Vault users lack an easy web interface for TOTP codes
Teams using HashiCorp Vault to manage TOTP credentials report that less technical users cannot easily retrieve codes through the web UI. Some users have to find a TOTP path and run a command, while others ask for codes and credential-management actions to be available in the interface. The signals also include two unrelated requests for a Bitwarden extension home button; those do not fit this problem.
For teams administering shared credentials in HashiCorp Vault. Mentioned from Feb 2022 to May 2025 on product forums and GitHub.
6 different people described this problem in 2 separate discussions.
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- Businesses
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- Medium
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- Medium
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As an additional use case for this feature having a web interface to the totp interface will enable the ability to use it to provide 2fa support when used as a shared password store for non technical users (who are unable to use the api) to access shared accounts
We implemented a poor man's workaround by adding the vault TOTP path for a given set of credentials to the corresponding kv entry. On the same screen, the vault web UI has a minimal shell where you can take that path and run commands like vault read path/to/totp/code without having to use the vault cli binary
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