@leocg I have circumvented the issue via another pc with cached passwords...
issue resolved

@leocg yes, it is/was enabled

I was logging into a new phone and started syncing my data when everything but the passwords were transferred. I entered my passphrase and there were still no passwords. I started looking for help online and got directed to sync.opera.com where there is 0 passwords saved to account... Is there anything I can do? some of those passwords were generated by opera and would be impossible to recover.