Web Authentication Working Group Charter extended until 30 July 2026

Dear members of the Web Authentication Working Group,

I am relaying this announcement to the group's main public mailing list 
to inform you of the group's charter extension.

Best regards,
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject:  Web Authentication Working Group Charter extended until 30 
July 2026
Date:  Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:49 +0800
From:  Xueyuan Jia <xueyuan@w3.org>
To:  w3c-ac-members@w3.org


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
[This announcement will be forwarded to W3C group chairs]

The Web Authentication Working Group charter [1] is hereby extended 
until 30 July 2026.

The mission of the Web Authentication Working Group is to define a 
client-side API providing strong authentication functionality to Web 
Applications.

This extension will allow the group to focus on finalizing the 
publication of Web Authentication Level 3:
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-3/

And the new charter:
https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/2026/charter-wg-webauthn-2026.html

More information about the group can be found on its summary page [2], 
including information about the group Chair, Staff Contact and 
instructions for joining the group.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
Simone Onofri <simone@w3.org>, Staff Contact for the Web Authentication 
Working Group.

This extension follows section 4.6 of the W3C Process Document:
https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20250818/#charter-extension

Thank you,

For Philippe le Hegaret, VP, Technical Strategy,
Simone Onofri, Web Authentication Working Group Staff Contact
Xueyuan Jia, Manager, Member Communications

[1] https://www.w3.org/2024/04/wg-webauthn-charter.html
[2] https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webauthn/