linux-credentials / linux-credentials/credentialsd
Update authenticator source list
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Description
I think it would be good to have a mechanism to update the list of devices/authenticator sources again once hybrid becomes available again. Once we have that, the backend should prompt the user to turn on Bluetooth to connect to another device. The backend would have to know whether hybrid could ever be available though... I don't think we can distinguish between the case where someone has Bluetooth turned off in hardware vs not having Bluetooth at all, so maybe we should just assume that they could have Bluetooth and prompt them to turn it on.
The backend spec does not currently have a method to notify that the authenticator sources have changed. I'll add an issue to track that.
Originally posted by @iinuwa in https://github.com/linux-credentials/credentialsd/issues/203#issuecomment-5342091430
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Research direction
Start with the linked context in issue #203 and the backend specification, since the issue says no method currently notifies clients that authenticator sources changed. Determine how a source-list update and Bluetooth prompt could be represented, and consider the hardware-availability ambiguity. Done means the required mechanism and behavior are resolved and captured in an implementable change.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- authentication, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100