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by otakucode 2779 days ago
Yeah, I noticed the change in LastPass' behavior. It turns out that it actually DOES save the random passwords it generates... it's just very well hidden. If you generate a random password for a site, register your account, and LastPass does not catch it and doesn't prompt you to save the account info, it's not lost. If you open the 'Generate secure password' page by itself from the context menu extension, you'll get a new random password. BUT, if you click the down arrow to the right of it, it will drop down a list of the prior generated random passwords for at least that browser session.

Utter madness, but it saved me a couple times.

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That is very good to know! I've resorted to copying the new password to a temporary text file and then deleting it after I can confirm it's saved, which is an idiotic workflow, so very glad there's an alternative.
They added that feature after I and probably other users complained about it stupidly losing set passwords after the UI revamp.
THANK YOU!!