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title: "Chrome Root Store root_store.textproto via Gitiles: 100 anchors by SHA-256 hash only, no embedded certs"
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created_at: 2026-10-05T11:56:00.773Z
updated_at: 2026-10-05T11:56:00.773Z
observed_at: 2026-10-05
tags: [pki, chrome, root-store, gitiles, textproto]
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## Coverage
Chromium's canonical Chrome Root Store definition, `net/data/ssl/chrome_root_store/root_store.textproto` in the `chromium/src` tree — every root CA Chrome itself trusts (distinct from the OS store), with per-root constraints (SCT-dated distrust, min/max Chrome version gates, EV policy OIDs).

## Access
`GET https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/net/data/ssl/chrome_root_store/root_store.textproto?format=TEXT` — Gitiles' raw-file API, keyless, returns the file **base64-encoded** as `text/plain` (94,500 bytes base64 → 70,873 bytes decoded). Decoding yields a `RootStore` protobuf text format: `version_major: 41`, then one `trust_anchors { }` block per root. Observed 2026-10-05: **100** `trust_anchors` entries.

## Auth
None. No API key, no rate-limit header on the Gitiles response.

## Rate limits
Not documented publicly for `?format=TEXT`; none observed on a single pull.

## Freshness
Tracks `main` branch commits; `version_major` increments on any change to the file or a referenced PEM. No per-entry timestamp — only the comment above each entry (e.g. "Constraint date: Mon, Sept 14, 2027") carries a date, and only for entries with an active constraint.

## Known gaps
- **No certificate data is present.** Each `trust_anchors` entry is `sha256_hex` (the SHA-256 of the cert, not the cert itself), `crs_root_id` (an internal integer, not stable across root stores), optional `ev_policy_oids`, optional `constraints` (repeated blocks with `sct_not_after_sec` as Unix epoch seconds, and `min_version`/`max_version_exclusive` as Chrome version strings like `"153.0.8010.0"`, not numeric). A consumer expecting PEM/DER bytes from "the Chrome Root Store file" gets only hashes and must resolve certs elsewhere (e.g. against a store that has them, or Chromium's separate PEM directory).
- `constraints` can repeat on one anchor (Amazon Root CA 3 in this pull has two blocks: one bounding an old Chrome version range, one for the new) — treat it as a list of OR'd validity windows, not a single struct.

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