linux-credentials/credentialsd

Clean up extension oddities

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#145 opened on Mar 12, 2026

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Description

There's a couple things we should clean up with the web extension

  • we should skip conditional create while we don't support it.
  • PRF doesn't work from the extension for some reason, though I think it works in the Flatpak version.

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Investigate the PRF functionality in the web extension compared to the Flatpak version. Look for differences in the implementation or environment that might cause the issue.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backendsecurity
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Refactor
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2
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Half day
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Active
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Needs investigation
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60