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GOV.UK Wallet
Issuing credentials to GOV.UK Wallet
- Understand GOV.UK Wallet’s credential exchange flow
Before you issue a credential
Issue a credential
Manage keys
Use Status List Service to change credential status
Refresh credentials
- Update credential issuer metadata
- Understand GOV.UK Wallet’s manual credential refresh flow
Use sample reference material
- Test harness
- Example credential issuer
Consuming and verifying credentials in GOV.UK Wallet
- Credentials in GOV.UK Wallet
  - Currently available credentials
- Supported formats and protocols
Contact us
- For government and the public sector
- For a digital verification service

Issue a credential

In this section, you can find information on how to:

authenticate users with GOV.UK One Login
generate a credential offer
publish your metadata
publish your JSON Web Key Set (JWKS)
issue a credential
publish your decentralised identifier (DID) document
handle notifications from GOV.UK Wallet

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