`identity.launchWebAuthFlow()` is not opening provided URL in Android Edge

Open kurrx opened this issue 5 months ago • 1 comments

Description

When using identity.launchWebAuthFlow() (MDN) in Android Edge throws following error in console and flow is not started:

# Most of the time it throws this error:
Couldn't create a browser window to display an authorization page

# Rarely but it might throw this error too:
identity.launchWebAuthFlow not implemented

In desktop Edge it works fine and as expected.

I suppose it's bug because in Supported APIs page in identity row Android is listed in platforms.

I appreciate if you provide any workaround to mitigate this issue.

Steps to Reproduce

Place all of the files below in one directory
Create crx file from this directory
Enable developer mode in Android Edge
Go to Settings -> Developer Options -> Install extension by crx
Select crx file
Open extension's popup page
Click on button
Error thrown in console

manifest.json:

{
    "name": "OAuth Extension",
    "description": "Test Identity API",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "action": {
        "default_popup": "index.html"
    },
    "permissions": [
        "identity"
    ]
}

index.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
    <style>
        body {
            width: 300px;
            height: 300px;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            row-gap: 10px;
        }

        button {
            background: black;
            color: #ffffff;
            padding: 10px 20px;
            border: none;
            cursor: pointer;
            transition: all 0.3s ease;
            border-radius: 30px;
            font-weight: 700;
        }

        button:hover {
            background: #488202;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Identity API Login</h1>
    <button id="auth-btn">identity.launchWebAuthFlow()</button>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="./index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

index.js:

async function initiateOAuthFlow() {
    // Get the redirect URL for the OAuth flow
    const redirectUrl = chrome.identity.getRedirectURL('callback');

    // Initiate the OAuth flow
    const responseUrl = await chrome.identity.launchWebAuthFlow({
        url: 'https://example.org?redirect_url=' + encodeURIComponent(redirectUrl),
        interactive: true,
        abortOnLoadForNonInteractive: true,
        timeoutMsForNonInteractive: 60000,
    });

    // When the OAuth flow is complete, the response URL will contain the access token
    console.log('Response URL:', responseUrl);
}

document.getElementById('auth-btn').onclick = initiateOAuthFlow;

Platform Info

Tested on:

Browser: Microsoft Edge 141.0.3495.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Chromium version: 141.0.7342.0
OS: Android 16 (Build/BP22.250221.010)
JavaScript engine: V8 14.1.1
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/141.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 EdgA/141.0.0.0

Aug 14 '25 11:08 kurrx

Hi @kurrx

I am Rahul from the Microsoft Edge Extensions Developer Support team.

Thank you for reporting this issue. I’m currently reviewing the details to determine how best to assist you with a resolution. I’ll keep you updated as soon as I have more information, and I’ll reach out if I need anything further from your side to help resolve the issue.

Aug 18 '25 06:08 Rahul-Bauri