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Since macOS Sequoia, I am missing the shared password groups in the Passwords app. It worked fine in Sonoma.

screenshot of sidebar of Passwords app missing shared groups

iCloud Keychain is enabled and the syncing of other passwords works fine.
iPhone and iPad on the same Apple Account with iCloud Keychain enabled show shared groups fine and sync changes correctly.

In Safari, passwords in a shared group do show correctly and can be autofilled, so they're definitely present!

The Passwords app is missing the ability to create groups too, let alone see existing groups.
Share passwords or passkeys with people you trust on Mac - Passwords User Guide says

  1. Choose File > New Shared Group.

but this option is missing for me.

screenshot of File menu of Passwords app missing New Shared Group option

I have tried deleting ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Passwords and ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Passwords.plist to no avail.

How can I access my shared password groups in the Passwords app on macOS?

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  • Do you have an iPhone or iPad on the same Apple Account, and if so, does it have the same problem?
    – Linc Davis
    Commented Oct 27 at 17:35
  • @LincDavis Yes the iPhone and iPad are both fine showing and syncing changes in the shared groups. Thanks I'll pop that detail in the question.
    – grg ♦
    Commented Oct 27 at 18:48
  • just wanted to chip in, and say I'm having a similar issue, they were there, then disappeared, randomly appeared again later (perhaps after 15.1 update), and have just noticed they are gone again today have the same account on iPhone, and iPhone is fine
    – Matt
    Commented Nov 11 at 4:14
  • Same issue here. I tried deactivating/reactivating iCloud password sync, it didn't help.
    – Dan Smith
    Commented Dec 2 at 17:35

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Reset to default
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defaults write com.apple.Safari WBSOngoingCredentialSharing 1

Relaunch Passwords to take effect. Set to 0 to disable again. No need to have Safari running.
Why does Passwords read Safari settings? I have no idea. There are no results for "WBSOngoingCredentialSharing" on Google at the time of writing.

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    Undocumented secret handshakes will be the downfall of us…
    – bmike ♦
    Commented Dec 1 at 1:01
  • I have the same issue, and setting 'WBSOngoingCredentialSharing' didn't have any effect.
    – Dan Smith
    Commented Dec 2 at 17:34

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