#1291: Incubation: WebAuthn Conditional UI without Autofill

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Opened Oct 9, 2026

Explainer

https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/blob/main/explainers/conditional-ui-without-autofill.md

The explainer

Where and by whom is the work is being done?

  • GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/webauthn

  • Primary contacts:

    • @kenrb, Google Chrome
  • Organization/project driving the design: Google Chrome

  • Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:

  • Standards group(s) that you expect to discuss and/or adopt this work when it's ready: None

Feedback so far

  • Multi-stakeholder feedback:

  • Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this design: There has been no voiced opposition to the addition of this feature. There is active discussion about the nature of the UI that will be shown by browsers when this is invoked. Specs are not typically prescriptive about UI but we consider it important that there be some consistency across major browsers.

You should also know that...

The Security and Privacy questionnaire is not linked in the explainer but one exists.

Draft PR: https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/pull/2485

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