webRequest.onAuthRequired listeners can provide authentication credentials.

chrome/common/extensions/api/extension_api.json

 [
   {
     "namespace": "extension",
     "unprivileged": true,
     "types": [
       {
         "id": "MessageSender",
         "type": "object",
         "description": "An object containing information about the script context that sent a message or request.",
         "properties": {
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           },
           "redirectUrl": {
             "type": "string",
             "optional": true,
             "description": "Only used as a response to the onBeforeRequest event. If set, the original request is prevented from being sent and is instead redirected to the given URL."
           },
           "requestHeaders": {
             "$ref": "HttpHeaders",
             "optional": true,
             "description": "Only used as a response to the onBeforeSendHeaders event. If set, the request is made with these request headers instead."
+          },
+          "authCredentials": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "optional": true,
+            "properties": {
+              "username": {"type": "string"},
+              "password": {"type": "string"}
+            }
           }
         }
       }
     ],
     "functions": [
       {
         "name": "addEventListener",
         "nodoc": true,
         "type": "function",
         "description": "Used internally to implement the special form of addListener for the webRequest events.",
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             "name": "filter",
             "description": "A set of filters that restricts the events that will be sent to this listener."
           },
           {
             "type": "array",
             "optional": true,
             "name": "extraInfoSpec",
             "description": "Array of extra information that should be passed to the listener function.",
             "items": {
               "type": "string",
-              "enum": ["statusLine", "responseHeaders"]
+              "enum": ["statusLine", "responseHeaders", "blocking"]
             }
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "returns": {
+          "$ref": "BlockingResponse",
+          "description": "If \"blocking\" is specified in the \"extraInfoSpec\" parameter, the event listener should return an object of this type.",
+          "optional": true
+        }
       },
       {
         "name": "onResponseStarted",
         "type": "function",
         "description": "Fired when the first byte of the response body is received. For HTTP requests, this means that the status line and response headers are available.",
         "parameters": [
           {
             "type": "object",
             "name": "details",
             "properties": {
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             "type": "function",
             "description": "Called when the browser's passwords have been cleared.",
             "optional": true,
             "parameters": []
           }
         ]
       }
     ]
   }
 ]