Closed Bug 1864785 Opened 1 year ago Closed 1 year ago

WebAuthn FIDO2 keys (YubiKey) doesn’t work in Flatpak Firefox

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Web Authentication, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Web Authentication
Version:
Firefox 119
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1827410

People

(Reporter: andrey, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: flatpak)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/119.0

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Install Firefox from Flathub.
  2. Open https://webauthn.io/
  3. Insert YubiKey to laptop
  4. Try to create new account

Actual results:

Browsers doesn’t see key. Firefox shows insert key popup.

Expected results:

Should works as in rpm version of Firefox

Keywords: flatpak
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Hardware: Unspecified → x86_64

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Core::DOM: Web Authentication' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Component: Untriaged → DOM: Web Authentication
Product: Firefox → Core

There is a limitation in flatpak that prohibits the discovery of new devices, see bug 1827410.
So, if you plug in your yubikey before you start the whole process, it should work. If you wait for Firefox to prompt you to insert a device, it will not work.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 year ago
Duplicate of bug: 1827410
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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