Since Chrome 49, <keygen>'s default behaviour has been to return the empty string, unless a permission was granted to this page. Removed in Chrome 57.

Documentation

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink


Removed (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 57
  • Chrome for Android release 57
  • Android WebView release 57

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

  • No signal
  • Negative
  • Shipped/Shipping
  • Mixed signals

Owner

Comments

IE/Edge do not support <keygen> and have not indicated public signals to support <keygen>. Firefox already gates <keygen> behind a user gesture, but is publicly supportive of removing it. Safari ships <keygen> and has not expressed public views regarding its continued support.

Last updated on 2020-11-09