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fix: don't crash when the Touch ID WebAuthn prompt reason is empty - #53195
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On macOS, -[LAContext evaluateAccessControl:operation:localizedReason:reply:]
raises NSInvalidArgumentException ("Non-empty localizedReason must be
provided.") when given an empty reason, and AppKit's uncaught-exception
handler then terminates the browser process. The reason comes from the
localized IDS_WEBAUTHN_TOUCH_ID_PROMPT_REASON string, which ResourceBundle
returns as an empty string when no locale pak was loaded (for example when
--lang names a locale that does not ship), so any WebAuthn request that
needed user verification crashed the app instead of prompting.
Add a Chromium patch that falls back to an unlocalized
"verify your identity on <rp id>" when the localized template is empty,
so the Touch ID prompt is shown rather than the process killed.
Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <sattard@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <sattard@anthropic.com>
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Backport of #53185
See that PR for details.
Notes: Fixed a crash on macOS when a WebAuthn Touch ID prompt was requested while no locale resources were loaded.