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Per-domain passkey enumeration prompts degrade the experience of a MSIX-packaged browser

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Hi,

We are building a browser (https://duckduckgo.com/windows) installed using a MSIX installer. It deploys as a packaged app. For every single domain that supports passkeys, Windows asks the user separately whether they want to let us enumerate them. This degrades user experience and encumbers us compared to our competitors who install as unpackaged apps.

Would it be possible to incorporate a permission that skips these prompts, or at least consolidates them to be per-install instead of per-domain?

CC @petevb

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No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Start by reviewing the MSIX SDK's handling of packaged-app permission prompts and the passkey enumeration flow, then determine whether a per-install permission is supported or what design changes would be required. Done means documenting a viable permission behavior and its expected prompt scope.

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Domain
authentication, operating-systems
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Feature
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