MicrosoftEdge / MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback

Provide API to access security state of page to display secure/insecure address bar icon

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Description

Internally Chromium has a security_state::GetSecurityLevel() method that provides a state to display in address bar indicating state of page: secure(https), insecure(http or legacy TLS version), dangerous (active mixed content etc)

Although you could roll your own it's a lot of work and keeping it functionally identical to Chrome/Edge would be ongoing work.

It would be very useful if this was exposed somewhere. A property returning an enum equivalent to SecurityLevel is probably good enough (might need to be an interface if anyone needs a human readable description of why a security level has been chosen).

AB#29779735

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Research direction

Start by reviewing Chromium's security_state::GetSecurityLevel() and the WebView2 API surface to determine where an equivalent property could fit. Check the linked Azure work item for current context. Done means callers can access a security-level enum matching the page state used for the address bar.

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Assessment

Domain
api, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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