Digital Credentials API (issuance support)

Category: Miscellaneous
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Proposed (Chrome Proposed)
Intent stage: None

Summary

This Web Platform feature enables issuing websites (e.g., a university, government agency, or bank) to securely initiate the provisioning (issuance) process of digital credentials directly into a user's mobile wallet application. On Android, this capability leverages the Android IdentityCredential CredMan system (Credential Manager). On Desktop, it leverages cross-device approaches using the CTAP protocol similar to Digital Credentials presentation.

Motivation

Without this, websites and wallets can only communicate in ways that are more opaque to the browser and OS.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://w3c-fedid.github.io/digital-credentials
Firefox: Negative
Safari: Support — Presentation support is shipped, but timeline for adding issuance support yet.
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/378330032

Explainers: https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials/blob/main/explainer.md

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