1445242 - Can't use WebAuthn anymore from the DevTools Web Console

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Web Authentication, defect, P3)

Description

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

The active document check introduced by bug 1409202 checks at the very end whether the root window == nsIFocusManager.activeWindow.

Unfortunately, activeWindow=null whenever the Web Console is focused, e.g. I paste some lines of JavaScript to test WebAuthn behavior.

I'm not sure how to fix this... There seems to be no indication that the call originates from the console, it's made in the context of the active web page after all.

Comment 1

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

Olli, do you have any idea how to make this work with our "active tab" check? Is this maybe something you have come across before?

Comment 2

[Olli Pettay [:smaug][[e-mail]]]

I don't recall anything quite similar. Other APIs just check the background-ness, which is different.