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# Revision History # {#revision-history}

[INFORMATIVE]

This section contains the substantive changes that have been made to this specification over time.

## Changes since Web Authentication Level 2 [[webauthn-2-20210408]] ## {#changes-since-l2}

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## Changes since Web Authentication Level 2 [[webauthn-2-20210408]] ## {#changes-since-l2}
## Changes in Web Authentication Level 3 ## {#changes-l3}
The following changes were made between Web Authentication Level 2 [[webauthn-2-20210408]] and Level 3.

### Substantive Changes ### {#changes-l3-substantive}

The following changes were made to the [=Web Authentication API=] and the way it operates.

Changes:

- Updated timeout guidance: [[#sctn-timeout-recommended-range]]
- `uvm` extension no longer included; see instead L2 [[webauthn-2-20210408]]
- [=authData/attestedCredentialData/aaguid=] in [=attested credential data=] is no longer zeroed
when {{PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions/attestation}} preference is {{AttestationConveyancePreference/none}}: [[#sctn-createCredential]]


Deprecations:

- Registration parameter
<code>{{CredentialCreationOptions/publicKey}}.{{PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions/rp}}.{{PublicKeyCredentialEntity/name}}</code>:
[[#dictionary-pkcredentialentity]]
- [[#sctn-android-safetynet-attestation]]


New features:

- New JSON (de)serialization methods:
- {{PublicKeyCredential/toJSON()}} method in [[#iface-pkcredential]]
- [[#sctn-parseCreationOptionsFromJSON]]
- [[#sctn-parseRequestOptionsFromJSON]]
- Create operations in cross-origin iframes:
- [[#sctn-createCredential]]
- [[#sctn-iframe-guidance]]
- Conditional mediation for create: [[#sctn-createCredential]]
- Conditional mediation for get: [[#sctn-getAssertion]]
- [[#sctn-getClientCapabilities]]
- [[#sctn-disclosing-client-capabilities]]
- New enum value {{AuthenticatorTransport/hybrid}} in [[#enum-transport]].
- [[#sctn-signal-methods]]
- New [=client data=] attribute {{CollectedClientData/topOrigin}}: [[#dictionary-client-data]]
- [[#enum-hints]]
- [[#sctn-related-origins]]
- [=Authenticator data=] flags [=authData/flags/BE=] and [=authData/flags/BS=] assigned:
- [[#sctn-authenticator-data]]
- [[#sctn-credential-backup]]
- [[#sctn-automation-set-credential-properties]]
- [[#sctn-compound-attestation]]
- [[#prf-extension]]


### Editorial Changes ### {#changes-l3-editorial}

The following changes were made to improve clarity, readability, navigability and similar aspects of the document.

- Updated [[#sctn-use-cases]] to reflect developments in deployment landscape.
- Introduced [=credential record=] concept to formalize what data [=[RPS]=] need to store
and how it relates between [=registration ceremony|registration=] and [=authentication ceremonies=].
- Clarified error conditions:
- [[#sctn-create-request-exceptions]]
- [[#sctn-get-request-exceptions]]
- [[#sctn-strings]] split into subsections [[#sctn-strings-truncation-client]] and [[#sctn-strings-truncation-authenticator]]
to clarify division of responsibilities.
- Added [[#sctn-test-vectors]].
- Moved normative language outside of "note" blocks.


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