Unresponsiveness with 1Password extension

[victorlin]

Recent versions of 1Password browser extension (8.10.56(.28), all browsers) causes Auspice views to be slow and in some cases seemingly unresponsive. The slowness scales with the number of elements rendered by Auspice. This means it is most noticeable for the following scenarios per-panel:

• Tree: large number of tips
• Map, Frequency: large number of distinct color-by values
• Entropy: large genome size

Example for reproducing the issue

1. Ensure the 1Password extension is active
2. Go to https://nextstrain.org/tb/global?d=tree
3. Scroll down on the sidebar and click the toggle to the right of "Entropy"
4. Page will become unresponsive

Workarounds

Ordered from least to most work involved. Instructions written for Chrome – may vary for other browsers.

1. Use Auspice/nextstrain.org/auspice.us on another browser that doesn't have the 1Password extension installed.

2. Disable the 1Password extension entirely in Chrome extension settings (chrome://extensions).

3. Go to Chrome extension settings and set the Site access option to Activate on toolbar icon click.

   

4. Downgrade to an older version of 1Password.

   1. Download and unzip 1Password-8.10.52.25_0.zip.
   2. Go to Chrome extension settings and enable Developer mode on the top right.
   3. Click Load unpacked.
   4. Select the unzipped directory.
   5. Check that 1Password extension version is 8.10.52.25.

Internal links

• Slack threads
  • 11/27 #nextstrain-general
  • 12/4 #nextstrain-dev
  • 12/10 #lab
• Email ticket with 1Password support