket": true,
  "enforce_single_org_with_reset_pw_policy": false,
  "event_cleanup_schedule": "0 10 0 * * *",
  "events_days_retain": null,
  "experimental_client_feature_flags": "",
  "extended_logging": true,
  "helo_name": null,
  "hibp_api_key": null,
  "http_request_block_non_global_ips": true,
  "http_request_block_regex": null,
  "icon_blacklist_non_global_ips": true,
  "icon_blacklist_regex": null,
  "icon_cache_folder": "data/icon_cache",
  "icon_cache_negttl": 259200,
  "icon_cache_ttl": 2592000,
  "icon_download_timeout": 10,
  "icon_redirect_code": 302,
  "icon_service": "internal",
  "incomplete_2fa_schedule": "30 * * * * *",
  "incomplete_2fa_time_limit": 3,
  "increase_note_size_limit": false,
  "invitation_expiration_hours": 120,
  "invitation_org_name": "Hogwarts Vaultwarden",
  "invitations_allowed": true,
  "ip_header": "X-Forwarded-For",
  "job_poll_interval_ms": 30000,
  "log_file": null,
  "log_level": "info",
  "log_timestamp_format": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f",
  "login_ratelimit_max_burst": 10,
  "login_ratelimit_seconds": 60,
  "org_attachment_limit": null,
  "org_creation_users": "**********************",
  "org_events_enabled": false,
  "org_groups_enabled": false,
  "password_hints_allowed": true,
  "password_iterations": 600000,
  "purge_incomplete_sso_auth": "0 20 0 * * *",
  "push_enabled": true,
  "push_identity_uri": "https://identity.bitwarden.com",
  "push_installation_id": "***",
  "push_installation_key": "***",
  "push_relay_uri": "https://push.bitwarden.com",
  "reload_templates": false,
  "require_device_email": false,
  "rsa_key_filename": "data/rsa_key",
  "send_purge_schedule": "0 5 * * * *",
  "sendmail_command": null,
  "sends_allowed": true,
  "sends_folder": "data/sends",
  "show_password_hint": false,
  "signups_allowed": false,
  "signups_domains_whitelist": "",
  "signups_verify": true,
  "signups_verify_resend_limit": 6,
  "signups_verify_resend_time": 3600,
  "smtp_accept_invalid_certs": false,
  "smtp_accept_invalid_hostnames": false,
  "smtp_auth_mechanism": null,
  "smtp_debug": false,
  "smtp_embed_images": true,
  "smtp_explicit_tls": null,
  "smtp_from": "*************************",
  "smtp_from_name": "***********",
  "smtp_host": "**************",
  "smtp_password": "***",
  "smtp_port": 587,
  "smtp_security": "starttls",
  "smtp_ssl": null,
  "smtp_timeout": 15,
  "smtp_username": "*******************************",
  "sso_allow_unknown_email_verification": false,
  "sso_audience_trusted": null,
  "sso_auth_only_not_session": false,
  "sso_authority": "*****://*****************************************",
  "sso_authorize_extra_params": "",
  "sso_callback_path": "*****://**********************************************",
  "sso_client_cache_expiration": 0,
  "sso_client_id": "****************************************",
  "sso_client_secret": "***",
  "sso_debug_tokens": false,
  "sso_enabled": true,
  "sso_master_password_policy": null,
  "sso_only": true,
  "sso_pkce": true,
  "sso_scopes": "email profile offline_access",
  "sso_signups_match_email": true,
  "templates_folder": "data/templates",
  "tmp_folder": "data/tmp",
  "trash_auto_delete_days": null,
  "trash_purge_schedule": "0 5 0 * * *",
  "use_sendmail": false,
  "use_syslog": false,
  "user_attachment_limit": null,
  "user_send_limit": null,
  "web_vault_enabled": true,
  "web_vault_folder": "web-vault/",
  "yubico_client_id": "95236",
  "yubico_secret_key": "***",
  "yubico_server": null
}

Vaultwarden Build Version

1.36.0

Deployment method

Official Container Image

Custom deployment method

No response

Reverse Proxy

latest version of caddy

Host/Server Operating System

Linux

Operating System Version

Ubuntu

Clients

Web Vault

Client Version

No response

Steps To Reproduce

open web vault page

Expected Result

I should be able to sign in via sso

Actual Result

I see no option to sign in with sso

Logs

Screenshots or Videos

No response

Additional Context

No response

[BlackDex]

This could be browser cache regarding the stylesheet.
Check via a different browser or an incognito/private window if that makes that option available.

Also, have you tried entering an email address and press continue?

[stefan0xC]

If you open your domain with /#/sso?identifier=00000000-01DC-01DC-01DC-000000000000 does it redirect to your SSO provider?

Regarding the stylesheet issue: Did you restart Vaultwarden after enabling SSO in the /admin panel? Do you have your reverse proxy configured to cache static assets?

[jaspermayone]

I get this when going to the direct link. I did restart after enabling... I might have caddy caching assets, ill look

[jaspermayone]

regardless the direct link seems to be having issues

[stefan0xC]

The error is indicating that you did not configure your SSO provider correctly, cf. this troubleshooting section for authentik (though I've no idea what provider you are using).

[jaspermayone]

weird, I will look into it. I am indeed using authentik. thx!

[jaspermayone]

the encryption key was set, so that prob was that issue, still not seeing sso capabilities on the web vault though. and when i signed in via sso on the chrome extension it still asked me for my password

[stefan0xC]

That it asks for your password after authenticating via SSO will always be the case because we (currently) only support master password as SSO decryption option.

[jaspermayone]

oh interesting.... sort of defeats the point of sso then no?