From 205abc2cb4001fa4bec11c79f5185c48d160dbb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colton Hurst <colton@coltonhurst.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:06:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] PM-19255: Temp AddCredentials memory tests

---
 apps/desktop/desktop_native/Cargo.lock        | 875 +++++++++++++++++-
 .../windows_plugin_authenticator/Cargo.toml   |   2 +
 .../windows_plugin_authenticator/src/lib.rs   | 191 +++-
 .../windows_plugin_authenticator/src/util.rs  |  13 +
 4 files changed, 1057 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/Cargo.lock b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/Cargo.lock
index bf7fd9dcc66..6dd1ef0fd04 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/Cargo.lock
+++ b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/Cargo.lock
@@ -491,6 +491,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cipher",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1628fb46dfa0b37568d12e5edd512553eccf6a22a78e8bde00bb4aed84d5bdbf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -682,6 +688,16 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e195e091a93c46f7102ec7818a2aa394e1e1771c3ab4825963fa03e45afb8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -904,7 +920,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
  "cbc",
- "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.0",
  "desktop_objc",
  "dirs",
  "ed25519",
@@ -921,7 +937,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rsa",
  "russh-cryptovec",
  "scopeguard",
- "security-framework",
+ "security-framework 3.1.0",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "sha2",
  "ssh-encoding",
@@ -966,7 +982,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cc",
- "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.0",
  "glob",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
@@ -1019,6 +1035,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
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+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97369cbbc041bc366949bc74d34658d6cda5621039731c6310521892a3a20ae0"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1065,6 +1092,15 @@ version = "1.2.2"
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 checksum = "4ef6b89e5b37196644d8796de5268852ff179b44e96276cf4290264843743bb7"
 
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+version = "0.8.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75030f3c4f45dafd7586dd6780965a8c7e8e285a5ecb86713e63a79c5b2766f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
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 checksum = "a0d2fde1f7b3d48b8395d5f2de76c18a528bd6a9cdde438df747bfcba3e05d6f"
 
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
+dependencies = [
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1352,6 +1412,25 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75249d144030531f8dee69fe9cea04d3edf809a017ae445e2abdff6629e86633"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "http",
+ "indexmap",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
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 name = "hashbrown"
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@@ -1412,6 +1491,257 @@ dependencies = [
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+dependencies = [
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+ "fnv",
+ "itoa",
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
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+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
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+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
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+ "http",
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+ "pin-project-lite",
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+ "hyper",
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+ "rustls",
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+dependencies = [
+ "displaydoc",
+ "icu_collections",
+ "icu_normalizer_data",
+ "icu_properties",
+ "icu_provider",
+ "smallvec",
+ "utf16_iter",
+ "utf8_iter",
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+ "zerovec",
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+ "icu_collections",
+ "icu_locid_transform",
+ "icu_properties_data",
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+]
+
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+ "icu_provider_macros",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+ "tinystr",
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+ "yoke",
+ "zerofrom",
+ "zerovec",
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+ "quote",
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+dependencies = [
+ "icu_normalizer",
+ "icu_properties",
+]
+
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@@ -1447,6 +1777,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
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@@ -1536,6 +1882,12 @@ version = "0.4.15"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23fb14cb19457329c82206317a5663005a4d404783dc74f4252769b0d5f42856"
+
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@@ -1692,6 +2044,23 @@ dependencies = [
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+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework 2.11.1",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fedfea7d58a1f73118430a55da6a286e7b044961736ce96a16a17068ea25e5da"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
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+checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8288979acd84749c744a9014b4382d42b8f7b2592847b5afb2ed29e5d16ede07"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
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 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2098,6 +2511,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64ct",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "percent-encoding"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
+
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+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "system-configuration",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "windows-registry",
+]
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+dependencies = [
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+ "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "libc",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
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+
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+name = "rustls"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
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+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
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+
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+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dce314e5fee3f39953d46bb63bb8a46d40c2f8fb7cc5a3b6cab2bde9721d6e50"
+dependencies = [
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+
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
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@@ -2475,6 +2992,15 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.1.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f29ebaa345f945cec9fbbc532eb307f0fdad8161f281b6369539c8d84876b3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2518,6 +3044,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "897b2245f0b511c87893af39b033e5ca9cce68824c4d7e7630b5a1d339658d02"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -2525,7 +3064,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "81d3f8c9bfcc3cbb6b0179eb57042d75b1582bdc65c3cb95f3fa999509c03cbc"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
- "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.0",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
  "security-framework-sys",
@@ -2593,6 +3132,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_urlencoded"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3491c14715ca2294c4d6a88f15e84739788c1d030eed8c110436aafdaa2f3fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -2751,6 +3302,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stable_deref_trait"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2780,6 +3337,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bf256ce5efdfa370213c1dabab5935a12e49f2c58d15e9eac2870d3b4f27263"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "synstructure"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8af7666ab7b6390ab78131fb5b0fce11d6b7a6951602017c35fa82800708971"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sysinfo"
 version = "0.33.1"
@@ -2794,6 +3371,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.57.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c879d448e9d986b661742763247d3693ed13609438cf3d006f51f5368a5ba6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "system-configuration-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration-sys"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e1d1b10ced5ca923a1fcb8d03e96b8d3268065d724548c0211415ff6ac6bac4"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.17.1"
@@ -2899,6 +3497,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "time-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinystr"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9117f5d4db391c1cf6927e7bea3db74b9a1c1add8f7eda9ffd5364f40f57b82f"
+dependencies = [
+ "displaydoc",
+ "zerovec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.43.1"
@@ -2926,6 +3534,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e727b36a1a0e8b74c376ac2211e40c2c8af09fb4013c60d910495810f008e9b"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-stream"
 version = "0.1.15"
@@ -2976,6 +3604,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d039ad9159c98b70ecfd540b2573b97f7f52c3e8d9f8ad57a24b916a536975f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "121c2a6cda46980bb0fcd1647ffaf6cd3fc79a013de288782836f6df9c48780e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-service"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.41"
@@ -3020,6 +3675,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "petgraph",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "try-lock"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.18.0"
@@ -3201,18 +3862,62 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "url"
+version = "2.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32f8b686cadd1473f4bd0117a5d28d36b1ade384ea9b5069a1c40aefed7fda60"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "idna",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "utf16_iter"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8232dd3cdaed5356e0f716d285e4b40b932ac434100fe9b7e0e8e935b9e6246"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8_iter"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "want"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa7760aed19e106de2c7c0b581b509f2f25d3dacaf737cb82ac61bc6d760b0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "try-lock",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -3228,6 +3933,77 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1edc8929d7499fc4e8f0be2262a241556cfc54a0bea223790e71446f2aab1ef5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustversion",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
+version = "0.2.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f0a0651a5c2bc21487bde11ee802ccaf4c51935d0d3d42a6101f98161700bc6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "log",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.50"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "555d470ec0bc3bb57890405e5d4322cc9ea83cebb085523ced7be4144dac1e61"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "once_cell",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fe63fc6d09ed3792bd0897b314f53de8e16568c2b3f7982f468c0bf9bd0b407"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ae87ea40c9f689fc23f209965b6fb8a99ad69aeeb0231408be24920604395de"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-backend",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a05d73b933a847d6cccdda8f838a22ff101ad9bf93e33684f39c1f5f0eece3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wayland-backend"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -3298,6 +4074,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.77"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33b6dd2ef9186f1f2072e409e99cd22a975331a6b3591b12c764e0e55c60d5d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "weedle2"
 version = "5.0.0"
@@ -3672,6 +4458,8 @@ name = "windows_plugin_authenticator"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde_json",
  "windows 0.61.1",
  "windows-core 0.61.0",
 ]
@@ -3768,6 +4556,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wayland-protocols-wlr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "write16"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1890f4022759daae28ed4fe62859b1236caebfc61ede2f63ed4e695f3f6d936"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "writeable"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e9df38ee2d2c3c5948ea468a8406ff0db0b29ae1ffde1bcf20ef305bcc95c51"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11rb"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -3795,6 +4595,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yoke"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "120e6aef9aa629e3d4f52dc8cc43a015c7724194c97dfaf45180d2daf2b77f40"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+ "yoke-derive",
+ "zerofrom",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "yoke-derive"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2380878cad4ac9aac1e2435f3eb4020e8374b5f13c296cb75b4620ff8e229154"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "synstructure",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zbus"
 version = "4.4.0"
@@ -3891,6 +4715,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerofrom"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50cc42e0333e05660c3587f3bf9d0478688e15d870fab3346451ce7f8c9fbea5"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerofrom-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerofrom-derive"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d71e5d6e06ab090c67b5e44993ec16b72dcbaabc526db883a360057678b48502"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "synstructure",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -3911,6 +4756,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerovec"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa2b893d79df23bfb12d5461018d408ea19dfafe76c2c7ef6d4eba614f8ff079"
+dependencies = [
+ "yoke",
+ "zerofrom",
+ "zerovec-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerovec-derive"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6eafa6dfb17584ea3e2bd6e76e0cc15ad7af12b09abdd1ca55961bed9b1063c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zvariant"
 version = "4.2.0"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/Cargo.toml b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/Cargo.toml
index 18abb86d057..1c6dee6abfb 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ publish = { workspace = true }
 windows = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Security", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_System_LibraryLoader" ] }
 windows-core = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "blocking"] }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/lib.rs b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/lib.rs
index 2fc91742657..24b4ee0f97e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 
 use std::ffi::c_uchar;
+use std::ffi::c_ulong;
 use std::ptr;
+use std::{thread, time::Duration};
+use util::WindowsString;
 use webauthn::*;
 use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;
 use windows::Win32::System::Com::*;
@@ -23,34 +26,182 @@ const RPID: &str = "bitwarden.com";
 /// plugin authenticator with Windows.
 /// For now, also adds the authenticator
 pub fn register() -> std::result::Result<(), String> {
-    initialize_com_library()?;
+    util::message(String::from("register() called"));
 
-    register_com_library()?;
+    let r = initialize_com_library();
+    util::message(format!("initialized the com library: {:?}", r));
 
-    add_authenticator()?;
+    let r = register_com_library();
+    util::message(format!("registered the com library: {:?}", r));
 
-    // add test credential
-    let test_credential = ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails::create(
-        String::from("32"),
-        String::from("webauthn.io"),
-        String::from("WebAuthn Website"),
-        String::from("14"),
-        String::from("web user name"),
-        String::from("web user display name"),
-    );
-    let test_credential_list: Vec<ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails> =
-        vec![test_credential];
-    let credentials = ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetailsList::create(
-        String::from(CLSID),
-        test_credential_list,
-    );
+    let r = add_authenticator();
+    util::message(format!("added the authenticator: {:?}", r));
 
-    let result = add_credentials(credentials);
-    println!("test: {:?}", result);
+    util::message(String::from("sleeping for 15 seconds..."));
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(15000));
+    util::message(String::from("sleeping done"));
+
+    // ---------------------------------------
+    // ----- *** add test credential *** -----
+    // ---------------------------------------
+
+    let mut credential_id_string = String::from("32");
+    let credential_id_byte_count = credential_id_string.as_bytes().len() as c_ulong;
+    let credential_id_pointer: *mut c_uchar = credential_id_string.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(credential_id_string);
+
+    let mut rpid_string = String::from("webauthn.io");
+    let mut rpid_vec: Vec<u16> = rpid_string.encode_utf16().collect();
+    rpid_vec.push(0);
+    let rpid: *mut u16 = rpid_vec.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(rpid_string);
+    std::mem::forget(rpid_vec);
+
+    let mut rp_friendly_name_string = String::from("WebAuthn Website");
+    let mut rp_friendly_name_vec: Vec<u16> = rp_friendly_name_string.encode_utf16().collect();
+    rp_friendly_name_vec.push(0);
+    let rp_friendly_name: *mut u16 = rp_friendly_name_vec.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(rp_friendly_name_string);
+    std::mem::forget(rp_friendly_name_vec);
+
+    let mut user_id_string = String::from("14");
+    let user_id_byte_count = user_id_string.as_bytes().len() as c_ulong;
+    let user_id_pointer: *mut c_uchar = user_id_string.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(user_id_string);
+
+    let mut user_name_string = String::from("webauthn.io username");
+    let mut user_name_vec: Vec<u16> = user_name_string.encode_utf16().collect();
+    user_name_vec.push(0);
+    let user_name: *mut u16 = user_name_vec.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(user_name_string);
+    std::mem::forget(user_name_vec);
+
+    let mut user_display_name_string = String::from("webauthn.io display name");
+    let mut user_display_name_vec: Vec<u16> = user_display_name_string.encode_utf16().collect();
+    user_display_name_vec.push(0);
+    let user_display_name: *mut u16 = user_display_name_vec.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(user_display_name_string);
+    std::mem::forget(user_display_name_vec);
+
+    let mut credential_details = ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails {
+        credential_id_byte_count,
+        credential_id_pointer,
+        rpid,
+        rp_friendly_name,
+        user_id_byte_count,
+        user_id_pointer,
+        user_name,
+        user_display_name,
+    };
+    let credential_details_ptr: *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails =
+        &mut credential_details;
+    std::mem::forget(credential_details);
+
+    let mut clsid_string = String::from(CLSID);
+    let mut clsid_vec: Vec<u16> = clsid_string.encode_utf16().collect();
+    clsid_vec.push(0);
+    let plugin_clsid: *mut u16 = clsid_vec.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(clsid_string);
+    std::mem::forget(clsid_vec);
+
+    let mut credentials: Vec<*mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails> =
+        vec![credential_details_ptr];
+    let credential_count: c_ulong = credentials.len() as c_ulong;
+    let credentials_ptr: *mut *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails =
+        credentials.as_mut_ptr();
+    std::mem::forget(credentials);
+
+    let mut credentials_details_list = ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetailsList {
+        plugin_clsid,
+        credential_count,
+        credentials: credentials_ptr,
+    };
+    let credentials_details_list_ptr: *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetailsList =
+        &mut credentials_details_list;
+    std::mem::forget(credentials_details_list);
+
+    util::message(format!("about to link the fn pointer for add credentials"));
+
+    let result = unsafe {
+        delay_load::<EXPERIMENTAL_WebAuthNPluginAuthenticatorAddCredentialsFnDeclaration>(
+            s!("webauthn.dll"),
+            s!("EXPERIMENTAL_WebAuthNPluginAuthenticatorAddCredentials"),
+        )
+    };
+
+    util::message(format!("about to call add credentials"));
+
+    let result = match result {
+        Some(api) => {
+            let result = unsafe { api(credentials_details_list_ptr) };
+
+            if result.is_err() {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "Error: Error response from EXPERIMENTAL_WebAuthNPluginAuthenticatorAddCredentials()\n{}",
+                    result.message()
+                ));
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
+        },
+        None => {
+            Err(String::from("Error: Can't complete add_credentials(), as the function EXPERIMENTAL_WebAuthNPluginAuthenticatorAddCredentials can't be loaded."))
+        }
+    };
+
+    util::message(format!("add credentials attempt: {:?}", result));
+
+    // std::mem::forget(credential_id);
+    // let mut test_credential = ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails::create(
+    //     String::from("32"),
+    //     String::from("webauthn.io"),
+    //     String::from("WebAuthn Website"),
+    //     String::from("14"),
+    //     String::from("web user name"),
+    //     String::from("web user display name"),
+    // );
+    // let test_credential_ptr: *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails = &mut test_credential;
+    // //std::mem::forget(test_credential);
+    // let mut test_credential_list: Vec<*mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails> = vec![test_credential_ptr];
+    // let test_credential_list_ptr: *mut *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails = test_credential_list.as_mut_ptr();
+    // let pluginclsid = String::from(CLSID).into_win_utf16().0;
+
+    // let credentials = ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetailsList {
+    //     plugin_clsid: pluginclsid,
+    //     credential_count: 1,
+    //     credentials: test_credential_list_ptr,
+    // };
+
+    // let r = add_credentials(credentials);
+    // util::message(format!("added the credentials: {:?}", r));
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// -----
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails {
+    pub credential_id_byte_count: c_ulong,   // DWORD cbCredentialId
+    pub credential_id_pointer: *mut c_uchar, // PBYTE pbCredentialId
+    pub rpid: *mut u16,                      // PWSTR pwszRpId
+    pub rp_friendly_name: *mut u16,          // PWSTR pwszRpName
+    pub user_id_byte_count: u32,             // DWORD cbUserId
+    pub user_id_pointer: *mut c_uchar,       // PBYTE pbUserId
+    pub user_name: *mut u16,                 // PWSTR pwszUserName
+    pub user_display_name: *mut u16,         // PWSTR pwszUserDisplayName
+}
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetailsList {
+    pub plugin_clsid: *mut u16,    // PWSTR pwszPluginClsId
+    pub credential_count: c_ulong, // DWORD cCredentialDetails
+    pub credentials: *mut *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetails, // CredentialDetailsPtr *pCredentialDetails
+}
+type EXPERIMENTAL_WebAuthNPluginAuthenticatorAddCredentialsFnDeclaration =
+    unsafe extern "cdecl" fn(
+        pCredentialDetailsList: *mut ExperimentalWebAuthnPluginCredentialDetailsList,
+    ) -> HRESULT;
+// -----
+
 /// Initializes the COM library for use on the calling thread,
 /// and registers + sets the security values.
 fn initialize_com_library() -> std::result::Result<(), String> {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/util.rs b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/util.rs
index 8302a3796eb..ae68ca63bca 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/util.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop/desktop_native/windows_plugin_authenticator/src/util.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use serde_json::json;
 use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;
 use windows::Win32::System::LibraryLoader::*;
 use windows_core::*;
@@ -40,3 +41,15 @@ impl WindowsString for String {
         (v.as_mut_ptr(), v.len() as u32)
     }
 }
+
+pub fn message(message: String) {
+    let json_data = json!({
+        "message": message,
+    });
+
+    let request = reqwest::blocking::Client::new();
+    let _ = request
+        .post("http://127.0.0.1:3000/message")
+        .json(&json_data)
+        .send();
+}