browser.webRequest.onAuthRequired.addListener does not accept Promises on chrome about webextension-polyfill

[Rob--W]

I've been told that Chrome is open to supporting promises as return values. If anyone submits a patch that adds promise support to Chrome's webRequest API, then it would seriously be considered.

Currently, onAuthRequired is the only webRequest API that supports an asynchronous resolution in Chrome. In contrast, Firefox supports asynchronous results in every webRequest event. An extension that makes heavy use of asynchronous webRequest events can likely not function in Chrome at the moment. For consistency with other events (and also considering the eventual possibility of having asynchronous webRequest events in Chrome), we will not polyfill the webRequest.onAuthRequired event.

[slhck]

Chrome has recently changed this:

As of Chrome 108, you can asynchronously supply credentials for onAuthRequired events if you use the "webRequest" and "webRequestAuthProvider" permissions.

Could this be reconsidered? (Or am I misunderstanding this issue?)

[Rob--W]

Chrome has recently changed this:

As of Chrome 108, you can asynchronously supply credentials for onAuthRequired events if you use the "webRequest" and "webRequestAuthProvider" permissions.

Could this be reconsidered? (Or am I misunderstanding this issue?)

This does not change my position. The "webRequestAuthProvider" permission was introduced as a replacement for webRequestBlocking in Chrome's Manifest Version 3.