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[S2S]: Back-channel Credential Offer

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Description

The current specification (as with Canonical VCI) leaves back-channel (i.e from the Issuer Server to the Wallet Server) out of scope of the specification. This is tracking if this is a feature we want. To enable this, we would need to define an endpoint on the Wallet Server for Credential Offers, and there would need to be some common linking mechanism between the Issuer and Wallet to identify the same User to give the offer to (e.g. account identifier).

This is potentially useful, if available as it provides a secure cross-device channel for credential offers.

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The issue names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the current OpenID4VCI specification and the referenced Canonical VCI scope, then determine whether back-channel Credential Offers should be supported. Done would require an agreed endpoint and a common Issuer–Wallet user-linking mechanism, if the feature is accepted.

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Assessment

Domain
api, backend-api-design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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