Windows web-authentication-method external

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I am a Windows user currently using the AWS VPN. When authenticating, the client attempts to open an internal webview. However, my company requires authentication through a specific Chrome instance logged into a corporate profile.

I noticed the following configuration exists: #viscosity web-authentication-method external

It appears this is currently only implemented for macOS. I have tested the latest Windows beta, but the feature does not seem to be available there yet. Could you please implement this for the Windows client?

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Hi vessosa,

Thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated.

We are currently working on external browser support for the Windows version. It is a little tricky as Windows doesn’t have any web session APIs, allowing a browser window session to be linked to Viscosity. This means that multiple VPN clients on the same machine using web authentication won’t play nicely, and Viscosity is unable to control the web session if something goes wrong (e.g. if the VPN connection disconnects).

We are currently exploring some work arounds so we can hopefully bring the feature to a future Windows version as well.

Regards,
Aaron