Cool, thanks. My LGTM2 stands

On Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 11:18:01 AM UTC-4 Rick Byers wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM Chris Harrelson <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> LGTM3
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM Vladimir Levin <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> LGTM2 assuming that this is supported on all Blink platform. If not, 
>>> please comment why not.
>>>
>>
> Thanks for spotting that, Vlad. I added this comment:
>
> Supported on all platforms except WebView. WebView is in discussion but 
> has a different privacy/security threat model so is being considered 
> separately.
>  
>
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 11:07:55 AM UTC-4 Mike Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>> LGTM1
>>>> On 9/8/26 3:11 p.m., Rick Byers wrote:
>>>>
>>>> FWIW I am recused from this (having worked on it some), but I support 
>>>> shipping. I agree with @Alex Russell <[email protected]>'s 
>>>> argument in the I2E 
>>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/w64MxEdnUgQ/m/pBXYtR6aDwAJ>
>>>>  extension 
>>>> that the OT has run long enough; it's time to ship this. 
>>>>
>>>> Rick  
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM Chromestatus <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *Contact emails*
>>>>> [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>> *Explainer*
>>>>> https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials/blob/main/explainer.md
>>>>>
>>>>> *Specification*
>>>>> https://w3c-fedid.github.io/digital-credentials 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Summary*
>>>>> This Web Platform feature enables issuing websites (e.g., a 
>>>>> university, government agency, or bank) to securely initiate the 
>>>>> provisioning (issuance) process of digital credentials directly into a 
>>>>> user's mobile wallet application. On Android, this capability leverages 
>>>>> the 
>>>>> Android IdentityCredential CredMan system (Credential Manager). On 
>>>>> Desktop, 
>>>>> it leverages cross-device approaches using the CTAP protocol similar to 
>>>>> Digital Credentials presentation. 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Blink component*
>>>>> Blink>Identity>DigitalCredentials 
>>>>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EIdentity%3EDigitalCredentials%22>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Web Feature ID*
>>>>> Missing feature 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Motivation*
>>>>> Without this, websites and wallets can only communicate in ways that 
>>>>> are more opaque to the browser and OS. 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Initial public proposal*
>>>>> https://w3c-fedid.github.io/digital-credentials/
>>>>>
>>>>> *TAG review*
>>>>> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/1119 
>>>>>
>>>>> *TAG review status*
>>>>> Issues addressed
>>>>>
>>>>> *Origin Trial Name*
>>>>> Digital Credentials API - Issuance Support
>>>>>
>>>>> *Goals for experimentation*
>>>>> We want to gather initial feedback from production usage of end-to-end 
>>>>> scenarios involving at least one wallet and at least one real-world 
>>>>> issuer 
>>>>> website including the cross-device flow. One of the initial use cases of 
>>>>> digital credentials issuance via the origin trial will be the Sparkasse 
>>>>> age 
>>>>> credential in Google Wallet. Sparkasse is a network of regional German 
>>>>> savings banks with more than 50 million customers. Sparkasse will issue 
>>>>> their customers an 18+ age credential from their website based on 
>>>>> verified 
>>>>> information with the bank to Google Wallet, that can be used online to 
>>>>> prove their adulthood with websites and apps online
>>>>>
>>>>> *Chromium Trial Name*
>>>>> WebIdentityDigitalCredentialsCreation
>>>>>
>>>>> *Origin Trial documentation link*
>>>>> https://w3c-fedid.github.io/digital-credentials
>>>>>
>>>>> *WebFeature UseCounter name*
>>>>> kIdentityDigitalCredentialsCreation 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Risks*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Interoperability and Compatibility*
>>>>> There are multiple standards efforts involved here. We have been 
>>>>> working with WebKit and Mozilla in the WICG on defining this specific 
>>>>> API. 
>>>>> But the greater interoperability risk will come from the data that is 
>>>>> sent 
>>>>> and returned via this API. Details of that are driven outside the web 
>>>>> browser community in the OpenID Foundation. 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Gecko*: Negative (
>>>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1003)
>>>>>
>>>>> *WebKit*: Support (
>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/332) Presentation 
>>>>> support is shipped, but timeline for adding issuance support yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Web developers*: No signals
>>>>>
>>>>> *Other signals*:
>>>>>
>>>>> *Activation*
>>>>> The primary activation concern is enabling existing deployments using 
>>>>> technology like OpenID4VCI to be able to also support this API. As such 
>>>>> we 
>>>>> have left the request protocol unspecified at this layer, to be specified 
>>>>> along with existing request protocols to maximize activation opportunity.
>>>>>
>>>>> *WebView application risks*
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such 
>>>>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? 
>>>>> This feature does not deprecate or change the behavior of existing 
>>>>> APIs. This feature adds a new feature via extending the existing 
>>>>> navigator.credentials.create() with a new type. 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Debuggability*
>>>>> None necessary - just new JS API. For testing we plan to add a 
>>>>> developer option to provide a fake wallet, but this effort is still 
>>>>> ongoing. 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, 
>>>>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?*
>>>>> No
>>>>>
>>>>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests 
>>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
>>>>> Yes 
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/digital-credentials?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
>>>>>
>>>>> *Flag name on about://flags*
>>>>> web-identity-digital-credentials-creation 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Finch feature name*
>>>>> WebIdentityDigitalCredentialsCreation 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Rollout plan*
>>>>> Will ship enabled for all users
>>>>>
>>>>> *Requires code in //chrome?*
>>>>> True
>>>>>
>>>>> *Tracking bug*
>>>>> https://crbug.com/378330032
>>>>>
>>>>> *Launch bug*
>>>>> https://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4418038
>>>>>
>>>>> *Availability expectation*
>>>>> - Feature is in Chromium browsers for the foreseeable future.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Adoption expectation*
>>>>> Feature is used by specific partner(s) to provide functionality within 
>>>>> 12 months of launch in Chrome.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Adoption plan*
>>>>> - Many partnership are being driven by the Android and the Google 
>>>>> Wallet teams. - Regulations in the EU recommend incorporating the API in 
>>>>> Digital Wallets in the EU and hence websites will start adopting this API.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Non-OSS dependencies*
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the feature depend on any code or APIs outside the Chromium open 
>>>>> source repository and its open-source dependencies to function? 
>>>>> This API passes the request from the issuer website to the underlying 
>>>>> operating system. Therefore on Android, it replies on the Credential 
>>>>> Manager API. This is widely deployed via GMSCore though.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Estimated milestones*
>>>>> Shipping on desktop 155 
>>>>> Origin trial desktop first 143 
>>>>> Origin trial desktop last 148 
>>>>> Origin trial extension 1 end milestone 154 
>>>>> Origin trial extension 2 end milestone 151 
>>>>> Origin trial extension 3 end milestone 160 
>>>>> DevTrial on desktop 133 
>>>>> Shipping on Android 155 
>>>>> Origin trial Android first 143 
>>>>> Origin trial Android last 148 
>>>>> DevTrial on Android 133 
>>>>>
>>>>> *Anticipated spec changes*
>>>>>
>>>>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or 
>>>>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github 
>>>>> issues 
>>>>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may 
>>>>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure 
>>>>> of 
>>>>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way). 
>>>>> https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials/issues/382 But the 
>>>>> solution will most likely be backward compatible since this will be an 
>>>>> optional extra security hardening for some use cases.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
>>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5099333963874304?gate=5147243652972544
>>>>>
>>>>> *Links to previous Intent discussions*
>>>>> Intent to Experiment: 
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/68ed3208.050a0220.30571e.0360.GAE%40google.com
>>>>> Intent to Extend Experiment 1: 
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6a42465a.198129d7.8452e.0378.GAE%40google.com
>>>>> Intent to Extend Experiment 2: 
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/69c3e985.050a0220.38bee9.051b.GAE%40google.com
>>>>> Intent to Extend Experiment 3: 
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6a8c91f5.f0bac957.7b6f1.0c41.GAE%40google.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status 
>>>>> <https://chromestatus.com>. 
>>>>>
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