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SAML-tracer Chrome Extension Analysis

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Chrome extension ID: mpdajninpobndbfcldcmbpnnbhibjmch

A developer-focused browser extension designed to view and trace SAML and WS-Federation messages. It handles complex multi-layered encoding, such as Base64, deflate/gzip, and URL encoding, to facilitate authentication debugging.

Developer:SimpleSAMLphp
Version:1.9.3
Size:125KiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web StoreOfficial website

Overview

Installs

400K+

Rating

★ 4.5

36 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Developer & Designer Tools

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Moderate review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

SAML-tracer positions itself as a specialized debugging tool for inspecting SAML and WS-Federation messages. It focuses on capturing and decoding authentication messages sent through the browser during SSO and SLO processes.

Inferred product pattern

A niche developer utility for protocol inspection and authentication debugging within the browser.

Review-backed pain points

Users reported difficulty importing exported files, bugs resulting in 'null' content in exported files, and high browser memory usage (up to 2 GB).

Observed feature gaps

Users requested a 'raw decoded XML' view to avoid whitespace changes from pretty-printing and more versatile export formats compatible with tools like Fiddler.

Tags
SAML DebuggerSSO TroubleshootingDeveloper Tool
Target users

- Software Developers

- Security Engineers

- Identity and Access Management (IAM) Specialists

Primary use cases

- Debugging SAML authentication flows

- Inspecting SSO/SLO messages

- Decoding complexly encoded SAML assertions

Positive themes

- Efficient handling of multi-layered encoding (Base64, deflate, URL encoding)

- High utility for debugging SAML/SSO issues

Negative themes

- Incompatibility with other debugging tools due to export formats

- Intermittent bugs causing null exports

- High memory consumption

- UI/visibility issues

Observed friction

- Performance complaints detected

- No pricing information or friction observed in the provided data.

Evidence boundary: Data extracted from the Chrome Web Store listing and a collection of user reviews highlighting technical functionality and specific software bugs. The review sample size is relatively small (35 reviews), and the monetization and access models are not explicitly stated.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No support-related complaints were identified in the reviews.

Reliability

Users reported reliability issues including high memory usage, disappearing UI buttons, and bugs that produce empty exported files.

Privacy

No privacy or security complaints were observed.

Access & pricing

- No clear monetization signal

- No clear access signal

- No clear pricing signal

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 5

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Privacy policy

- Developer contact

- Official website

Store metadata

- Version: 1.9.3

- Size: 125KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

SAML debuggerSSO tracerWS-Federation viewerSAML message inspector

Comparison

Fiddler

Problem

SAML authentication debuggingSSO logout issuesbase64 encoded SAML

Alternative

SAML tracerbrowser SAML inspector

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Screenshots

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Links

Website: github.com

Privacy policy: https://simplesamlphp.org/support/samltracer_privacy.html

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