The Credential Management API (Chrome 51 and later) defined a framework for retrieving credentials, including semantics for creating, getting, and storing them. It did this through two credential types: PasswordCredential and FederatedCredential. The Web Authentication API adds a third credential type, PublicKeyCredential, which allows web applications to create and use strong, cryptographically attested, and application-scoped credentials to strongly authenticate users.
Specification
Status in Chromium
Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:
- Chrome for desktop release 67
- Chrome for Android release 70
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- Shipped/Shipping
- In development
- In development
- Positive
Owners
Last updated on 2020-11-09