diff --git a/conformance/tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.go b/conformance/tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..391b3cee80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/http"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/kubernetes"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/suite"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/pkg/features"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	ConformanceTests = append(ConformanceTests, CORSAllowCredentialsBehavior)
+}
+
+var CORSAllowCredentialsBehavior = suite.ConformanceTest{
+	ShortName:   "CORSAllowCredentialsBehavior",
+	Description: "Validate ACA-Credentials responses",
+	Manifests:   []string{"tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.yaml"},
+	Features: []features.FeatureName{
+		features.SupportGateway,
+		features.SupportHTTPRoute,
+		features.SupportHTTPRouteCORS,
+	},
+	Test: func(t *testing.T, suite *suite.ConformanceTestSuite) {
+		ns := "gateway-conformance-infra"
+		routeNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "cors-allow-credentials", Namespace: ns}
+		gwNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "same-namespace", Namespace: ns}
+		gwAddr := kubernetes.GatewayAndHTTPRoutesMustBeAccepted(t, suite.Client, suite.TimeoutConfig, suite.ControllerName, kubernetes.NewGatewayRef(gwNN), routeNN)
+		kubernetes.HTTPRouteMustHaveResolvedRefsConditionsTrue(t, suite.Client, suite.TimeoutConfig, routeNN, gwNN)
+
+		origin := "https://app.example"
+
+		testCases := []http.ExpectedResponse{
+			{
+				Request: http.Request{
+					Method: "GET",
+					Path:   "/cors-behavior-creds-false",
+					Headers: map[string]string{
+						"Origin":        origin,
+						"Cookie":        "sid=abc123",
+						"Authorization": "Bearer test",
+					},
+				},
+				Response: http.Response{
+					StatusCode:    200,
+					AbsentHeaders: []string{"Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"},
+				},
+				Namespace: ns,
+			},
+			{
+				Request: http.Request{
+					Method: "GET",
+					Path:   "/cors-behavior-creds-true",
+					Headers: map[string]string{
+						"Origin":        origin,
+						"Cookie":        "sid=abc123",
+						"Authorization": "Bearer test",
+					},
+				},
+				Response: http.Response{
+					StatusCode: 200,
+					Headers: map[string]string{
+						"Access-Control-Allow-Credentials": "true",
+						"Access-Control-Allow-Origin":      origin,
+					},
+				},
+				Namespace: ns,
+			},
+		}
+
+		for i := range testCases {
+			// Declare tc here to avoid loop variable
+			// reuse issues across parallel tests.
+			tc := testCases[i]
+			t.Run(tc.GetTestCaseName(i), func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Parallel()
+				http.MakeRequestAndExpectEventuallyConsistentResponse(t, suite.RoundTripper, suite.TimeoutConfig, gwAddr, tc)
+			})
+		}
+	},
+}
diff --git a/conformance/tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.yaml b/conformance/tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13992e28f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/tests/cors-allow-credentials-behavior.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: cors-allow-credentials
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - name: same-namespace
+  rules:
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /cors-behavior-creds-false
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: infra-backend-v1
+      port: 8080
+    filters:
+    - cors:
+        allowCredentials: false
+      type: CORS
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /cors-behavior-creds-true
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: infra-backend-v1
+      port: 8080
+    filters:
+    - cors:
+        allowCredentials: true
+      type: CORS
+
diff --git a/pkg/features/httproute.go b/pkg/features/httproute.go
index 6c484da96c..c8b7b0c09c 100644
--- a/pkg/features/httproute.go
+++ b/pkg/features/httproute.go
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ const (
 
 	// This option indicates support for the name field in the HTTPRouteRule (extended conformance)
 	SupportHTTPRouteNamedRouteRule FeatureName = "HTTPRouteNamedRouteRule"
+
+	// This option indicates support for the cors filter in the HTTPRouteFilter (extended conformance)
+	SupportHTTPRouteCORS FeatureName = "HTTPRouteNamedRouteRule"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -198,6 +201,11 @@ var (
 		Name:    SupportHTTPRouteNamedRouteRule,
 		Channel: FeatureChannelStandard,
 	}
+	// HTTPRouteCORS contains metadata for the SupportHTTPRouteCORS feature.
+	HTTPRouteCORS = Feature{
+		Name:    SupportHTTPRouteCORS,
+		Channel: FeatureChannelExperimental,
+	}
 )
 
 // HTTPRouteExtendedFeatures includes all extended features for HTTPRoute
@@ -223,4 +231,5 @@ var HTTPRouteExtendedFeatures = sets.New(
 	HTTPRouteBackendProtocolH2CFeature,
 	HTTPRouteBackendProtocolWebSocketFeature,
 	HTTPRouteNamedRouteRule,
+	HTTPRouteCORS,
 )