Cross-window Virtual Authenticator Database

[sshmaxime]

Description

As of now, addVirtualAuthenticator seems to be window restricted (correct me if I'm wrong / inaccurate).
Therefore, I need to transfer my credentials from window to window (and more precisely from virtualAuthenticator to virtualAuthenticator). Is this the expected behavior ? If so why is that ?

Related Links

https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#sctn-automation-virtual-authenticators

[timcappalli]

@sshmaxime I don't think there's anything in the linked section that specifies this behavior. Is this question more about a specific implementation in a user agent(s)?

[sshmaxime]

@timcappalli Well, all I know is that when creating a virtual authenticator (VA) on Chrome, those VA are window restricted and the so call database is therefore specific to each window. Do you think this is more something on Chrome's side ?

[pascoej]

I think WebKit doesn't attach the virtual authenticator database to the window, but rather the web view associated with the automation session.

I don't see anything at a glance that defines this behavior.

[sshmaxime]

Hey @pascoej, I'm currently running my test on a Chrome instance and didn't had the time yet to check how it works within a WebKit browser but since you mentioned it, it seems that it works the same way in Chrome or WebKit. It's a bit odd imho and makes it hard to develop with it. So this issue would be more browser related if I understood correctly, right ?