api.CredentialsContainer.create - passwordCredentials Not Supported - Safari 14
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Description
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
Although you can create credentials on Safari 13/14, it doesn't work with passwordCredentials.
This is highlighted on the PasswordCredentials page, but not on this page.
What did you expect to see?
It would have been useful to see a note on Safari.
Did you test this? If so, how?
Error message when used within Safari 14 (MacOs and iOS):
Only PublicKeyCredential is supported.
MDN page report details
- Query:
api.CredentialsContainer.create - MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CredentialsContainer/create
- Report started: 2020-12-16T18:06:10.107Z
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Research direction
Start with the CredentialsContainer.create entry for the MDN URL and compare it with the PasswordCredentials page referenced in the report. Update the relevant compatibility data to reflect Safari 13/14 support limitations, then verify that the MDN page displays the expected Safari note.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100