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operations to ensure user control and consent.
</p>
<p>
For {{CredentialsContainer/get()}} and {{CredentialsContainer/create()}}
calls involving a {{DigitalCredential}}:
</p>
<ul>
<li>[=User mediation=] is always performed as if the `mediation` option
was set to {{CredentialMediationRequirement/"required"}}.
</li>
<li>The `mediation` member of the {{CredentialRequestOptions}} and
{{CredentialCreationOptions}} dictionaries is ignored.
</li>
<li>To simplify the developer experience, [=user agents=] MUST NOT throw
a {{TypeError}} if the `mediation` member is absent or has a value other
than {{CredentialMediationRequirement/"required"}}. This makes
To simplify the developer experience of {{CredentialsContainer/get()}}
calls involving a {{DigitalCredential}}, [=user agents=] MUST NOT throw
an error if the {{CredentialRequestOptions/mediation}} member is absent
or has a value other than {{CredentialMediationRequirement/"required"}}.
Similarly, {{CredentialsContainer/create()}} calls involving a
{{DigitalCredential}}, [=user agents=] MUST NOT throw an error if the
{{CredentialCreationOptions/mediation}} member is absent or has a value
other than {{CredentialMediationRequirement/"required"}}. This makes
{{CredentialMediationRequirement/"required"}} mediation an implicit and
non-overridable behavior of the API.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<pre class="idl">
[Exposed=Window, SecureContext]
interface DigitalCredential : Credential {
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