WebAuthn: PublicKeyCredential.isUserVerifyingPlatformAuthenticatorAvailable returns false even when supported
Categories
(GeckoView :: General, defect, P2)
Tracking
(firefox91 fixed)
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firefox91 | --- | fixed |
People
(Reporter: jonalmeida, Assigned: m_kato)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
(Whiteboard: [geckoview:m92?])
Attachments
(1 file)
While webauthn.io demo works with platform authenticator and required user verification in nightly, PublicKeyCredential.isUserVerifyingPlatformAuthenticatorAvailable()
returns false. I'd expect it to return true. Is this a known thing?
Nightly 210305 17:01 (Build #2015796939)
AC: 74.0.20210305144553, 58cfb6476
GV: 88.0a1-20210302034602
AS: 72.1.0
Orignally posted in fenix#18346.
Comment 1•3 years ago
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Hi Jon, can you help us prioritise this by telling us what the result of this bug is and what the Fenix priority is?
Comment 2•3 years ago
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Hi Emily. I'm the original reporter of this issue at Fenix. I can tell you about the impacts of this issue: my web app calls PublicKeyCredential.isUserVerifyingPlatformAuthenticatorAvailable()
in order to check if the device for example supports login via fingerprint. If this returns false
, no fingerprint login settings are displayed for the user. That means we cannot offer the possibility of a secure and easy login into our web app. That means, even when Firefox supports WebAuthn, it is not usable for the user due to this bug.
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Comment 4•3 years ago
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Comment 6•3 years ago
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Comment 7•3 years ago
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You can test this by opening https://psteniusubi.github.io/webauthn-tester/credential-create.html and checking the value, currently on the second line.
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