Your Chromium browser needs approval for Google Password Manager

A few weeks ago, I worked on a Chromium-based browser on Android.

I tried signing in a website using crendential managers such as Google Password Mangager, MS authenticator, and 1Password. However it didn’t work, and I spent quite a bit time debugging until I found the following line in logs:

01-21 11:58:19.051 27926 27926 E cr_ChromiumWebauthn: com.google.android.gms.common.api.ApiException: 17: API: Fido.FIDO2_PRIVILEGED_API is not available on this device. Connection failed with: ConnectionResult{statusCode=RESTRICTED_PROFILE, resolution=null, message=null, clientMethodKey=null}

Yes, that was it! As explained in the official documentation,

For privileged apps such as web browsers that need to handle third party credentials, Google Password Manager requires approval to handle those credentials. This ensures that only trusted apps are able to access and manage user credentials for external services.

So, how do we get this approval? No worries – You can find the request form in the above official document.

To be approved for handling third party credentials, complete the request form to open a ticket and have your request reviewed.