1814487 - (enable-ctap2) Let CTAP2 support ride the trains

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Web Authentication, task, P2)

Description

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

We have a number of bugs that can be marked as fixed once security.webauthn.ctap2 = true is the default. I'm going to link them here for tracking.

Comment 1

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Attachment: Bug 1814487 - Enable CTAP2 support. r=dveditz

Comment 2

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Should this bug depend on Bug 1803832 also?

Comment 3

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

No, but we can remove PublicKeyCredential::IsExternalCTAP2SecurityKeySupported once we have CTAP2 support on all platforms. I'll file a bug and make this one block it.

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/5d01d24be048
Enable CTAP2 support. r=dveditz

Comment 5

[Cristian Tuns]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/5d01d24be048

Comment 6

[Tom S [:evilpie]]

John can you check if this needs a release note, thanks?

Comment 7

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: This adds support for USB security keys that use version 2 of the FIDO Client to Authenticator Protocol. The new implementation also handles version 1 of the protocol through a backwards compatibility layer. Users will find that some sites provide them with new authentication options, such as a fully passwordless login using a public key credential stored on their security key. Obviously we were not able to test with every make and model of security key, so we might get reports of broken U2F flows from users with older or unusual models.
[Affects Firefox for Android]: No
[Suggested wording]: Users on macOS, Linux, and Windows 7 can now use FIDO2 / WebAuthn authenticators over USB. Some advanced features, such as fully passwordless logins, require a PIN to be set on the authenticator.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:

Comment 8

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

lgtm, Relnote for beta 112 is now available at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/112.0beta/releasenotes/

Comment 9

[Hamish Willee]

FF112 MDN documentation can be tracked here https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/25361

Does this have any "normal" website developer facing impact?
MDN mostly documents the things that people writing websites can do. A developer will want to be able to authenticate their site using this feature, but do they have to do anything to make this possible - or is it something that the browser handles? If this is something in WebDriver then I'm not sure who owns it.

Would appreciate your advice on what docs (say Web_Authentication_API would be touched by this.

Comment 10

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

I don't think we need to update the MDN documentation for CTAP2. We'll be adding more web developer-facing WebAuthn features that depend on CTAP2 through Bug 1765549 and Bug 1802863. We can update the documentation as those changes are made.

Comment 11

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

:diannaS, can you remove the reference to Windows 7 from the release note? It looks like this is not working on Windows 7 and we won't fix it for 112.

Comment 12

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

Sure, it will take a few minutes to take effect.
I updated both the nightly release notes as well as the beta release notes

Comment 13

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Attachment: Bug 1814487 - Pause rollout of CTAP2 support in 113. r=dveditz

Comment 14

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Comment on attachment 9325509 [details]
Bug 1814487 - Pause rollout of CTAP2 support in 113. r=dveditz

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: We have reports that there are some problems with this feature on Windows 7 and FreeBSD. We also have reports of problems with some older security tokens, e.g. Yubikey 4 series.
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: No
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QE?: No
• If yes, steps to reproduce:
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): No risk, this just prevents a feature from rolling to release.
• String changes made/needed:
• Is Android affected?: No

Comment 15

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Attachment: Bug 1814487 - Pause rollout of CTAP2 support in 112. r=dveditz

Comment 16

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

The patch I tagged for beta uplift does not apply cleanly, so I've attached a patch on beta as well.

Comment 17

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

Comment on attachment 9325512 [details]
Bug 1814487 - Pause rollout of CTAP2 support in 112. r=dveditz

Approved for 112.0b8

Comment 18

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/2b8ea9627609

Comment 19

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Thanks for your help, Dianna. We'll need to remove the release note as well.

Comment 20

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

I removed it from the main notes that will go out for 112. Did you want me to remove them from beta as well?

Comment 21

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Thanks! Yes, probably best to remove the note from beta, as the pref is only enabled in early beta.

Comment 22

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

I see that the patch to put this back to early beta only landed for 112, not on m-c for 113+. Are we still planning to let this ride to Release for Fx113?

Comment 23

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

I'm going to receive a Yubico 4 series device in the next few days to confirm our fix for Bug 1824811. But my sense is that this is ready to ride to release in 113.

Comment 24

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Thanks, tagging the relnote to ride the 113 train to beta next week too.

Comment 25

[John Schanck [:jschanck]]

Comment on attachment 9325509 [details]
Bug 1814487 - Pause rollout of CTAP2 support in 113. r=dveditz

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: The CTAP2 feature will ride to release before it's ready.
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: Yes
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QE?: No
• If yes, steps to reproduce:
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky):
• String changes made/needed:
• Is Android affected?: No

Comment 26

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Comment on attachment 9325509 [details]
Bug 1814487 - Pause rollout of CTAP2 support in 113. r=dveditz

Approved for 113.0b8.

Comment 27

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/b103b1bc1b84

Fx113 relnote removed also.

Comment 28

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc (PTO until April 26)]

Note added back to 114 beta notes

Comment 29

[Christoph Kerschbaumer [:ckerschb]]

(In reply to Pascal Chevrel:pascalc from comment #28)

Note added back to 114 beta notes

Thank you!