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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