EUDI conformance, certification and testing

Published 2026-08-22Updated 2026-10-05By MyID Editorial

Conformance testing checks behaviour against a defined protocol profile. Certification assesses specified requirements under a scheme. Neither proves that every end-to-end deployment is secure, private, usable or interoperable in every configuration.

Ireland status · verified 5 October 2026

The OpenID Foundation announced complete OpenID4VP 1.0 and OpenID4VCI 1.0 conformance suites with HAIP 1.0 on 7 August 2026. These role-specific self-certification results are useful evidence, but they are not Article 5c EUDI Wallet certification or proof of Irish production registration.

For: assurance, security, procurement, architecture and audit teams. This is independent information, not legal, compliance or security advice.

Evidence types

Evidence or function	What it can establish	What it does not establish on its own
Protocol conformance	Behaviour against a specified protocol, profile, role and test version.	Whole-wallet legal certification or complete deployment security.
Functional conformance	Evidence against requirements covered by the selected framework and tests.	Completion of every certification requirement.
Statutory conformity assessment or certification	Assessed conformity within the named eIDAS scheme and certified scope.	That every relying party or business use is registered, lawful or live.
National supervision	The authority and ongoing oversight arrangements applicable to an actor.	A passed test suite or approval of every transaction.
Relying-party registration	Registered organisational identity, intended use and requested data under the applicable rules.	Article 5c certification of the wallet or blanket permission for processing.
Interoperability or operational pilot	Named systems and versions completed the tested journeys in that environment.	Universal cross-border interoperability or general production availability.

Conformance is not certification

A conformance test checks whether a particular implementation behaves as a specification or profile requires. Record the protocol version, tested role, software build, configuration and result. OpenID4VP verifier conformance does not show that the same product passed issuer tests or that an entire wallet has statutory certification.

EUDI Wallet certification under Article 5c is a separate conformity assessment under the applicable scheme. National supervision and relying-party registration are different again. An access or registration certificate is not a wallet-conformity certificate. Before production, ask for evidence at every relevant layer and name the exact scheme, role, version and scope.

Read the certificate

Scheme, issuer and current status.
Product, version, components and configuration.
Assurance level, exclusions and dependencies.
Issue, expiry, surveillance and change rules.
Public report or registry entry supporting the claim.

Test the gaps

Even a conformant component needs trust configuration, secure deployment, session binding, privacy controls, accessible UX, incident handling and correct integration with the service decision. Test negative and fallback flows, not only a successful credential presentation.

Procurement wording

Require evidence covering the proposed production version before launch and a process for material changes. Avoid broad claims such as 'EUDI certified' unless the exact applicable certification scheme and product scope support them.

Evidence and limits

MyID separates enacted rules, official implementation material, testing and vendor claims. A source can establish what its publisher says; it does not prove that every product, deployment or interpretation works as claimed. Where Irish implementation remains unsettled, this page says so.

Sources checked 5 October 2026. Re-check the linked primary material before making a consequential decision.

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