Credential Management API

Misc

The API provides a programmatic interface to the browser's credential manager. In short, an origin can request a user's credentials to sign them in, or can ask the browser to save credentials on the user's behalf. Both of these requests are user-mediated.

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink


Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 51
  • Chrome for Android release 51
  • Android WebView release 51

Consensus & Standardization

  • Mixed public signals
  • No public signals
  • In development
  • Positive

Owner

Last updated on 2017-06-14